Movies like Charlie Harper

A feature-film shortlist from the cached Film Atlas engine. The interactive map may include more titles or newer results. These are similarity matches, not a guarantee of age suitability.

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   The Map That Leads to You

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 96 min · Drama · Romance

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   Heather 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 choices test their bond, her path changes forever.

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   • a closely matched era

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   We Live in Time

   Strong story similarity

   2024 · 108 min · Drama · Romance

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   An 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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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Sylvie's Love

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 114 min · Drama · Romance

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   When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.

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   Materialists

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 116 min · Drama · Romance

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   A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Marked Men: Rule + Shaw

   Similar atmosphere

   2025 · 93 min · Drama · Romance

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   Shaw Landon has loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule, a fiery-tempered rebel tattoo artist, doesn’t have time for a good girl pre-med student like Shaw — even if she’s the only one who can see the person he truly is. She lives by other people’s rules; he makes his own. But a short skirt, too many birthday cocktails, and spilled secrets lead to a night neither can forget. Now, Shaw and Rule must figure out how a girl like her and a guy like him are supposed to be together without destroying their love…or each other.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared theme: romantic drama
   • a closely matched era

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   Heartstopper Forever

   Strong story similarity

   2026 · 110 min · Drama · Romance

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   It's a new school year for the Truham-Higgs gang. As Nick and Charlie's relationship deepens, their thoughts turn to life after the last bell rings.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Love Me Love Me

   Similar atmosphere

   2026 · 99 min · Drama · Romance

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   After her brother's death, June moves to Milan for a fresh start, finding comfort in Will, the perfect honor student at her new international school. But when his troubled best friend James—hiding a dangerous life in clandestine MMA fights—sparks a rivalry that quickly turns into irresistible attraction, June must choose between safety and a love that upends everything she thought she wanted.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Wander Darkly

   Similar atmosphere

   2020 · 97 min · Drama · Romance

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   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.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   My Policeman

   Strong story similarity

   2022 · 113 min · Drama · Romance

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   In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.

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   • a closely matched era

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    Newness

    Strong story similarity

    2017 · 112 min · Drama · Romance

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    In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

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