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10 Best Movies Like Blue Valentine

If you loved Blue Valentine, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Half Nelson

Half Nelson

2006★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Valentine for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will neve...

#2
All Good Things

All Good Things

2010★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Valentine for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history....

#3
Lars and the Real Girl

Lars and the Real Girl

2007★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Valentine for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Inte...

#4
(500) Days of Summer

(500) Days of Summer

2009★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Valentine for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to fi...

#5
Fracture

Fracture

2007★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Valentine for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are su...

#6
Song to Song

Song to Song

2017★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blue Valentine for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensna...