Movies like Lukas in Love (2005)
The best movies like Lukas in Love (2005) are True Romance (1993), The Hot Spot (1990) and Wings of Christmas (2013). If Lukas in Love hooked you with its romance, these 22 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedCorpse Bride (2005)7.6/10 from 10,654 votes
- NewestBaby Udon (2026)Released 2026
True Romance (1993)
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hot Spot (1990)
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWings of Christmas (2013)
The film's protagonists get an opportunity to make a wish. Consequently, their lives take the path they themselves ordained. Several "coincidences" bring them everything they wanted and they have the chance to experience their wishes. We are not only responsible in our lives for everything that we do, but also for everything we say, we think and desire.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Baby Udon (2026)
Fanny Kondoh, a young Indonesian woman, falls in love with Hajime Kondoh, a Japanese man who comes to Indonesia for work. After getting married, Fanny and Hajime begin building a life together, embracing both its joys and challenges. As they struggle to fulfill their dream of having a child, they are faced with one heartbreaking trial after another, testing the strength of their love, especially when Hajime is diagnosed with cancer.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Ellipsis (2018)
In the middle of a crowded city the paths of two strangers, a man and a woman, collide. This accidental, chance occurrence sets in motion a chain of events that sees the two strangers embark on a night of adventure and connection that challenges their separate lives.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFriends (1971)
Paul, a rich English boy, and Michelle, an orphaned French girl, run away from home to a remote beach. Living on their own, their friendship grows into love.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Corpse Bride (2005)
In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Quiet Man (1952)
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLove Station (2011)
Single coworkers at a radio station are brought together by mutual friends, but their starry-eyed notions about love may scuttle their romance.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Frankie and Johnny (1991)
When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner. Following a brief fling with waitress Cora, he develops an attraction for Cora's friend and fellow waitress Frankie. While Frankie resists Johnny's charms initially, she eventually relents when her best friend, Tim, persuades her to give Johnny a chance.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGood Luck Chuck (2007)
Cursed since childhood, dentist Charlie Logan cannot find the right woman. Even worse, he learns that each of his ex-girlfriends finds true love with the man she meets after her relationship with him ends. Hearing of Charlie's reputation as a good-luck charm, women from all over line up for a quick tryst. But when Charlie meets the woman of his dreams, he must find a way to break the curse or risk losing her to the next man she meets.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisChasing the Night (2023)
It's Wednesday night in South London. Fatimah and Leon, two successful Black Brits, are coming to what should be the end of a good evening at a pop-up restaurant, except neither quite seems ready for the night to end. So they continue. A taxi ride into the heart of the city sees them hop around from place to place, crossing paths with friendly strangers as they meander through a night they wish could last forever, if only to avoid the inevitable conversation that awaits them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Otra Vez (2023)
Two young people, Álex and Casandra, coincide at a party to celebrate the end of high school. After a large conversation, emerges a connection between them that ends up revealing the past and the future that unite them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Angel (2007)
Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tasteless romances hit the best seller lists. Her life changes in unexpected ways when she encounters an aristocratic brother and sister, both of whom have cultural ambitions, and both of whom fall in love with her.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisAli and Alia (2019)
Ali and Alia are childhood neighbors that fell in love with each other, but bigger events occur in their lives which gets them separated. Ali seeks to maintain Alia's heart even if it is through substance abuse.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Green Card (1990)
Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSay 'I Love You' (2014)
Mei Tachibana is a high school student. Due to a traumatic incident when she was a kid, Mei has been unable to make friends or have boyfriends. By mistake, Mei then injures the most popular male student named Yamato Kurosawa. Somehow, Yamato Kurosawa likes Mei Tachibana and tells everyone unilaterally that Mei is his friend. One day, Yamato Kurosawa saves Mei Tachibana from a stalker by kissing her. From that kiss, their love story begins.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bridge over the River (2016)
A man on a bridge, separated from the love of his life. Wanting to be with her one last time, he decides to go and seek her in the hereafter.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
In Her Shoes (2005)
Irresponsible party girl Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSolino (2002)
The movie portrays the story of an Italian family emigrated in Germany in the 1970s. Romano (Gigi Savoia), the father, decides to open a pizzeria which, by mutual decision with the wife Rosa (Antonella Attili), will call Solino, leaving his sons Gigi and Giancarlo to work there. A hostile relationship comes to life between the father and his sons, which will end up in the escape of the boys from family.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Lukas in Love?
The closest matches to Lukas in Love are True Romance (1993), The Hot Spot (1990) and Wings of Christmas (2013). Below are 19 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Lukas in Love?
Start with True Romance (1993), the closest match to Lukas in Love.
What is the highest-rated movie like Lukas in Love?
Corpse Bride (2005), rated 7.6/10 by 10,654 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Lukas in Love?
Baby Udon (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Lukas in Love?
Yes: True Romance (1993), The Hot Spot (1990) and Ellipsis (2018).
How are movies similar to Lukas in Love chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Lukas in Love, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.