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The Light Between Oceans (2016) is a romance movie directed by Derek Cianfrance. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

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  1. A Very Long Engagement

    1. A Very Long Engagement (2004)

    ★ 7.3 · 1,377 votes · Drama, Romance, War

    Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.

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  2. Labor Day

    2. Labor Day (2013)

    ★ 7.1 · 1,402 votes · Drama, Romance, Thriller

    Two strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.

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  3. Far from the Madding Crowd

    3. Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)

    ★ 7.0 · 1,138 votes · Drama, Romance

    In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a hardworking young sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor.

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  4. Our Souls at Night

    4. Our Souls at Night (2017)

    ★ 6.7 · 480 votes · Romance, Drama

    Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.

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  5. One Day

    5. One Day (2011)

    ★ 7.4 · 4,645 votes · Drama, Romance

    After spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.

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  6. The Magnificent Ambersons

    6. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

    ★ 7.3 · 502 votes · Drama, Romance

    The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

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  7. Me Before You

    7. Me Before You (2016)

    ★ 7.9 · 13,659 votes · Drama, Romance

    Lou Clark, a directionless 26-year-old from the English countryside, takes a job at the local castle as a caregiver and companion to a wealthy young banker, Will Traynor. Wheelchair-bound from an accident two years prior, the once adventurous Will has all but given up — that is until Lou determines to show him that life is worth living.

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  8. Adrift

    8. Adrift (2018)

    ★ 6.8 · 2,749 votes · Thriller, Romance, Adventure

    Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp couldn't anticipate that they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. In the aftermath of the storm, Tami awakens to find Richard badly injured and their boat in ruins. With no hope of rescue, Tami must now find the strength and determination to save herself and the only man she has ever loved.

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  9. We Live in Time

    9. We Live in Time (2024)

    ★ 7.2 · 1,420 votes · Romance, Drama

    An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.

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