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Movies Like Not Here to Be Loved

If you liked Not Here to Be Loved (2005), a romance and drama movie directed by Stéphane Brizé, 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. 1Amour

    Amour (2012)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama and romance

    Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is…

  2. 2Hunting & Gathering

    Hunting & Gathering (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and drama

    When Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.

  3. 3The Beat That My Heart Skipped

    The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virtuoso, but the pressures of his corrupt career threaten to derail his musical aspirations.

  4. 4Paris Je T'aime

    Paris Je T'aime (2006)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful…

  5. 5Before Sunset

    Before Sunset (2004)

    ★ 7.8/10Also drama and romance

    Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together…

  6. 6Blue Valentine

    Blue Valentine (2010)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause…

  7. 7A Tale of Winter

    A Tale of Winter (1992)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and five years later at Christmas-time Felicie is living with her mother in a cold Paris with a daughter as a…

  8. 8Flashdance

    Flashdance (1983)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance

    Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.

  9. 9Paris

    Paris (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the…

  10. 10The Little Thief

    The Little Thief (1988)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance and drama

    In a small town in post-WWII France, 16-year-old Janine tries to improve her conditions by any means necessary. Three people—Michel, a married lover; Raoul, a fellow thief; Mauricette, a photographer she meets in…

  11. 11The Lovers on the Bridge

    The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a…

  12. 12Moulin Rouge!

    Moulin Rouge! (2001)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge…

  13. 13Goodbye Again

    Goodbye Again (1961)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance

    Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with a…

  14. 14Jules and Jim

    Jules and Jim (1962)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.

  15. 15Three Colors: Blue

    Three Colors: Blue (1993)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other…

  16. 16Private Fears in Public Places

    Private Fears in Public Places (2006)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    Seven lonely lives in Paris: a middle-aged estate agent who believes a colleague is sending messages in video tapes she loans him; his co-worker whose Bible is close at hand in times of stress; her late-night charge…

  17. 17The Last Time I Saw Paris

    The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic…

  18. 1845 Years

    45 Years (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and…

  19. 19Mr. Skeffington

    Mr. Skeffington (1944)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.

  20. 20The Things of Life

    The Things of Life (1970)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance

    The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present with Hélène, his younger lover, and his happy memories of the past with Catherine, his ex-wife; but his true destiny…

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