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10 Best Movies Like Ascetic

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

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#1
Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday

2006★ 7.0

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

Yu-jeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a prisoner who is waiting for death penalty. The two quickly fall in love despite thei...

#2
Love Lesson

Love Lesson

2013★ 6.8

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

Korea's most popular song writer Hee-soo runs into a nineteen-year-old boy in the elevator. Hee-soo is inspired by a new song watching him shake at her figure. She starts to tell h...

#3
Everyone Is There

Everyone Is There

2020★ 8.1

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

Soo Yeon decides to commit suicide to end the bullying she goes through at school, when a savior appears. A woman punishes the bullies on behalf of Soo Yeon and saves her from the ...

#4
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#5
Yourself and Yours

Yourself and Yours

2016★ 6.3

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

While a South Korean man wanders the city in search of the woman he just broke up with, she successively meets and flirts with two men who claim to have met her before....

#6
Helen

Helen

2009★ 6.5

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

On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depressio...

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