10 Best Movies Like Backlight
If you loved Backlight, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.
Taboo
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backlight for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in t...
The Stranger by the Shore
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backlight for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Abandoned after coming out, Shun befriends Mio just before he has to move. Years later, Mio returns with a confession. How will Shun feel?...
It Feels So Good
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backlight for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there ...
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backlight for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?...
Marked Men: Rule + Shaw
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backlight for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Shaw Landon has loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule, a fiery-tempered rebel tattoo artist, doesn’t have time for a good girl pre-med student like Shaw — ev...
The Best of Me
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backlight for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown....