Movies Like Beauty the Enemy
If you liked Beauty the Enemy (1959), a drama and romance movie directed by Yasuzō Masumura, 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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It Feels So Good (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceWhen it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko…
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Ashes in the Snow (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceThe coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her…
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Life in a Year (2020)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and romanceA 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
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Gabriel's Inferno: Part III (2020)
★ 8.3/10Also romance and dramaThe final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard.
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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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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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Time Is Up (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and dramaVivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
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The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceA 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.
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Maria's Lovers (1984)
★ 6/10Also drama and romanceA World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
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Love Everlasting (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also romance and dramaBridger 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.
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Gabriel's Redemption: Part I (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and romanceAfter leaving his prestigious post at the University of Toronto, Gabriel embarks on a new journey with Julia, and he is eager to become a father. However, Gabriel's idyllic vision is jeopardized when Julia's intensive…
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Radiance (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and dramaThe story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world.
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Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and dramaClare 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?
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Nine Lives (2005)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceCaptives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
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Closest Love to Heaven (2017)
★ 7.6/10Also romance and dramaWhen Ninon finds out that her neighbor and popular classmate Yuiji Kira only has one year to live, she decides to go out of her way and help him attain happiness on his remaining time.
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Gabriel's Inferno (2020)
★ 8.4/10Also romance and dramaAn intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the…
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Game of Love (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and dramaFollows Vivien and Roy as their love story continues and leads them to Roy’s childhood home in Sicily to prepare for the sale of the family estate. During the visit, a mysterious woman arrives and befriends Vivien…
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Peter Ibbetson (1935)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceWhen his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project…
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The Lost Husband (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceTrying 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.
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His Motorbike, Her Island (1986)
★ 7.7/10Also romance and dramaKo, a motorbike enthusiast from the city wandering the Japanese countryside, falls for the carefree local Miyo and teaches her how to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy, Ko begins to fear she's destined to…