Movies like Love (1999)
The best movies like Love (1999) are Man in Love (2014), Failan (2001) and Life in a Year (2020). If Love hooked you with its drama and romance, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedLife in a Year (2020)8.2/10 from 2,027 votes
- NewestDitto (2022)Released 2022
- In KoreanMan in Love (2014)Also in Korean
Man 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLife in a Year (2020)
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisHello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022)
Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNot Easily Broken (2009)
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaundy Thursday (2006)
Yu-jeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a prisoner who is waiting for death penalty. The two quickly fall in love despite their differences, yet they do not have much time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNine Lives (2005)
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLove Everlasting (2016)
Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNobody Has to Know (2022)
After a stroke and no memories from his past, Phil encounters Millie who inhabits a desert part of Isle of Lewis. She will shortly entrust him with his deepest secret : they were in love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnforgettable (2016)
On a live music radio show, a letter arrives from twenty-three years in the past. Through the letter, the first love and friendships of five friends are revealed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisEndless Love (2014)
A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thisLovely, Still (2009)
A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDitto (2022)
A college student in 1999 discovers a mysterious ham radio that connects him to a woman from 2022, sparking an impossible love story across time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisForever First Love (2020)
Paul travels the world to capture the perfect photographic moment. Amid the colour and chaos of a crowded Filipino market, destiny intervenes when Paul’s first love, Anna appears in his lens. The travellers spend the day exploring the beauty of a 16th century town and whilst passions reignite, their principles on relationships, religion and morality clash. The night they spend together will change everything.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLovers' Concerto (2002)
A college student befriends two cute girls his age. He loses contact with them. He tries to find them years later.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Love?
The closest matches to Love are Man in Love (2014), Failan (2001) and Life in a Year (2020). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Love?
Start with Man in Love (2014), the closest match to Love.
What is the highest-rated movie like Love?
Life in a Year (2020), rated 8.2/10 by 2,027 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Love?
Ditto (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like Love?
Yes: Man in Love (2014), Failan (2001) and Maundy Thursday (2006).
How are movies similar to Love chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Love, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.