Romantic Independent Movies on Netflix
Last updated April 19, 2025
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsGrad student Sara Quinn (Julianne Nicholson) is perplexed by her endless string of romantic failures. Combining work on an anthropological dissertation with her quest for personal answers, Sara interviews an array of men, whose confessions range from banal to bizarre. Actor John Krasinski makes his directorial debut with this quirky comedy based on a collection of short stories by David Foster Wallace.
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My Summer of Love
2004 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsMona is tired of her working-class roots, and Tamsin is bored with her pampered lifestyle. When their opposite worlds collide unexpectedly, the girls sense an immediate attraction. But can their unusual friendship survive their differences?
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Far North
2007 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsSaiva (Michelle Yeoh) lives a tough existence in the Arctic wasteland, hunting for food and other necessities. Her only human contact is with Anja (Michelle Krusiec), a woman she raised from infancy. The arrival of a wounded soldier, Loki (Sean Bean), tests both women's loyalty and resolve. Neither, it seems, is prepared for the man's impact on their lifelong friendship. Award-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia directs this visually stunning epic.
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Sleeping Dogs Lie
2006 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsAll hell breaks loose when a woman reveals a secret to her fiancé in comedian-director Bob Goldthwait's edgy romantic comedy. Encouraged by her mother and co-worker, Amy (Melinda Page Hamilton) tells her husband-to-be about a rather shocking past sexual encounter. But her confession threatens to destroy the relationship, and what unfolds is a story of integrity, family ties, bravery and forgiveness. Bryce Johnson and Colby French co-star.
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Friends with Money
2006 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsWriter-director Nicole Holofcener's bittersweet tale examines the evolving lives of four female friends living in Los Angeles: married and financially secure Jane (Frances McDormand), Franny (Joan Cusack) and Christine (Catherine Keener), and their single friend Olivia (Jennifer Aniston). As the friends move from one group event to the next, married life starts showing cracks for Jane, Franny and Christine, while Olivia struggles to find herself.
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Lianna
1983 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsLianna becomes fed up with her marriage to her cheating husband and begins an affair with Ruth, her night school professor. But Lianna's joy at finding a new life and love soon disintegrates as the people around her start to treat her differently.
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Under the Gaydar
2009 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsLarry and Lauren Barnabee don't want their son, Darren, to be gay -- so much so that they hire a girl to "turn" him straight. But what they don't know is that Darren's playing the gay card to GET girls, not push them away.
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The Guest House
2012 | NR | 2.7 out of 5 StarsBad girl Rachel, an aspiring young songwriter, finds her life change dramatically when she falls for the woman staying in the family guest house, a wholesome college graduate fresh to California from the cornfields of Iowa.
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Making Plans for Lena
2009 | NR | 2.7 out of 5 StarsDeciding to leave her unfaithful husband (Jean-Marc Barr) behind, 34-year-old Léna (Chiara Mastroianni) travels from Paris to her family's country home to gain some emotional refuge and restart her life. To her dismay, Lena discovers that family members have their own plans for her. The first of these comes from her high-strung sister, Frédérique (Marina Foïs), who's arranged a surprise appearance by Léna's ex-husband.
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30 Beats
2012 | NR | 2.7 out of 5 StarsNew York City is baking in the summer sun, and city residents are pouring out of their houses and into chance encounters and romantic collisions. This sexy comedy highlights the steamy encounters of 10 New Yorkers during a three-day heat wave.
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The Kreutzer Sonata
2008 | NR | 2.7 out of 5 StarsKnowing that his pianist wife, Abby, regrets having given up her career to become a housewife, philanthropist Edgar arranges for her to give a private concert, but he grows suspicious when she spends long hours rehearsing with violinist Aiden.
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The Casserole Club
2012 | NR | 2.6 out of 5 StarsIn a 1960s suburb, a group of housewives decides to form a recipe club and host dinners with their husbands to see who can make the best casserole. But the competition soon turns to boozy flirtation, and more than recipes end up getting swapped.
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Multiple Sarcasms
2010 | NR | 2.6 out of 5 StarsIn 1979, architect Gabriel (Timothy Hutton) begins questioning his existence, avoiding work and escaping into the fictional world of movies. When he starts writing a play examining the choices he's made, it creates issues with his family and friends.
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Colma: The Musical
2006 | NR | 2.6 out of 5 Stars"Deadsville USA": That's what they call Colma, the burg just outside San Francisco where city dwellers bury their dead and corpses outnumber the living. It's also the setting of this charming coming-of-age rock musical from Richard Wong, who received an Independent Spirit nod as "Someone to Watch." With exuberantly clever lyrics and script by H.P. Mendoza and virtuoso cinematography and editing from Wong, this film is indeed one to watch.
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Automatic
2005 | NR | 2.5 out of 5 StarsBound together by threads of destiny, six people trudge through the tangled paths of their troubled lives. As they drift along on seemingly fated courses -- bumping into one another along the way -- can they break free from their reflexive behavior? Sean O'Bryan, Travis Schuldt, Jay Thames, Jennifer Ferguson, Jamie Anne Allman and Brandy Howard star in this edgy ensemble drama directed by Jonathan Walls.
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The Brown Bunny
2004 | NR | 2.3 out of 5 StarsDirector Vincent Gallo stars as Bud, a competitive road biker riding from New Hampshire to California for a race. But the journey is also an attempt to erase his memory of the one true love he can't forget, even as he beds other women.
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Brownian Movement
2010 | NR | 2.2 out of 5 StarsThis atmospheric drama follows the soul-searing journey of Charlotte, a seemingly devoted wife, mother and doctor who suddenly becomes involved with a series of lovers. When her husband learns of her infidelity, she's at a loss to explain it.
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