If You Loved Titanic, Watch These 8 Next

You cried at the iceberg. Respect. These eight carry the same big-swing romance, class gaps and terrible timing, and every one scores Elite on movie.guru.

The last one is Titanic's grandparent, and I'm saying something unpopular about it.

1. 8
   The Artist (2011)9.2

   Same old-Hollywood swoon, almost no dialogue, still gets you.

   Period glamour, a romance across a status gap, and a 9.2 movie.guru score. It made $133M worldwide on a reported $15M budget. A mostly silent movie in 2011. Nuts.
2. 7
   Before Sunset (2004)9.5

   Titanic's ticking clock, minus the ship, plus way more talking.

   Two people, old feelings, limited time before one has to leave. That's the whole engine. 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 9.5 movie.guru score off a reported $2 to 2.7M budget.
3. 6
   Slumdog Millionaire (2008)9.3

   The rich-poor love story Titanic fans actually want next.

   A kid from the slums chasing the girl he lost, with the class gap doing the heavy lifting. $378M worldwide and an 8.0 on IMDb from 917,505 votes.
4. 5
   Cinema Paradiso (1988)9.4

   Best 'grown-up remembers young love' framing this side of Rose.

   A man looks back on first love and a lost era, same flashback setup as Titanic. Audiences rate it above 99% of movies. Bring tissues, plural.
5. 4
   The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)9.2

   A flashback romance hiding inside a crime story. Criminally underseen.

   Old memories, a love never said out loud, and a mystery pulling it forward. 9.2 movie.guru score, $35M worldwide, and somehow your friends have never heard of it.
6. 3
   Modern Times (1936)9.8

   Chaplin did broke couple versus the system first, and funnier.

   Two poor kids against a cold industrial world, the same class fight at Titanic's heart. 9.8 movie.guru score, 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, made for a reported $1.5M.
7. 2
   Casablanca (1942)9.8

   The doomed wartime romance every weepie is still copying.

   Love, bad timing, and history crashing the party. Metacritic 100 and a 9.8 movie.guru score. Eight decades of movies have tried to top it. Still waiting.
8. 1
   Gone with the Wind (1939)9.5

   Titanic's closest relative, and the one that's aged worst.

   Epic romance, a world collapsing, $402M worldwide. The 9.5 movie.guru score is earned on craft. Guru's Take: 6.8, because it romanticizes the slaveholding South, and that's hard to swoon past.

$277.41 says you start Casablanca tonight and quote it at work tomorrow like you came up with it.

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