Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 18, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Across the Universe

If you loved Across the Universe, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Running on Empty

Running on Empty

1988★ 7.4

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

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's ...

#2
Hair

Hair

1979★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Across the Universe for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp....

#3
An Awfully Big Adventure

An Awfully Big Adventure

1995★ 6.5

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

Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly tu...

#4
Ashes in the Snow

Ashes in the Snow

2018★ 6.4

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

The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly docume...

#5
The Greatest Beer Run Ever

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

2022★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Across the Universe for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Chickie wants to support his friends fighting in Vietnam, so he does something wild—personally bring them American beer. What starts as a well-meaning journey quickly changes Chick...

#6
Delirious

Delirious

2007★ 6.3

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

Les, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance, ...

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