Movies like You Are My Sunshine (2005)
The best movies like You Are My Sunshine (2005) are A Moment to Remember (2004), Always (2011) and More Than Blue (2009). If You Are My Sunshine hooked you with its romance and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedGabriel's Inferno: Part II (2020)8.3/10 from 1,569 votes
- NewestTime Is Up (2021)Released 2021
- In KoreanA Moment to Remember (2004)Also in Korean
A Moment to Remember (2004)
A young couple's love is tested when Sun-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAlways (2011)
A former boxer turned parking lot attendant finds hope in the love of the blind telemarketer who walks into his booth one day.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMore Than Blue (2009)
A terminally ill man tries to find a suitable husband for the friend he has loved since childhood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOne Fine Spring Day (2001)
A recording engineer falls for a radio announcer after they work together to capture sounds of the natural world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Millionaire's First Love (2006)
When a high school diploma becomes the key to unlocking his inheritance, a spoiled teen gets an invaluable lesson in life and love in a rural village.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Girl and I (2005)
Su-ho is a plain high school boy, and Su-eun is a bright and beautiful girl in the same school. For some unknown reason, Su-eun has a crush on the boy, and for equally mysterious reasons she rescues Su-ho in the sea though he doesn't know who actually saved him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
The Classic (2003)
Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own circumstances.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFailan (2001)
After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMan in Love (2014)
Tae-il lives a fast life as low level thug. He then learns that he has a terminal illness and not much time left to live. Then, for the first time in his life, he falls in love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like this...ing (2003)
Follows the life of a young woman who has become reserved and indifferent to the world as a result of her chronic illness deformed hand and quietly portrays the unconventional, yet endearing relationship between mother and daughter as well as the development of Min-ah as she is befriended by the high spirited and carefree photographer Young-jae who moves into their apartment complex.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Sassy Girl (2001)
A young man’s world is turned upside down when a female force of nature takes his life by storm in this outrageous and uplifting ode to true love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOnce in a Summer (2006)
An assistant to a TV producer, eager to stay off his bad side, promises to convince her former professor, a famous but reclusive academic, to appear on their show, which helps locate long-lost persons. Who does grey-haired Professor Yun Suk-young want to see again more than anything? The answer to that question lies decades in the past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOasis (2002)
A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving and becomes infatuated with his cerebral palsy-stricken daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChristmas in August (1998)
It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWindstruck (2004)
Kyung-jin, a police officer who finds herself chasing down a suspected bag-snatcher on her day off. However, the man she catches turns out to be Myungwoo, a passer-by who was himself trying to apprehend the real criminal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDaisy (2006)
A painter in Amsterdam receives flowers from a mysterious admirer, while a hitman and cop find themselves in conflict.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNo Breathing (2013)
Two very different restless youths join a swimming competition for love and friendship which is, in fact, a rite of passage to growing up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisObsessed (2014)
A secret, passionate affair happens in the summer of 1969 between Colonel Jin Pyeong, trapped in a loveless marriage with Soo Jin, and Jong Ga Heun, the Chinese-Korean wife of Captain Kyung Woo Jin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwo Lights: Relumino (2017)
A sweet, mellow romance about a a woman with a visual impairment and the man who grows to love her after they meet in a photography club.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999)
A struggling singer feels guilty about a girl losing her eyesight; to meet the cost of her eye transplant surgery, he offers his kidney to a rich man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
See You Soon (2019)
A U.S. soccer star suffers a career-threatening injury in the run-up to the World Cup, and during his recovery, embarks on an epic romance with a Russian single mom.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisPortrait of a Beauty (2008)
Yun-jeong, a skilled painter, disguises herself as a man in court to continue her family's legacy. Circumstances become difficult when her relationship with Kang-mu draws jealousy from the others.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSweet Sex and Love (2003)
Shin-ah, a free spirit, has an unexpected encounter with Dong-gi, who seeks excitement. After a passionate night, she breaks up with her boyfriend and reunites with Dong-gi when he calls. The two fall madly in love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisTime Is Up (2021)
Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSylvie's Love (2020)
When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWoman Is the Future of Man (2004)
As the first snow falls in Seoul, two old friends reunite; one is a successful college professor, and the other, a struggling filmmaker recently returned from the United States. After their reminiscences, they finally decide to go in search of the young woman each had romanced years earlier.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFire with Fire (1986)
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOn Your Wedding Day (2018)
Through the course of their lives, a man and his first love are repeatedly separated from each other because of circumstances out of their control.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGabriel's Inferno: Part II (2020)
Professor Gabriel Emerson finally learns the truth about Julia Mitchell's identity, but his realization comes a moment too late. Julia is done waiting for the well-respected Dante specialist to remember her and wants nothing more to do with him. Can Gabriel win back her heart before she finds love in another's arms?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisNewness (2017)
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like You Are My Sunshine?
The closest matches to You Are My Sunshine are A Moment to Remember (2004), Always (2011) and More Than Blue (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after You Are My Sunshine?
People who watched You Are My Sunshine most often go on to A Moment to Remember (2004), Always (2011) and More Than Blue (2009).
What is the highest-rated movie like You Are My Sunshine?
Gabriel's Inferno: Part II (2020), rated 8.3/10 by 1,569 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like You Are My Sunshine?
Time Is Up (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like You Are My Sunshine?
Yes: A Moment to Remember (2004), Always (2011) and More Than Blue (2009).
How are movies similar to You Are My Sunshine chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside You Are My Sunshine, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.