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10 Best Movies Like Asthma

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

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#1
Only Lovers Left Alive

Only Lovers Left Alive

2013★ 7.2

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

A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, already played over several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister....

#2
Somewhere in Time

Somewhere in Time

1980★ 7.5

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

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns t...

#3
Short Cuts

Short Cuts

1993★ 7.2

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

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after wal...

#4
After Hours

After Hours

1985★ 7.5

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

Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman....

#5
The Hot Spot

The Hot Spot

1990★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Asthma for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank....

#6
Candy

Candy

2006★ 7.1

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

A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationsh...

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