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Romance Movies For When You’re Recovering With Friends

Romance movies for when youre recovering with friends. Includes Rocco and His Brothers, Barry Lyndon, Paperman and more, curated by Moviepiq.

When you're getting back to yourself, the film needs to meet you halfway. These do.

Rocco and His Brothers movie poster
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1960 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

Low drain, steady company. Exactly what recovery viewing needs.

Barry Lyndon movie poster
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1975 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.

Low drain, steady company. Exactly what recovery viewing needs.

Paperman movie poster
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2012 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

An urban office worker finds that paper airplanes are instrumental in meeting a girl in ways he never expected.

Low drain, steady company. Exactly what recovery viewing needs.

The Red Shoes movie poster
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1948 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

Low drain, steady company. Exactly what recovery viewing needs.

Weathering with You movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.

It doesn't ask you to be well yet. Meets you where you actually are.

Recovery viewing has specific requirements. Not heavy. Not boring. Enough to hold you without draining you.

Gentle and human. Good company when you're not fully yourself.

Holds a group without requiring everyone to be fully locked in.

Love, Simon movie poster
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2018 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.

It doesn't ask you to be well yet. Meets you where you actually are.

Before Sunrise movie poster
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1995 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, exploring new ideas while a quiet intimacy grows between them, knowing it may be their only night together.

Low drain, steady company. Exactly what recovery viewing needs.

Chungking Express movie poster
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1994 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.

It doesn't ask you to be well yet. Meets you where you actually are.

In a Heartbeat movie poster
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2017 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.

It doesn't ask you to be well yet. Meets you where you actually are.

Love Exposure movie poster
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2008 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with Catholic guilt.

Low drain, steady company. Exactly what recovery viewing needs.

The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.

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