The match
In the Mood for Love
2000Hong Kong★ 8.1subtitled
In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.
Your matches
Call Me by Your Name, but for the slow burn that pays off
2 foreign films carry this hook with the same weight as Call Me by Your Name. All confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
If you want a second one
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013France★ 7.1subtitled
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
See 4 more good (not elite) matches
These are real matches, confirmed English availability and all — just not as strong an overlap as the picks above.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019France★ 8.1subtitled
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Cold War
2018Poland★ 7.4subtitled
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.
The Big Blue
1988France★ 7.5subtitled
Childhood friends Jacques and Enzo share a passion for the danger of free diving. Jacques, following in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy, harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing patterns in the water, with his vital signs more closely resembling those of dolphins than men.
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2018India★ 7.6subtitled
Ram is a photographer and nature lover who travels all around India capturing moments. On a chance visit to his hometown Tanjavur, he goes into his school and begins to walk down memory lane to 1994 when he was a student harboring feelings for his classmate Janu.