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Movies Like The Lovers (What to Watch After)

Fans of The Lovers, are likely to find resonance in stories that questions the purpose and weight of our choices while delivering targets the intellect with complex, multi-layered ideas. Carefully balances character depth with narrative flow makes this definitely worth a watch.

Mood Breakdown
Runtime Cluster

Standard feature-length experiences.

Viewer Fit

Best for fans of who appreciate concise storytelling.

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Heartburn
6.0

Heartburn

1986

She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will.

Addicted
5.9

Addicted

2014

A gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.

Take This Waltz
6.4

Take This Waltz

2011

Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.

The Good Girl
6.2

The Good Girl

2002

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

Deep Water
5.8

Deep Water

2022

A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.

Solitary Man
5.9

Solitary Man

2009

A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.

Enemies, a Love Story
6.2

Enemies, a Love Story

1989

A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.

The One I Love
6.9

The One I Love

2014

Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation when, at the urging of their therapist, they decide to salvage their relationship by escaping to a beautiful vacation house for the weekend.

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Hello I Must Be Going
5.9

Hello I Must Be Going

2012

An affair with a 19-year old actor helps reinvigorate life for thirty-something Amy after she moves home to her parents’ house following her divorce.

Effie Gray
5.9

Effie Gray

2014

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.

Revolutionary Road
7.0

Revolutionary Road

2008

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

Cyrus
5.9

Cyrus

2010

With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Before long, the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love-and it appears only one man can be left standing when it's over.

Chéri
6.1

Chéri

2009

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

Romance & Cigarettes
6.0

Romance & Cigarettes

2005

Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, and his life is thrown into upheaval. Kitty kicks Nick out of the house, and he is forced to make some difficult decisions.

American Beauty
8.0

American Beauty

1999

Lester 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.

Closer
6.8

Closer

2004

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.

Father of the Bride
7.0

Father of the Bride

1950

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.

The Mother
6.0

The Mother

2003

A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.

Brief Encounter
7.7

Brief Encounter

1945

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

Shirley
6.1

Shirley

2020

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

Why These Movies Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with The Lovers (2017): Comedy and Drama themes, similar narrative structure, and comparable emotional depth. NoBadPicks uses a combination of TMDB collaborative filtering, genre matching, and AI analysis to surface films most likely to resonate with fans of The Lovers.

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