The match
20th Century Girl
2022South Korea★ 8.2subtitled
In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.
Your matches
When Harry Met Sally, but for the all-consuming love
4 foreign films carry this hook with the same weight as When Harry Met Sally. All confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
If you want a second one
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
1998India★ 7.5subtitled
Per her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him.
If you want a second one
Through My Window: Across the Sea
2023Spain★ 6.6subtitled
After a year of long-distance, Raquel and Ares reunite on a steamy beach trip. Faced with fresh flirtations and insecurities, will their love prevail?
If you want a second one
What's Love Got to Do with It?
2023UK★ 6subtitled
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
See 7 more good (not elite) matches
These are real matches, confirmed English availability and all — just not as strong an overlap as the picks above.
Pride and Prejudice
2005UK★ 8.1subtitled
A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.
Through My Window
2022Spain★ 7.4subtitled
Raquel's longtime crush on her next-door neighbor turns into something more when he starts developing feelings for her, despite his family's objections.
S.O.S.: Women to the Sea
2014Brazil★ 6.7subtitled
Recently divorced Adriana tries to get revenge on the woman who took her husband away from her by going on a European cruze along with them.
Heartbreaker
2010France★ 6.6subtitled
Alex and his sister run a business designed to break up relationships. They are hired by a rich man to break up the wedding of his daughter. The only problem is that they only have one week to do so.
Isi & Ossi
2020Germany★ 6.9subtitled
Isi and Ossi couldn't be any more different: She's a billionaire's daughter from Heidelberg, he's a struggling boxer from the nearby town of Mannheim. But when Isi meets Ossi, the two quickly realize that they can take advantage of one another: She dates the broke boxer to provoke her parents and get them to fund a long-desired chef training in New York. He tries to rip off the rich daughter to finance his first professional boxing match. Their plans soon develop into emotional chaos that challenges everything the two believe to know about money, career and love.
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
2013India★ 7.3subtitled
On a trekking trip, an introverted Naina falls for a charming ex-classmate, whose thirst for adventure drives them apart. Years later, their paths cross again.
Love and Leashes
2022South Korea★ 6.8subtitled
Love never hurt so good for two co-workers who enter a contractual relationship as partners in consensual play, pleasure and pain.