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Movies like A Foreign Heart

The best movies like A Foreign Heart are The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Original Sin (2001). If A Foreign Heart hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

    A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he's ever loved.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Doctor Zhivago (1965)

    The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Original Sin (2001)

    A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Intergirl (1989)

    A hospital nurse becomes an "international girl" — a prostitute who caters to foreigners with hard currency.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

    A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. The Secret Scripture (2017)

    The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Electric Dreams (1984)

    Miles Harding buys a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing conscious thought and emotion after an interaction with spilled champagne. Things begin getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, the computer, fall in love with beautiful neighbor Madeline Robistat.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Love Me (2025)

    In a story that spans billions of years, a buoy and a satellite meet online long after humanity’s extinction. As they learn what life was like on Earth, they discover themselves and what it means to be alive and in love.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Five Feet Apart (2019)

    Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control — all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There's an instant flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Sugar Baby (2024)

    Love comes without asking. Often not to those, not so and not then. Can a genuine feeling survive when everything started wrong and the whole world is against it? Give up everything or give up? Burn or survive?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. A Life Less Ordinary (1997)

    Upon being fired, a desperate guy kidnaps a daughter of his former boss. Two angels are sent to Earth to check if love is possible in this case.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Solo Mio (2026)

    After Matt's dreams of a picturesque Italian wedding are shattered when his fiancée leaves him at the altar, he embarks on his planned honeymoon across Italy alone, immersing himself in the country's vibrant culture, food, and beauty, meeting Gia along the way.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)

    Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Fallen (2016)

    Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There, she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to whom she feels drawn to both. But as the love triangle unfurls, it is Daniel that Luce cannot keep herself away from, and things begin to take a darker turn when she finds out his true identity.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

    Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Me Before You (2016)

    Lou Clark, a directionless 26-year-old from the English countryside, takes a job at the local castle as a caregiver and companion to a wealthy young banker, Will Traynor. Wheelchair-bound from an accident two years prior, the once adventurous Will has all but given up — that is until Lou determines to show him that life is worth living.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Peter Ibbetson (1935)

    When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke and Duchess of Towers. When Peter and the duchess become great friends, she reveals that she is Mary — but the duke soon suspects his wife of infidelity and challenges Peter to a duel, threatening the pair's second chance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. The Sleeping Dictionary (2003)

    In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lovely Selima. In keeping with tradition, Selima is assigned to sleep with Truscott and teach him the native language and customs. But when they fall in love, both colonists and natives object to their plans to marry.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. City Lights (1931)

    A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)

    Two teenagers trapped in an endless time loop set out to find all the tiny things that make that one day perfect.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like A Foreign Heart?

The closest matches to A Foreign Heart are The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Original Sin (2001). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after A Foreign Heart?

Start with The Adjustment Bureau (2011), the closest match to A Foreign Heart.

What is the highest-rated movie like A Foreign Heart?

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), rated 8.4/10 by 11,960 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like A Foreign Heart?

Solo Mio (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

How are movies similar to A Foreign Heart chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside A Foreign Heart, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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