Movies like Blue Valentine: 20 to watch next
If you loved Blue Valentine (2010) — a drama and romance film directed by Derek Cianfrance — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Blue Valentine most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like depression, dancing and nurse. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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- 1
Stomp the Yard 2007★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he is courted by the top two campus fraternities, both of which want and need his fierce street-style dance moves to win the highly coveted national step show competition.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 2
My First Summer 2020★ 8.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
Isolated on a remote property, 16-year-old Claudia finds her world transformed when a spirited girl named Grace wanders into her garden.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 3
Bliss 1997★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
On his wedding day, Joseph nervously admits that his wife is not quite like other women. But his beautiful bride is more than just the "impulsive, compulsive, obsessive" woman he thinks he knows. And when Joseph discovers she is hiding troubling secrets, it sends them both on a sexual odyssey that will either destroy or redeem their relationship.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 4
Die My Love 2025★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and rural isolation sets in, Grace struggles with loneliness, creative frustration, and unresolved emotional wounds. What begins as an attempt at renewal gradually turns into an intense psychological descent, placing strain on their relationship and exposing the fragile balance between love, identity, and motherhood.
Stream in India on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
- 5
Afterglow 1997★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, Romance
Lucky Mann is a builder equally handy at repairs and seduction. The latest housewife to succumb to his charms is Marianne, unhappily married to corporate exec Jeffrey. When Jeffrey becomes enraptured by Lucky’s wife Phyllis, the four get caught in a love quadrangle that reignites their marriages.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 6
Life Itself 2018★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 7
All the Bright Places 2020★ 7.6
Shares: Romance, Drama
Two teens facing personal struggles form a powerful bond as they embark on a cathartic journey chronicling the wonders of Indiana.
Stream in India on Netflix
- 8
Malcolm & Marie 2021★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
As a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smoldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoning.
Stream in India on Netflix
- 9
Wander Darkly 2020★ 6.0
Shares: Romance, Drama
New parents Adrienne and Matteo are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship. They must revisit the memories of their past and unravel haunting truths in order to face their uncertain future.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 10
Maestro 2023★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
A towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.
Stream in India on Netflix
- 11
Snow Angels 2007★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Romance
Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie's life have alarmed her. High school student Arthur works at Annie's restaurant, growing closer to a new kid in town, Lila, after class. When Glenn and Annie's daughter goes missing, the whole town searches for her, as he increasingly spirals out of control.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 12
All of You 2025★ 6.3
Shares: Romance, Drama
Laura and Simon have been best friends since college. Over the years, they've realized their bond is more than platonic. Can they—and should they—risk everything to explore a love that has existed all along?
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
- 13
Keith 2008★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
Natalie is high school royalty, but her queen bee status falls apart when she falls for the new guy at school. Although Keith ignores her at first, they soon become friends -- even though Natalie suspects that Keith has something to hide. As the free-spirited Keith shows Natalie how to embrace what life offers, they grow closer -- until a secret tests the bounds of their relationship
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 14
Of an Age 2023★ 6.6
Shares: Romance, Drama
A Serbian ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend's older brother.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 15
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate 1923★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Romance
When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
- 16
On Chesil Beach 2018★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Romance
In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- 17
Stealing Beauty 1996★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Romance
Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 18
The Starling Girl 2023★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Picnic 1955★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Romance
Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college classmate and son of the richest man in town.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 20
Leaving Las Vegas 1995★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now