Romantic Foreign Movies on Netflix
Last updated January 22, 2025
Broken Embraces
2009 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAging filmmaker Mateo Blanco -- aka screenwriter Harry Caine -- tells his assistant about life before the accident that left him blind, when he became embroiled in a torrid and complicated affair with aspiring actress Lena.
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The Sword with No Name
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen the queen he secretly loves becomes caught up in a dangerous political battle that may prove fatal, the queen's bodyguard -- former bounty hunter Mu Myeong -- must take action to save her life.
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The Names of Love
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis politically infused comedy follows the crusade of Baya, a left-wing femme fatale who seeks to rescue right-wing men from their conservative values by taking them on as lovers -- until she meets a man whose beliefs are as firmly set as her own.
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Sidewalls
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSeparated by the wall their apartments share, Mariana and Martín are the perfect couple. They have the same quirks, same tastes, same ideals and even the same neuroses -- they're a match made in heaven. There's just one problem: They've never met.
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Lafangey Parindey
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThe intense and often ruthless streets of Mumbai are the setting for this romance about One Shot Nandu, a boxer who fights blindfolded, and Pinky Palkar, a roller dancer whose career is threatened when she's blinded in an accident with Nandu.
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Lamhe
1991 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsVirin falls desperately in love with Pallavi, but his shyness prevents him from revealing his true feelings. His dreams of winning her fade completely when he finds out that she's to marry another man ... but all may not be lost.
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Angels of Sex
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen enigmatic Rai saves young dancer Bruno from a mugging, an intimate and adventurous friendship soon develops between the two men. Throw Bruno's girlfriend, Carla, into the mix, however, and emotions suddenly become more complicated.
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Kabhi Kabhie
1976 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsForced apart by their families, poet Amit and his true love, Pooja, marry other people. But years later, when Pooja's son, Vicky, falls in love with a girl named Pinky, their connection forces everyone to reexamine the past.
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Break Ke Baad
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsChildhood friends Abhay Gulathi and Aaliya Khan turn into teenage paramours in this romantic comedy that throws plenty of obstacles in the young lovers' paths as they find their way in the world and back to each other.
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Ishaqzaade
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsRising from the ashes of hooliganism and small-town clan wars comes the love story of a passion ignited by hatred. Two people who were born to hate learn they instead have been destined to fall in love.
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Amour
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this 2012 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner, Georges and Anne, retired music teachers in their eighties, have a time-tested love. But as Anne's health fails, Georges becomes her caregiver, and the couple's bond is tested like never before.
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Rust and Bone
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAn extraordinary story of survival and salvation from the acclaimed, award-winning director of A Prophet. Starring Academy Award Winner Marion Cotillard as Stéphanie, who navigates a gritty relationship with Ali, a street fighter, in a world where love and courage appear in many forms.
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The Assassins
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn 198 B.C., Cao Cao, prime minister of the Han Dynasty, ventures to the east and defeats China's greatest warrior, Lu Bu, terrifying every ambitious warlord across the country. Several years later, Cao crowns himself King of Wei.
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Soul Kitchen
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsYoung restaurant owner Zinos (Adam Bousdoukos) decides to revamp Soul Kitchen, his dumpy diner, but the customer response isn't what he was hoping for. To make matters worse, his girlfriend (Anna Bederke) flies off to Shanghai, and the tax collector comes knocking. But with the help of an inspired new chef (Birol Ünel), Zinos still has a chance at redemption. German director Fatih Akin delivers a riotous modern romantic comedy.
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Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsFleeing London to evade a gangland debt collector, Omi Khurana returns to his native village in India, passing himself off as a successful lawyer. But when he discovers a childhood flame is about to be married, Omi resolves to head off the union.
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Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsFeisty tomboy Mini isn't eager to marry the wealthy suitor who's been chosen for her, so she stages her own kidnapping and runs off with Viren, a humble man who works for her father. Soon, the unlikely pair find themselves falling for each other.
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Bodyguard
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIrritated by her bodyguard, wealthy Divya invents a phony secret admirer to distract him with phone calls. But when her father becomes angry, believing Divya and the bodyguard are lovers, he sets off a chain of unexpected events.
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Luck by Chance
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen struggling actor Vikram gets tapped to play the male lead in a big-budget Bollywood film, he can't believe his luck. But fame and fortune have a way of ruining his relationship with his longtime girlfriend.
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The Last Station
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsSet during the last year of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy's life, this biopic explores the fractious relationship between Tolstoy (Oscar nominee Christopher Plummer) and his wife (Oscar nominee Helen Mirren), as he embraces a life of asceticism. Paul Giamatti co-stars as impassioned Tolstoy devotee Vladimir Chertkov, with James McAvoy playing the aging writer's assistant, Valentin, who is caught in the middle of various struggles.
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Chandni
1989 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen her fiancé is paralyzed in an accident, Chandni starts afresh in Mumbai, where she falls in love with her handsome new boss and agrees to marry him. But by coincidence her two lovers become good friends, leaving her to make a painful choice.
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Transfer
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsA loving elderly couple (Hans-Michael Rehberg and Ingrid Andree) decides to undergo an astonishingly advanced but ethically dubious medical procedure to extend their lives in this thought-provoking sci-fi thriller about privilege, race and exploitation of the Third World. The two have their spirits transferred into the bodies of African refugees, but the young people acting as their hosts regain custody of their bodies for four hours every day.
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Could This Be Love?
2007 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsLucas (Vincent Lindon), a successful businessman, falls in love with Elsa (Sandrine Bonnaire), an artist who's been commissioned to paint a mural in his office building. Not trusting his heart, Lucas asks his company's head of security (François Berlléand) to trail her. When the three get tangled up in the latest surveillance technology, Lucas's clever plan blows up in his face. Pierre Jolivet directs this romantic comedy.
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Pyaar Impossible
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIt's a classic case of beauty and the geek when Abhay, the nerdiest guy on campus, crosses paths with Alisha, the girl of every man's dreams, and whether by destiny or happenstance, they're forced into each other's company -- and each other's arms.
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I Am Love
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFamily dissension, unbidden desire and other tensions bubble to the surface during a patriarch's birthday party. When the seemingly picture-perfect Recchi clan gathers to celebrate the man, the veneer of civility quickly falls away.
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Angèle et Tony
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsRecently out of prison, Angèle is desperate for a relationship so she can get her young son back from her parents-in-law. When she answers a personal ad and meets Tony, a fisherman, she thinks she's found her mark, but in this awkward love story, he isn't exactly scrambling for her affection or her body.
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