Films like Empire of Light
The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.
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The World Unseen
Film · 2007 · also drama and romanceA drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.
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China Girl
Film · 1987 · also drama and romanceTeenage lovers Tony and Tyan-Hwa tip the balance of power in New York's Little Italy and Chinatown.
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The Souvenir
Film · 2019 · also drama and romanceA shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.
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Malcolm & Marie
Film · 2021 · also drama and romanceAs a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smoldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoning.
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All of Us Strangers
Film · 2023 · also drama and romanceOne 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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Snow Angels
Film · 2007 · also drama and romanceWaitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie's...
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Femme
Film · 2023 · also drama and romanceJules is a drag artist in London who withdraws into himself and loses his career after a horrific attack. Months later, he recognizes one of his assailants in a gay sauna...
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Sylvie's Love
Film · 2020 · also drama and romanceWhen a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geogra...
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Two for the Seesaw
Film · 1962 · also drama and romanceAfter leaving his wife, lawyer Jerry Ryan moves from Omaha, Nebraska to New York City to start a new life. While studying for the New York Bar Examination and working to...
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Blue Jay
Film · 2016 · also drama and romanceMeeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past.
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