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Movies that feel likeAfter (2019)

Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester of college, Tessa's guarded world opens up when she meets Hardin Scott, a mysterious and brooding rebel who makes her question all she thought she knew about herself -- and what she wants out of life.

If you loved After, the closest films we have are The Souvenir (2019), The Longest Ride (2015) and One Day (2011). All three share After's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Asako I & II (2018).

πŸ… 18% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jenny Gagecontemplativeromantictender
5 of 12 streaming nowNetflix Β· Amazon Prime Video Β· MUBI

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: After We Collided (2020) Β· After We Fell (2021)

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The Souvenir
2019 Β· dir. Joanna Hogg
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.4drama Β· romanceRent or buy

The same preoccupation in both: toxic relationship

The difference: Reviewed even better

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

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The Longest Ride
2015 Β· dir. George Tillman Jr.
πŸ… 31%β˜… 7drama Β· romance

A tender young romance woven from the same novel-adaptation formula

The difference: A dual-timeline structure pairs the leads with an older love story

The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.

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One Day
2011 Β· dir. Lone Scherfig
πŸ… 36%β˜… 7drama Β· romance

A tender romance charting two people's connection over the years

The difference: A one-day-per-year structure spanning decades, not one college semester

After spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.

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Asako I & II
2018 Β· dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

Both land stillness and romance at once

Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.

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Carol
2015 Β· dir. Todd Haynes
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.3romance Β· dramaPrime Video

Tender drama, and it commits to that

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

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Water for Elephants
2011 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6.9drama Β· romance

Romance with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

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Fifty Shades Freed
2018 Β· dir. James Foley
πŸ… 11%β˜… 4.6drama Β· romance

A novel-based romance built on a magnetic, mysterious love interest

The difference: Marriage and danger plotlines, past the will-they-won't-they stage

Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and he relaxes into an unfamiliar stability, new threats could jeopardize their happy ending before it even begins.

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Eat Pray Love
2010 Β· dir. Ryan Murphy
πŸ… 34%β˜… 5.9drama Β· romanceNetflix

A tender, reflective romance rooted in one woman's personal journey

The difference: A mature divorcee's self-discovery trip, not first-love campus drama

A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".

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Love
2015 Β· dir. Gaspar NoΓ©
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.1drama Β· romance

An emotionally charged romance consumed by desire and obsession

The difference: Noe's explicit, unflinching style, far rawer than After's YA tone

Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the seismic effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.

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Gabriel's Inferno
2020 Β· dir. Tosca Musk
β˜… 5.8romance Β· dramaRent or buy

A tender romance centered on a seductive, secretive love interest

The difference: A professor-student forbidden dynamic, more illicit than After's setup

An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the impossible--forgiveness and love.

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The Best of Me
2014 Β· dir. Michael Hoffman
πŸ… 12%β˜… 6.7drama Β· romance

A tender romance built from the same novel-adaptation sentimentality

The difference: Former sweethearts reuniting years later, not a fresh campus romance

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

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The Lucky One
2012 Β· dir. Scott Hicks
πŸ… 20%β˜… 6.4drama Β· romance

Both lean on romance more than on drama

A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.

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