
Movies that feel likeAs Tears Go By (1988)
If you loved As Tears Go By, the closest films we have are Days of Being Wild (1990), Happy Together (1997) and Read My Lips (2001). All three share As Tears Go By'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 Port of Shadows (1938).
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If As Tears Go By hit the spot, these will too

Both are Wong Kar-Wai's work, and they rhyme

Wong Kar-Wai working the same nerve twice
The difference: Takes it somewhere less gritty than As Tears Go By does

The same mix in both: stillness, then grit
The difference: Leans harder into thriller than As Tears Go By does

Both land romance and tenderness at once
The difference: 31 years apart, and the 2010s show

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

Both lean on romance more than on romance


Romance with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Crime built on grit, twice over

Drama built on romance, twice over

Romance built on tenderness, twice over
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