Movies like My Best Summer (2019)
The best movies like My Best Summer (2019) are My Love (2021), Love Will Tear Us Apart (2021) and Us and Them (2018). If My Best Summer 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 ratedYour Name Engraved Herein (2020)7.9/10 from 325 votes
- Newest18x2 Beyond Youthful Days (2024)Released 2024
- In ChineseMy Love (2021)Also in Chinese
My Love (2021)
Tells the 15-year love story between Zhou Xiao Qi, a long-time swimming student and You Yong Ci, a transfer student. In high school, Zhou Xiao Qi fell in love at first sight with You Yong Ci. A young and ignorant pure love, the boy silently guarded, but the girl left without saying goodbye. Life after that, 15 years of love long-distance race. Your wedding is also my coming-of-age gift.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Love Will Tear Us Apart (2021)
Lu and Ling, two high-school sweethearts who pledged to get married to each other in their youth. Over the next 10 years, their relationship is tried and tested by a number of obstacles that stand in their way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Us and Them (2018)
Ten years ago, on a train home during the busy Spring Festival travel period, fate brings Xiaoxiao and Jianqing together. Like many young couples, they meet, fall in love, and strive to make it work, but eventually, the harsh realities of life make them drift apart. Ten years later, they run into each other again. Will they make the most of this second chance and rekindle what they once lost?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSo Young (2013)
Although new friendships and new love await her, a college freshman discovers that university life is not as simple as she had hoped.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYou Are the Apple of My Eye (2011)
A group of close friends who attend a private school all have a debilitating crush on the sunny star pupil, Shen Chia-yi. The only member of the group who claims not to is Ko Ching-teng, but he ends up loving her as well.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLove The Way You Are (2019)
Opposites clash when spunky girl next door Lin Lin meets eccentric nerd Yuke. Despite being neighbors and schoolmates since childhood, Lin Lin and Yuke barely know each other. When the pair are both admitted into the same university, Lin Lin discovers that Yuke harbors a secret crush for campus beauty, Ruting. Ever the busybody, Lin Lin decides to matchmake Yuke and Ruting, only to find herself gradually falling for Yuke.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Tune in for Love (2019)
During the 1990s, hardworking Mi-soo and optimistic Hyun-woo meet at a bakery and fall in love while exchanging stories on a radio station, but while their paths keep crossing, the timing never seems to work out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLast Letter (2018)
All Yuan Zhinan has left behind when she passed away is a letter and an invitation to a school reunion. Attending the reunion in lieu of her late elder sister, Zhihua accidentally runs into Yin Chuan, on whom she had a crush in her youth. As old memories are evoked, and correspondences travel through different contexts and times, Zhihua slowly uncovers the intricate story of the trio.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
SoulMate (2016)
The film spans two decades, as the story unfolds in a series of flashbacks that begin when Qiyue and Ansheng were just thirteen. The two became inseparable, until they met a boy who ended up tearing their lives apart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSoulmate (2023)
When Mi-so and Ha-eun first meet in childhood, their lives become instantly intertwined, forming a bond surrounded by happiness and naivety. But as adulthood arrives, alone and together, they are forced to deal with sadness, anger, grief, growth, and most of all, love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisLove O2O (2016)
A college stud tries to level up his relationship with a computer science major after becoming attracted to her skills in an online role-playing game.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUpcoming Summer (2021)
When a white lie leads to unexpected results, Chen Chen and Zheng Yuxing forge a deep friendship and must face the harsh realities of growing up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Love After Love (2021)
The film tells the story of a young girl who travels from Shanghai to Hong Kong in pursuit of education, but ends up working for her aunt seducing rich and powerful men.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
18x2 Beyond Youthful Days (2024)
Having lost his job and the company he built, a 36-year-old man at rock bottom goes on a wistful solo trip to Japan in search of the love he left behind.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisYour Name Engraved Herein (2020)
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisDia (2020)
Dia tells the story of a young, introvert girl whose routine life brightens up when she falls for Rohith, one of her fellow college mates. Being an introvert girl and trying to express her love becomes the biggest challenge of her life. This romantic drama will make you lose yourself in the emotional journey of a girl falling in love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Man in Love (2021)
A debt collector strikes a deal with a debt-ridden woman struggling to care for her ailing father: he will take care of her bills if she agrees to date him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWe Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)
Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Sun Is Also a Star (2019)
Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at Dartmouth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSemantic Error: The Movie (2022)
An uptight student must work with the hotshot designer he wronged during an earlier school project. But past conflict soon gives way to romantic tension.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
The First Girl I Loved (2021)
On the night before Yuet's wedding, best friends Nam and Yuet recall their time together in school, when they shared a relationship that was more than friendship, but also perhaps not quite love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Never Said Goodbye (2016)
Junhao declares to go to Sicily to learn opera and ends the relationship with his fiancée, Xiaoyou. In disbelief, she determines to learn the truth behind his sudden decision. Lee Joon-gi has teamed up with Lin for his first Chinese film.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
So Young 2: Never Gone (2016)
A wealthy young man pursues a young woman of modest means, but circumstances often separate them as the years pass.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Week Friends (2022)
A high school student suffers from a strange amnesia, causing her memories to only last a week. After she befriends a new student, his kindness and persistence make her gradually open up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAll These Years (2023)
Chen Jianxia grew up in a patriarchal environment. At Zhenhua, she meets school delinquent Li Ran, and he becomes the only light in Chen Jianxia's life. They redeem each other but regrettably part ways.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Double Patty (2021)
Kang Woo-ram is busy preparing to get a job. Lee Hyun-ji is a would-be anchor, but she works at a homemade hamburger restaurant. One night, Woo-ram visits the hamburger restaurant and orders a double patty hamburger, which has a "buy one, get one free" sale. This is how their relationship begins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Jade Dynasty (2019)
After the massacre of his village, Zhang Xiaofan is taken in by the Qing Yun Sect where he begins his journey of cultivation. When he finds out the truth behind the deaths of his parents, he succumbs to his rage and demonic tendencies and becomes the enemy of Qing Yun Sect.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAlready Tomorrow in Hong Kong (2016)
Ruby, a Chinese American toy designer from LA, visits Hong Kong for the first time on business. Finding herself stranded, she meets Josh, an American expat who shows her the city.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJust For Meeting You (2023)
Xu Niannian and Yang Yi met at the most beautiful time in their lives, sharing an unforgettable chapter of youthful love and growth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Cheese in the Trap (2018)
Hong Seol, a student from a poor family, meets a rich Yoo Jung, who is her senior at her university. They both develop a rather inconvenient relationship after knowing each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like My Best Summer?
The closest matches to My Best Summer are My Love (2021), Love Will Tear Us Apart (2021) and Us and Them (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after My Best Summer?
People who watched My Best Summer most often go on to My Love (2021), Love Will Tear Us Apart (2021) and Us and Them (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like My Best Summer?
Your Name Engraved Herein (2020), rated 7.9/10 by 325 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like My Best Summer?
18x2 Beyond Youthful Days (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Chinese movies like My Best Summer?
Yes: My Love (2021), Love Will Tear Us Apart (2021) and Us and Them (2018).
How are movies similar to My Best Summer chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside My Best Summer, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.