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Romance Movies For Slow Mornings From The 2010S

Romance movies for slow mornings from the 2010s. Includes I Want You, The Artist, Breathe and more, curated by Moviepiq.

The morning isn't going anywhere. Neither should the film.

I Want You movie poster
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2012 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

After two years away, Hache returns to Barcelona seeking a fresh start. Falling for Gin while facing unresolved feelings for Babi, he must confront love, loss, and who he's becoming.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

The Artist movie poster
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2011 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

Breathe movie poster
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2017 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

Cold War movie poster
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2018 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

One Day movie poster
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2011 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

The morning film is underrated. Quiet, unhurried, all yours.

Unhurried and human. Fits the slow-morning mood exactly.

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society movie poster
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2018 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

Waves movie poster
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2019 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

A controlling father's attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

Palm Trees in the Snow movie poster
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2015 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

Spain, 2003. An accidental discovery leads Clarence to travel from the snowy mountains of Huesca to Equatorial Guinea, to visit the land where her father Jacobo and her uncle Kilian spent most of their youth, the island of Fernando Poo.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

Stuck in Love movie poster
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2013 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

The Lunchbox movie poster
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2013 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.

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