Movies like Across the Universe
Across the Universe (2007) is a romance movie directed by Julie Taymor. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Forrest Gump (1994)
★ 8.5 · 30,662 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
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2. West Side Story (2021)
★ 6.9 · 1,859 votes · Drama, Romance, Crime
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
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3. Running on Empty (1988)
★ 7.4 · 372 votes · Drama, Romance, Crime
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.
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4. Dear John (2010)
★ 6.8 · 4,358 votes · Drama, Romance, War
While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eventually falls in love with Savannah, who promises to write to him until he returns from overseas.
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5. Life in a Year (2020)
★ 8.2 · 2,012 votes · Drama, Romance
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
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6. Romeo + Juliet (1996)
★ 6.8 · 5,479 votes · Drama, Romance
In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
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7. Step Up (2006)
★ 6.9 · 3,984 votes · Music, Drama, Romance
Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming dancer Nora.
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8. The Art of Getting By (2011)
★ 6.6 · 1,386 votes · Drama, Romance
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
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9. Suite Française (2015)
★ 7.2 · 1,158 votes · Drama, Romance, War
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.
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10. The Wild One (1953)
★ 6.5 · 347 votes · Drama, Crime, Romance
The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.
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11. The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021)
★ 7.3 · 684 votes · Drama, Romance
A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s.
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