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10 Best Movies Like Up Close & Personal

If you loved Up Close & Personal, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Suburban Girl

Suburban Girl

2007★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Up Close & Personal for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Publishing assistant Brett Eisenberg wants to be a big-time editor. However, she lacks self-confidence, a problem that isn't helped by her new, overbearing boss. Brett soon enters ...

#2
Bald Mountain

Bald Mountain

2013★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Up Close & Personal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1980, best friends Juliano and Joaquin join the gold rush at Serra Pelada, Bald Mountain, a mountain town near the mighty Amazon river. As the town grows in numbers, it also see...

#3
Unconditional

Unconditional

2012★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Up Close & Personal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Samantha Crawford is living a storybook life: she’s happily married, she lives on a ranch where she keeps her beloved horse, and the stories she’s told and illustrated since childh...

#4
White Squall

White Squall

1996★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Up Close & Personal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage is intended to teach the boys...

#5
Shine

Shine

1996★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Up Close & Personal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim....

#6
The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers

2002★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Up Close & Personal for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white...