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Movies like Soulmate (2023)

The best movies like Soulmate (2023) are Past Lives (2023), The Best of Me (2014) and The Classic (2003). If Soulmate hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Past Lives (2023)

    After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  2. The Best of Me (2014)

    A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  3. 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  4. Be With You (2018)

    Along with his young son, Ji-ho, Woo-jin misses his wife Soo-a, who died after promising to return a year later with the rainy season. Miraculously, they reunite with Soo-a when the rainy season comes around, but she has no memory of her husband and son whom she dearly loved.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

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  5. Twilight (2008)

    When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward's repeated cautions, Bella can't stay away from him, a fatal move that endangers her own life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  6. 20th Century Girl (2022)

    In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

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  7. Endings, Beginnings (2020)

    An artist dumps her longtime boyfriend, but her attempt to take a break from dating ends when she quickly finds herself in two passionate romances.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

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  8. Failan (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

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  9. Even If This Love Disappears Tonight (2025)

    A high school girl wakes up each day with no memory of yesterday. When she agrees to date a shy classmate, can their love grow with every new beginning?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

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  10. Hello, 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

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  11. About Time (2013)

    The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father reveals to him that the men in their family have the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  12. The 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

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  13. The Art of Getting By (2011)

    George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  14. Love, Lies (2016)

    Two best friends, So-yool and Yeon-hee, dream of becoming the top artists in Seoul together. But their friendship doesn't last long as Yoon-woo, So-yool's first love and songwriter, falls in love with Yeon-hee and her voice. So-yool's feeling of jealousy and inferiority towards Yeon-hee grows by the day, and she eventually makes a drastic decision to bring the two lovers down.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

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  15. If Only (2004)

    After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), Ian Wyndham, a grief-stricken British businessman living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  16. Endless 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

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  17. The Last Song (2010)

    A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  18. ...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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  19. The Way Home (2002)

    This is the story of a 7-year-old boy, Sang-woo, born and raised in the big city, and his mute grandmother, who has spent her whole life in a small rural village.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  20. Take Care of My Cat (2001)

    When one girl from five close school friends moves to Seoul after school is over, the other four try and deal with the loss of her moving and them drifting apart.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  21. Notes on a Scandal (2006)

    A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance

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  22. Love Advisor (2021)

    The story is about a guy who can predict a person’s future by patterns of tea leaves. Our fortune teller is in love with his best friend, but unfortunately, he’s stuck as a love advisor for said friend.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & drama

  23. In The Form of Love (2023)

    Iran in the early 1960s: The world is still a big dream of freedom, exuberance and Technicolor, at least in the eyes of sixteen-year-old Atieh (Saina Rohanie in an impressive debut). Together with her mother, she visits Rassoul, a longtime friend of her late father, in his small village and, upon her arrival, meets his fourteen-year-old son Kamran (new discovery Mahdiar Shahmohammadi). Kamran is immediately enraptured by Atieh's charisma, and it doesn't take long for the two teens to become close. Kamran takes Atieh into the previously unknown world of cinema, whose heroes, villains and adventures he is already passionately addicted to. A magical summer takes its course - at the end of which waits a shattering decision that will change both of them forever.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance

  24. Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

    Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants where they rule as king and queen.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  25. Samaritan Girl (2004)

    Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin "manages" her, fixing dates, taking care of the money, and making sure the coast is clear. When Jae-Young falls in love with one of those men, she suppresses her feelings towards him in respect of her friend who's jealous.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  26. Four Minutes (2006)

    Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old piano teacher discovers the girl’s secret, her brutality and her dreams, she decides to transform her pupil into the musical wunderkind she once was.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  27. Rocky IV (1985)

    Rocky Balboa holds the world heavyweight championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. This time, Rocky's training regimen takes him to Siberia, where he prepares for a globally televised match in the heart of Moscow. But nothing can truly prepare him for what he's about to face – a fight to the finish, in which he must defend not only himself, but also the honor of his country!

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  28. Rocky V (1990)

    A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky’s career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  29. Lights in the Dusk (2006)

    Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift in a luxury shopping mall in Helsinki. But when icy blonde Mirja approaches him, the lonely Koistinen falls helplessly for her, unaware she is manipulating him for her criminal boyfriend.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  30. Missão Cupido (2021)

    Miguel is Rita's clumsy guardian angel. Unaware of the extent of his powers, he prophesies that the girl will never find love. However, when Death learns of his audacity, he comes to Earth to seduce Rita. Now, by order of the Almighty, Miguel has to face Death and the problems he caused his protégé.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Soulmate?

The closest matches to Soulmate are Past Lives (2023), The Best of Me (2014) and The Classic (2003). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Soulmate?

Start with Past Lives (2023), the closest match to Soulmate.

What is the highest-rated movie like Soulmate?

Even If This Love Disappears Tonight (2025), rated 8.5/10 by 243 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Soulmate?

Even If This Love Disappears Tonight (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there Korean movies like Soulmate?

Yes: The Classic (2003), Be With You (2018) and 20th Century Girl (2022).

How are movies similar to Soulmate chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Soulmate, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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