Movies like Past Lives
Past Lives (2023) is a romance movie directed by Celine Song. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Always Be My Maybe (2019)
★ 6.6 · 1,447 votes · Romance, Comedy
Reunited after 15 years, famous chef Sasha and hometown musician Marcus feel the old sparks of attraction, but struggle to adapt to each other's worlds.
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2. The Sun Is Also a Star (2019)
★ 6.9 · 639 votes · Romance, Drama
Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at Dartmouth.
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3. Eternity (2025)
★ 7.1 · 888 votes · Romance, Comedy, Drama
In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with and her first love, who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.
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4. To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021)
★ 7.5 · 2,102 votes · Romance, Comedy, Drama
Senior year of high school takes center stage as Lara Jean returns from a family trip to Korea and considers her college plans — with and without Peter.
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5. All of Us Strangers (2023)
★ 7.4 · 1,111 votes · Romance, Drama, Fantasy
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.
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6. Before Midnight (2013)
★ 7.5 · 2,817 votes · Romance, Drama
It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. They now live in Paris with twin daughters but have spent a summer in Greece at the invitation of an author colleague of Jesse's. When the vacation is over and Jesse must send his teenage son off to the States, he begins to question his life decisions, and his relationship with Celine is at risk.
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7. Maleficent (2014)
★ 7.1 · 13,985 votes · Fantasy, Adventure, Action
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and to Maleficent's true happiness as well.
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8. West Side Story (1961)
★ 7.2 · 2,113 votes · Crime, Drama, Romance
In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.
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9. In the Heights (2021)
★ 7.1 · 823 votes · Drama, Romance
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.
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10. Brooklyn (2015)
★ 7.3 · 3,333 votes · Drama, History, Romance
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
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11. Restless (2011)
★ 6.5 · 449 votes · Drama, Romance
Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
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12. The Best of Me (2014)
★ 7.5 · 2,762 votes · Drama, Romance
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
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13. The Last Song (2010)
★ 7.2 · 3,422 votes · Drama, Family, Romance
A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.
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