Movies like ...ing (2003)
The best movies like ...ing (2003) are A Moment to Remember (2004), The Dream Songs (2023) and Happiness (2007). If ...ing hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedA Moment to Remember (2004)7.8/10 from 390 votes
- NewestThe Dream Songs (2023)Released 2023
- 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 thisThe Dream Songs (2023)
On the afternoon of the day before her school trip, Se-mi wakes up from her strange dream and heads to her Ha-eun. It was because she felt like she had to convey the feelings she had been holding back for a long time today. However, unlike her overflowing heart, the two keep falling apart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Happiness (2007)
Young, a careless person, suffers from terminal illness and gets admitted in a hospital for treatment. There, he falls in love with another patient. After recovering, will he get back to his former life?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
More 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 thisYou Are My Sunshine (2005)
An old bachelor Seok-joong, who has no experience in dating, falls in love at first sight with a prostitute named Eun-ha. At first Eun-ha shows no interest in Seok-joong, but gradually she begins to be flattered by his devotion and eventually falls in love with him. They marry. However, one day, Eun-ha finds out that she is infected with HIV and decides to leave Seok-joong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Oasis (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 thisThe Harmonium in My Memory (1999)
Hong-yun is a high school girl in little mountain village when she falls head-over-heels for a handsome new school teacher, Mr. Kang. What with taking care of her youngest baby brother for her widowed mother and the impossible age difference, it is a roller-coaster ride for her as she tries to become someone special for Mr. Kang while he seems interested in the other new teacher at the school, Miss Yang.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisThe 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 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
Another Way (2017)
A woman who looks after her paralyzed mother while holding down a part-time job decides to kill herself. Meanwhile, a man who works as a police officer—and who, as a child, saw his own mother commit suicide—grapples with the meaning of life. The two decide to make a suicide pact.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
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: Fans watch both · 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: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies 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: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEungyo (2012)
A reclusive elderly poet feels the fire of his youth when gamine schoolgirl Eun-gyo enters his life, to the chagrin of the old man's assistant.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisLate Spring (2014)
Set in the 1960's. Joo-goo is viewed as Korea's best sculptor, but he suffers from a disease which will slowly paralyze his body. He gives up interests in the arts and just spends his days meaninglessly. His wife, Jung-sook, tries to find a nude model for him, hoping the model might inspire him to sculpt again. One day, Jung-sook meets Min-gyung.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Windstruck (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 Regret (2006)
Su-min is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at an art college and an evening job. One night, a rich young businessman makes an advance on him during one of his driving jobs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Time (2006)
Consumed by jealousy, a woman takes an extreme step and undergoes surgery for a new face. Although her lover of 2 years misses her, he falls in love with the new face, not knowing it's the same woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCome Rain, Come Shine (2011)
A melodrama about a couple who have been married for five years, but who continue to play hide and seek with their true feelings.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)
Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another patient, who catches the eye of Young-goon and soon becomes a close friend. Il-soon is now confronted with the biggest task: to cure Young-goon's mental problem and have her eat real food.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHappy End (1999)
When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.
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 thisPlum Blossom (2000)
High school senior, Jayo is seduced into his first sexual experience by classmate Hara, who eventually kills herself when he ignores her. Since then, he immerses himself in loveless sex until he meets cheerful nurse, Namok. Meanwhile, his pal Seuin has developed a crush on his teacher, which is socially taboo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Two 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
I Can't Think Straight (2008)
Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made for her and escapes back to Jordan, while Leyla tries to move on with her new-found life, to the shock of her tradition-loving parents. As Tala's wedding day approaches, simmering tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Brilliant Career (1979)
A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like ...ing?
The closest matches to ...ing are A Moment to Remember (2004), The Dream Songs (2023) and Happiness (2007). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after ...ing?
People who watched ...ing most often go on to A Moment to Remember (2004), The Dream Songs (2023) and Happiness (2007).
What is the highest-rated movie like ...ing?
A Moment to Remember (2004), rated 7.8/10 by 390 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like ...ing?
The Dream Songs (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like ...ing?
Yes: A Moment to Remember (2004), The Dream Songs (2023) and Happiness (2007).
How are movies similar to ...ing chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside ...ing, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.