Movies Like Away from Her
If you liked Away from Her (2007), a drama and romance movie directed by Sarah Polley, 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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Iris (2001)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceTrue story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
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The Leisure Seeker (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceA runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey from Boston to Key West, recapturing their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end.
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The Theory of Everything (2014)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and romanceOnce a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very…
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The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and romancePhotographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
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Dying Young (1991)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceAfter she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in…
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Maudie (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and romanceCanadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.
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Far from Heaven (2002)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceIn 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
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Supernova (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also romance and dramaSam and Tusker, partners of 20 years, are traveling across England in their old RV visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time…
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Blind (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceA novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
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The Face of Love (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceA widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.
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Not Easily Broken (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceA car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
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Until Forever (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and romanceUntil Forever: The Michael Boyum Story is a powerful, true account of one young man's courageous battle with leukemia and his journey of faith.
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Train Dreams (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaA logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
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Our Souls at Night (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also romance and dramaAddie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.
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You're Not You (2014)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaWhen an accomplished pianist is diagnosed with the devastating and incurable disease ALS, she hires a directionless young woman who becomes her full-time caregiver. Complete opposites, the strangers form a…
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Five Feet Apart (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also romance and dramaSeventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control — all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an…
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Fathers and Daughters (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaA Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
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The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and romanceA 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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Lovely, Still (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceA holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.
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Ordinary Love (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romanceAn extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.