Falling in love is magical, so it’s no surprise that so many movies like The Age Of Adaline add so many romantic fantastical elements to heighten the sense of wonder even further.
The Age of Adaline, starring Blake Lively as a young woman who gets stuck at the same age after a car accident. Decades later she meets a man and falls in love – but will she sacrifice immortality for him?
So if you adore fantastical romantic movies like The Age of Adaline, get the popcorn ready, and let’s fall in love…
10+ Romantic Fantasy Movies Like The Age Of Adaline
1. Meet Joe Black (1998)
Mortality and love are often linked in movies like The Age of Adaline, and death itself becomes the lead character in Martin Brest’s irresistibly slushy Meet Joe Black.
An aging billionaire is contacted by Joe Black, the Grim Reaper in the body of a young man. Joe starts taking an interest in the lives of mortals, and the billionaire’s beautiful daughter…
This romantic fantasy is a long sit but gets away with it thanks to sterling performances from Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, and Claire Forlani as the mortal woman who captures death’s…heart?
2. The Time Traveller’s Wife (2009)
Time is another major preoccupation of movies like The Age of Adaline, and time-traveling is used to marvelous effect in the swooningly romantic The Time Traveller’s Wife.
Henry is handsome, charming, and romantic. He also suffers from a genetic disorder that causes him to involuntarily time travel, creating problems in his marriage to Clare…
Robert Schwentke’s glossy romantic sci-fi milks its imaginative premise for all it’s worth, helped by his impossibly attractive duo of Bana and McAdams, who play their roles with sincerity and a lightness of touch.
3. Wuthering Heights (1939)
Let’s take our own trip back in time – 80 years to one of the true greats of the genre, William Wyler’s handsome adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel.
Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier are ravishing as Cathy and Heathcliff, two wild lovers who are kept apart by circumstance and their own temperaments. When Heathcliff returns home with revenge in mind, the course is set for tragedy…
Still regarded as the definitive screen version of Brontë’s heart-rending tale, Wuthering Heights is a gothic romance with a supernatural touch. If you love movies like The Age of Adaline, you need to see this classic.
4. If Only (2004)
The difference between happiness and tragedy often hangs on a single choice in romantic movies, and the stakes are high in Gil Junger’s glossy If Only.
After an argument, the girlfriend of a Londoner dies in a car accident. He’s broken up, but he gets the chance to relive the day all over again and figure out a way to save her…
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Paul Nicholls sparkle together in this romantic fantasy that hinges on a Sliding Doors-like moment.Â
5. About Time (2013)
A young man inherits the ability to travel through time. He decides to use the gift to find a girlfriend, but time travel ends up complicating matters…
Richard Curtis applies his successful rom-com formula to time travel, and this light-hearted fantasy is as charming as you’d expect. Gleason and McAdams are appealing as the time-crossed lovers, but Bill Nighy steals the show.
Movies like The Age of Adaline and About Time don’t need modified DeLoreans to propel their characters through time, and make their fantastical concept a natural part of the story.
6. The Lake House (2006)
There’s a different time of temporal quirk at play in The Lake House, a story about a man and a woman who lives in the same house two years apart. Despite this, they exchange letters and fall in love…
Alejandro Agresti brings back the Speed dream team of Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock for this handsome, shamelessly schmaltzy romance.
Much of the fun in The Lake House is trying to figure out how the characters will overcome their seemingly impossible situation, so fans of The Age of Adaline should love it.
7. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
A dashing pilot bails out of his stricken aircraft without a parachute, but survives thanks to a heavenly clerical error. The celestial pencil-pushers realize their mistake and send an emissary to collect him, by which time he’s fallen in love…
Powell and Pressburger’s sumptuous romantic fantasy is one of their best-loved films. David Niven heads a wonderful cast with his usual charm.
A Matter of Life and Death is bursting with wit, charm, incredible visuals, and remains one of the greatest romantic fantasies of all time. See it on the biggest screen possible!
8. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Fans of movies like The Age of Adaline should love the fantastical concept of The Purple Rose of Cairo, which is like The Last Action Hero without the guns.
A New Jersey waitress in the 1930s goes to the cinema and gets more than she bargained for when the handsome star of the movie walks off the screen and into her life…
Mia Farrow and Jeff Daniels are adorable as the unlikely couple and it’s one of Woody Allen’s most romantic movies, also encompassing his love of jazz and old movies.
9. Ruby Sparks (2012)
A blocked writer types his dream girl into existence and starts a whirlwind romance with her. The only problem is, he can change everything about her with just a few key strokes…
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris direct, but it’s really Zoe Kazan’s movie. She wrote the screenplay and embodies Ruby onscreen opposite Paul Dano, in a role that could easily become just another manic pixie dream girl.
Ruby Sparks is a treat for romantic movie fans. It’s cute, funny, sexy and even goes to darker places than you might expect.
10. Ghost (1990)
No list of movies like The Age of Adaline would be complete without this mega hit, which did for throwing pottery what Titanic did for the front of boats.
It tells the tale of a murdered bankers whose spirit lingers on earth trying to warn his girlfriend of impending danger. Unable to get through, he gets a kooky medium to help him…
There’s not a dry eye in the house at the end of Ghost. Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore steam up the screen with their sizzling chemistry, while Whoopi Goldberg won an Oscar for her role. A modern classic.