Movies like Really Love (2020)
The best movies like Really Love (2020) are Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022), The Photograph (2020) and The Sun Is Also a Star (2019). If Really Love 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 ratedMidnight Sun (2018)7.8/10 from 3,587 votes
- NewestThe Air He Breathes (2024)Released 2024
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: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Photograph (2020)
When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box, she soon finds herself delving into her mother's early life -- an investigation that leads to an unexpected romance with a rising journalist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisBeyond the Lights (2014)
Noni Jean is a hot new rising star. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes Noni to nearly fall apart - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Can Kaz's love give Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPremature (2020)
The summer before she leaves for college, Ayanna meets handsome and mysterious outsider Isaiah; her entire world is turned upside down as she navigates the demanding terrain of young love against a changing Harlem landscape.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Resisting Roots (2022)
Genevieve Harper makes the most out of raising her two siblings after their parents' tragic accident. At just 24, Viv has devoted herself to providing her family with the best life possible, sacrificing her own dreams along the way. When Trent Fox, a known player on and off the baseball field, shows up at Viv’s job, the Lotus House Yoga Center to recuperate, the attraction between the two of them is instant. But Viv does not have time to devote to a man, let alone a man who will only break her heart. Can love grow between a woman who’s rooted in her life and a man who resists any notion of setting roots down?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Midnight Sun (2018)
Katie, a 17-year-old, has been sheltered since childhood and confined to her house during the day by a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Fate intervenes when she meets Charlie and they embark on a summer romance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies 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: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAlone Together (2022)
Strangers June and Charlie wind up double-booked in the same upstate New York Airbnb during the start of COVID-19. Exasperating the situation, the lockdown forces them both to stay and confront the unexpected feelings that develop between them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisAfter We Collided (2020)
Tessa finds herself struggling with her complicated relationship with Hardin; she faces a dilemma that could change their lives forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAll My Life (2020)
It was a chance meeting started by one of Sol’s friends trying to chat up Jennifer. However, in the end, it was those two who hit it off. Sol enjoyed Jen’s smile, her effort, and how silly she could be. Jen enjoyed Sol’s cooking, his athleticism, and that he would join her in fun moments. As you can imagine, love bloomed, and things got serious. Jen’s investment in Sol led to her pushing him to follow his dreams and even move in to save money. Sol’s investment in Jen well, it led to him proposing. But what started as a liver tumor grew into full-on cancer, so with a diagnosis of 6 months to live, Sol and Jennifer try to make the best of it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Tearsmith (2024)
Adopted together after a tough childhood in an orphanage, Nica and Rigel realize that unexpected but irresistible feelings pull them together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDangerous Liaisons (2022)
The innocent Célène might be falling in love with popular surfer Tristan at her new school. But she has no idea that, in actuality, she’s the object of a cruel bet between Tristan and Instagram influencer Vanessa.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Air He Breathes (2024)
Still mourning her husband's death, Elizabeth moves home with daughter and meets neighbor rumored to have a dark past who is also drowning in grief.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Chemical Hearts (2020)
When a hopelessly romantic high school senior falls for a mysterious new classmate, it sets them both on an unexpected journey that teaches them about love, loss, and most importantly themselves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Will (2020)
Early in her life, Josephine Malone learned the hard way that there was only one person she could love and trust: her grandmother, Lydia Malone. Out of necessity, unconsciously and very successfully, Josephine donned a disguise to keep all others at bay. She led a globetrotting lifestyle on the fringes of the fashion and music elite, but she kept herself distant. While Josephine was trotting the globe, retired boxer Jake Spear was living in the same small town as Lydia. There was nothing disguised about Jake. Including the fact he made a habit of making very bad decisions about who to give his love. But for Josephine and Jake, there was one person who adored them. One person who knew how to lead them to happiness. And one person who was intent on doing it. Even if she had to do it as her final wish on this earth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
After We Fell (2021)
Just as Tessa's life begins to become unglued, nothing is what she thought it would be. Not her friends nor her family. The only person that she should be able to rely on is Hardin, who is furious when he discovers the massive secret that she's been keeping. Before Tessa makes the biggest decision of her life, everything changes because of revelations about her family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLove's Portrait (2022)
Lily is a museum curator who finds a painting that looks just like her. Lily’s search for the artist leads her to Ireland, where she meets William, a charming man who helps her on her quest and may also know more about the portrait’s origins than he’s letting on.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Acquainted (2019)
Former classmates run into each other at a bar and form an unexpected bond.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Everything, Everything (2017)
A teenager who's lived a sheltered life because she's allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves in next door.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBefore the Dawn (2019)
A young high school teacher moves to a new town for a fresh start and falls for a troubled student.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Love Song (2000)
A privileged, black college student with a fiance falls in love with a white musician she meets on her 21st birthday.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
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: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSee You on Venus (2023)
Mia and Kyle, two misfit American teens, travel to Spain in search of Mia's birth mother. As the pair road trip through the picturesque cities of Andalusia and fall in love, they discover that the most important question isn't who gave you life, but what you decide to do with it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMonday (2021)
A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStay the Night (2022)
A failed work opportunity prompts chronically single Grace to pursue a one night stand with a stranger. Turns out he's an on-the-outs professional athlete in town with a problem of his own. Maybe they can help each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
A Jazzman's Blues (2022)
A tale of forbidden love and family drama unravels 40 years of secrets and lies against a soundtrack of juke joint blues in the Deep South.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisYou Get Me (2017)
After arguing with his girlfriend, Ali, Tyler lands in the arms of sexy new girl, Holly. The next morning, he finds that not only does Ali agree to take him back, but Holly is a new student at their school and is dead set on her new man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisTempting Fate (2019)
Gabby's picture perfect marriage to Elliott is jeopardized when she meets Matt, a handsome younger man who ignites a fire and desire within her. Based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same name.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Trust (2021)
Set in the glamour of the New York and Paris art scenes, gallery owner Brooke Gatwick and her newscaster husband Owen Shore, face temptation, jealousy, twists and mystery when two seductive newcomers enter their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Really Love?
The closest matches to Really Love are Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022), The Photograph (2020) and The Sun Is Also a Star (2019). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Really Love?
People who watched Really Love most often go on to Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022), The Photograph (2020) and The Sun Is Also a Star (2019).
What is the highest-rated movie like Really Love?
Midnight Sun (2018), rated 7.8/10 by 3,587 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Really Love?
The Air He Breathes (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Really Love?
Yes: Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022), The Photograph (2020) and The Sun Is Also a Star (2019).
How are movies similar to Really Love chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Really Love, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.