Like La La Land, but sadder
Romance and longing without the Hollywood ending. Films where love is real but love isn't always enough.
Marriage Story
2019A love story told in its unravelling — devastating and fair to both sides
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Before Sunset
2004Nine years later, one afternoon, all the roads not taken
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Blue Valentine
2010A relationship shown beginning and end simultaneously — brutal
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Past Lives
2023What might have been — quietly the saddest film in years
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004What if you could erase someone you loved — should you?
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