Movies Like Modern Love
If you liked Modern Love (1978), a movie directed by Colin Campbell, 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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Cousins (1989)
★ 6/10When Larry and Maria learn that their respective spouses are cheating on them, they try to turn the tables on them by pretending to have an affair. However, they soon find themselves falling in love.
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West Side Story (1961)
★ 7.2/10In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.
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Isn't It Romantic (2019)
★ 6.2/10For a long time, Natalie, an Australian architect living in New York City, had always believed that what she had seen in rom-coms is all fantasy. But after thwarting a mugger at a subway station only to be knocked out…
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The Choice (2016)
★ 7.2/10Travis 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.
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American Beauty (1999)
★ 8/10Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
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¿Quieres ser mi hijo? (2023)
★ 8.4/10Lu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship with a young womanizer.
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Far from Heaven (2002)
★ 7.1/10In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
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The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
★ 7/10Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
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Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
★ 6.4/10A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.
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We Live in Time (2024)
★ 7.2/10An 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.
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One Night Only (2026)
★ 6.4/10Two love-starved strangers crash into each other on the one night of the year when single people are allowed to have sex.
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Emma (1996)
★ 6.6/10Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma…
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The Map That Leads to You (2025)
★ 6.7/10Heather is a young woman traveling Europe with friends before starting her perfectly planned life. A chance meeting with Jack sparks an unexpected romance that leads to deep emotional discovery. As secrets and life…
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Breathe (2017)
★ 7.4/10Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
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The Other Woman (2014)
★ 6.4/10After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been cheating on. And when yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timing SOB.
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This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
★ 6.7/10When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a…
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Not Easily Broken (2009)
★ 6.3/10A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
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The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
★ 7.7/10Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
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The Nest (2020)
★ 6.1/10Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban…
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Time Is Up (2021)
★ 6.5/10Vivien, 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.