Movies Like I Believe in Love

If you liked I Believe in Love (1997), a movie directed by Thomas Paine, 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.

1
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
★ 7/10
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
2
Eat Pray Love (2010)
★ 6.2/10
A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".
3
Eternity (2025)
★ 7.1/10
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…
4
Niagara (1953)
★ 6.8/10
Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is…
5
Return of the Seven (1966)
★ 6.1/10
Chico, one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven, now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The…
6
Bounce (2000)
★ 5.8/10
Buddy Amaral, a successful and self-absorbed Los Angeles advertising executive, switches airline tickets with a stranger just before boarding a long-delayed flight so that he might enjoy an overnight fling with a…
7
Autumn in New York (2000)
★ 6.1/10
Will Keane, a Manhattan restaurateur, is content with his playboy lifestyle until he meets Charlotte Fielding, a free-spirited young woman. Together the pair pursue a passionate affair that forces them both to…
8
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
★ 6.7/10
In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years…
9
Gabriel's Inferno: Part II (2020)
★ 8.3/10
Professor Gabriel Emerson finally learns the truth about Julia Mitchell's identity, but his realization comes a moment too late. Julia is done waiting for the well-respected Dante specialist to remember her and wants…
10
Oppenheimer (2023)
★ 8/10
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
11
Gladiator II (2024)
★ 6.6/10
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron…
12
Manhattan (1979)
★ 7.7/10
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
13
The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
★ 7.4/10
A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.
14
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
★ 7.4/10
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
15
Not Easily Broken (2009)
★ 6.3/10
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
16
Addicted (2014)
★ 5.9/10
A gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.
17
A Dog's Way Home (2019)
★ 7.4/10
The adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.
18
The Ledge (2011)
★ 6.2/10
A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist who shares an apartment with a gay friend escalates into a lethal battle of wills.
19
Dear John (2010)
★ 6.8/10
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…
20
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001)
★ 6.3/10
Lady and Tramp's mischievous pup, Scamp, gets fed up with rules and restrictions imposed on him by life in a family, and longs for a wild and free lifestyle. He runs away from home and into the streets where he joins a…