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Movies Like The River

If you liked The River (2014), a romance movie directed by António Pinhão Botelho, 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. 1The Matchmaker's Playbook

    The Matchmaker's Playbook (2018)

    ★ 7.2/10Also romance

    After a career-ending accident, former NFL recruit Ian Hunter is back on campus, and he's putting his extensive skills with women to work as one of the masterminds behind a successful and secretive dating service. But…

  2. 2Safe 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.

  3. 3Attraction

    Attraction (2001)

    ★ 6.9/10Also romance

    A writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.

  4. 4Zoe

    Zoe (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also romance

    Two colleagues at a revolutionary research lab design technology to improve and perfect romantic relationships. As their work progresses, their discoveries become more profound.

  5. 5Every Day

    Every Day (2018)

    ★ 7.2/10Also romance

    16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the…

  6. 6Frequencies

    Frequencies (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also romance

    The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.

  7. 7Gabriel's Rapture: Part I

    Gabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021)

    ★ 7.8/10Also romance

    In the fourth instalment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Professor Gabriel Emerson has embarked on a passionate, yet clandestine affair with his former student Julia Mitchell, but when they return from their romantic…

  8. 8Paris, Wine & Romance

    Paris, Wine & Romance (2019)

    ★ 6.9/10Also romance

    Isabella is the ambitious new owner of her family’s Oregon winery whose dream of becoming world-renowned takes a big step forward when she enters a prestigious wine competition in Paris. Upon arrival, Isabella meets…

  9. 9Harmony

    Harmony (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance

    Born with an energetic power to absorb fear from others, a young woman must find love to balance the fears of her own and fight an ever growing storm of negative energy.

  10. 10All Love Songs

    All Love Songs (2018)

    ★ 7.3/10Also romance

    Chico and Ana move to an apartment in São Paulo. As they unpack Ana found a cassette tape. It's a mix-tape that Clarisse made 20 years earlier to her husband Daniel. Albeit separated by time, both stories will cross…

  11. 11Shuffle

    Shuffle (2012)

    ★ 6.4/10Also romance

    Lovell Milo is a man who begins experiencing his life out of order; every day he wakes up at a different age, on a different day of his life, never knowing where or when he’s going to be once he falls asleep. He’s…

  12. 12Sisters of the Groom

    Sisters of the Groom (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance

    When Sarah needs to impress a corporate bigwig in order to help her sister's catering business, she finds herself agreeing to be his son’s pretend date to a family wedding

  13. 13June and John

    June and John (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance

    John leads an ordinary life with a monotonous routine. One day John runs into a woman on the subway who is as beautiful as she is mysterious named June. His encounter with her finally leads him to have a goal in his…

  14. 14Once Upon a Prince

    Once Upon a Prince (2018)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance

    Susanna gladly accepts help one day from handsome stranger Nate at her parents’ garden store in small-town Georgia. Sparks between them fly, but when a photo of them gets leaked to the press, Susanna is in for the…

  15. 15Love at First Bark

    Love at First Bark (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also romance

    Portland interior designer Julia Galvins (Jana Kramer) adopts a dog and seeks the help of expert and handsome dog trainer Owen Michaels (Kevin McGarry). When she is hired to design a nursery and a “puppery,” as well as…

  16. 16Love and Sunshine

    Love and Sunshine (2019)

    ★ 7.1/10Also romance

    Ally Craig has been fostering retired military dog, Sunshine, as she recovers from a broken engagement. But sparks fly again when Sunshine's military partner, Jake Terry, returns to claim the dog.

  17. 17Brimming with Love

    Brimming with Love (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance

    Allie is an aspiring journalist who meets Sam, a coffee shop owner who plays matchmaker for his customers. Allie agrees to be matched but going though Sam's process causes her to see that her perfect match might just…

  18. 18Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through The Snow

    Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through The Snow (2015)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance

    Stranded at an airport at Christmastime, Ashley Harrison accepts a ride from Dash Sutherland, who has just rented the last car in town. As the pair heads north, their adventures include car trouble, adopting a puppy…

  19. 19Nostalgic Christmas

    Nostalgic Christmas (2019)

    ★ 7/10Also romance

    When Anne helps her father close the family's toy store, what she finds will help inspire an entire town that is need of some Christmas cheer.

  20. 20Prince Charming

    Prince Charming (2001)

    ★ 6.9/10Also romance

    After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.

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