Movies Like Awakening
If you liked Awakening (1981), a romance movie directed by Xu Qingdong and Teng Wenji, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Attraction (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also romanceA writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.
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The Matchmaker's Playbook (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also romanceAfter a career-ending accident, former NFL recruit Ian Hunter is back on campus, and he's putting his extensive skills with women to work as one of the masterminds behind a successful and secretive dating service. But…
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Safe Haven (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also romanceA young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
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A Royal Winter (2017)
★ 7.1/10Also romanceWhile on a last-minute European holiday, a young woman finds herself in the middle of a real-life fairy tale when a chance meeting with a handsome local leads to something more. However, things get complicated when she…
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Finding Mr. Right 2 (2016)
★ 6/10Also romanceContinuing the story of Beijing Meets Seattle I from 2013, the new movie has the couple fall in love again.
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Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also romanceRaimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for…
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The Tourist (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also romanceAmerican tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.
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Every Day (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also romance16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the…
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Blush (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also romanceWhen a horticulturalist-astronaut crashes onto a desolate planet, he encounters an ethereal visitor and discovers the joy of building a new life—realizing the universe has delivered something astonishing.
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Scaramouche (1952)
★ 7/10Also romanceIn 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
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Endless Journey of Love (2025)
★ 9/10Also romanceIn 1930s China, village girl Qian Xiao gains the power to control time, making her a target of powerful forces. As she uncovers the metropolis's hidden secrets, she faces peril and the cost of her gift.
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June and John (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also romanceJohn leads an ordinary life with a monotonous routine. One day John runs into a woman on the subway who is as beautiful as she is mysterious named June. His encounter with her finally leads him to have a goal in his…
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Prince Charming (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also romanceAfter an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.
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Above the Shadows (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also romanceA young woman who has faded to the point of becoming invisible must find her way back with the help of the one man who can see her.
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X (2011)
★ 6.4/10Also romanceA veteran call girl and a runaway prostitute witness a murder which sends them on an out-of-control roller coaster ride through the twilight zone of sex-for-sale.
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The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also romanceTwo teenagers trapped in an endless time loop set out to find all the tiny things that make that one day perfect.
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Flying Home (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also romanceColin, an ambitious young American businessman, has a deal with a potential client, a rich Arab sheikh who is a passionate pigeon fancier. The sheikh has tried several times to buy a champion pigeon, but the owner…
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Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also romanceA skeptical writer shows up in Evergreen to get the scoop on the town's famed passion for Christmas during a search for a long-lost time capsule.
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The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also romanceA man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness…
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Frequencies (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also romanceThe story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.