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Romance Movies That Are Safe To Half Watch With Family

Romance movies that are safe to half watch with family. Includes Rocco and His Brothers, Barry Lyndon, Paperman and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Phone in hand, film on screen. These survive the split attention.

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.

You can pick your phone up and put it down without losing the thread.

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.

You can pick your phone up and put it down without losing the thread.

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.

Holds up to partial attention. You'll get what you need from it even drifting.

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.

Holds up to partial attention. You'll get what you need from it even drifting.

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.

You can pick your phone up and put it down without losing the thread.

Half-watch films survive distraction because they're doing something right with visual storytelling.

Light romance survives the split. The emotional beats are loud enough.

Works across the room. Nobody left out or checked out.

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.

You can pick your phone up and put it down without losing the thread.

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.

You can pick your phone up and put it down without losing the thread.

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.

You can pick your phone up and put it down without losing the thread.

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.

You can pick your phone up and put it down without losing the thread.

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.

Holds up to partial attention. You'll get what you need from it even drifting.

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