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Movies Like A Cool, Dry Place

If you liked A Cool, Dry Place (1998), a drama and romance movie directed by John N. Smith, 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. 1Safe Haven

    Safe Haven (2013)

    ★ 7.2/10Also romance

    A 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.

  2. 2It Ends with Us

    It Ends with Us (2024)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    When a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended, and she realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for…

  3. 3Not Easily Broken

    Not Easily Broken (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

  4. 4Challengers

    Challengers (2024)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Major champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the…

  5. 5Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

    Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?

  6. 6Days of Heaven

    Days of Heaven (1978)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.

  7. 7The Bridges of Madison County

    The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama and romance

    Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

  8. 8The Lost Husband

    The Lost Husband (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.

  9. 9The Object of My Affection

    The Object of My Affection (1998)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and romance

    A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.

  10. 10Labor Day

    Labor Day (2013)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance

    Two strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.

  11. 11Purple Hearts

    Purple Hearts (2022)

    ★ 8/10Also romance and drama

    An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.

  12. 12The Magnificent Ambersons

    The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance

    The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

  13. 13Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre (2011)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester…

  14. 14Love Everlasting

    Love Everlasting (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also romance and drama

    Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.

  15. 15The Choice

    The Choice (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.

  16. 16The Best of Me

    The Best of Me (2014)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

  17. 17We Live in Time

    We Live in Time (2024)

    ★ 7.2/10Also romance and drama

    An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.

  18. 18John and Mary

    John and Mary (1969)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance

    John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.

  19. 19Cyrano

    Cyrano (2021)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a…

  20. 20One Day

    One Day (2011)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    After spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.

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