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Posted: 2015-07-13T20:39:58Z | Updated: 2015-07-15T16:19:41Z

"All great literature is one of two stories," said Leo Tolstoy, a guy who would know . "A man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town." Fans of the romance film might make the case for a third possibility: the tale of strangers who meet in the midst of their own, intersecting journeys.

Cinema has long celebrated the kind of love that exists only when its co-conspirators are displaced from their normal lives -- sometimes by choice, sometimes not. "Meet Me In Montenegro," opening July 10 in limited release and on VOD , is the latest tale of two people who find themselves far from home and then find each other.

Here are some of the best films inspired by love on the move, in no particular order:

1. "Meet Me In Montenegro" (2015)

"Meet Me In Montenegro" tells the classic story of American boy meets Norwegian girl (then loses her, then finds her again while on a business trip to Berlin). Writer-director-stars Alex Holdridge and Linnea Saasen traipse around Europe after years apart in this new vision of the rom-com. The low-budget, hand-stitched vibe isn't the only reason "Meet Me In Montenegro" feels genuine: Holdrige and Saasen are real-life lovers and crafted the film around their own transcontinental romance.

2. "Y Tu Mam Tambin" (2001)

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