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Movies Like Brief Crossing

If you liked Brief Crossing (2001), a drama and romance movie directed by Catherine Breillat, 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. 1Not 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.

  2. 2Feelings

    Feelings (2003)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance

    Two seemingly happily married French couples are forced to contend with a number of issues.

  3. 3The Secret: Dare to Dream

    The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    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.

  4. 4My First Time

    My First Time (2012)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    Zachary is 20 years old. Dark and independent, he collects amorous conquests and school failure. Sarah is 18 years old. First class, fragile, she fills her emotional gaps with perfect control of his life. Nothing…

  5. 5A Nos Amours

    A Nos Amours (1983)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    Fifteen-year-old Suzanne seeks refuge from a disintegrating family in a series of impulsive, promiscuous affairs. Her fulsome sexuality further ratchets up the suppressed passions of her narcissistic brother, insecure…

  6. 6The Souvenir

    The Souvenir (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

  7. 7My King

    My King (2015)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance

    Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious ski accident. Dependent on the medical staff and pain relievers, she takes time to look back on a turbulent relationship that she experienced with Georgio.

  8. 8Je Tu Il Elle

    Je Tu Il Elle (1974)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance

    A woman suffers a subdued psychological breakdown in the wake of a devastating breakup.

  9. 9Purple 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.

  10. 10The 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.

  11. 11I Can't Think Straight

    I Can't Think Straight (2008)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla…

  12. 12White Wedding

    White Wedding (1989)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl who lives alone.

  13. 13Stormy Waters

    Stormy Waters (1941)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    A married tugboat captain falls for a woman he rescues from a sinking ship.

  14. 14Newness

    Newness (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

  15. 15Lie with Me

    Lie with Me (2023)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance

    An author returns to his hometown of Cognac for the first time in 35 years to help promote a distillery. Once there, he meets his first love’s son, Lucas. Memories come rushing back to him: irrepressible attraction…

  16. 16Petite Maman

    Petite Maman (2021)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    After the death of her beloved grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly meets a strangely familiar girl her own age in the woods. Instantly forming a connection with this mysterious new friend, Nelly embarks on a fantastical…

  17. 17Dangerous Liaisons

    Dangerous Liaisons (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance

    The innocent Célène might be falling in love with popular surfer Tristan at her new school. But she has no idea that, in actuality, she’s the object of a cruel bet between Tristan and Instagram influencer Vanessa.

  18. 18Love 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.

  19. 19Nine Lives

    Nine Lives (2005)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.

  20. 20When a Man Loves a Woman

    When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's safety. While the woman enters detox, her husband must face the truth of…

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