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10 Best Movies Like A Brighter Summer Day

If you loved A Brighter Summer Day, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Brighter Summer Day for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local towns...

#2
The Time to Live and the Time to Die

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

1985★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Brighter Summer Day for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China....

#3
After

After

2019★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Brighter Summer Day for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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...

#4
Taipei Story

Taipei Story

1985★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Brighter Summer Day for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the future, but Lung is stuck in a past ...

#5
Your Name Engraved Herein

Your Name Engraved Herein

2020★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Brighter Summer Day for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma....

#6
You Are the Apple of My Eye

You Are the Apple of My Eye

2011★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Brighter Summer Day for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A group of close friends who attend a private school all have a debilitating crush on the sunny star pupil, Shen Chia-yi. The only member of the group who claims not to is Ko Ching...

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