Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 15, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Big Star

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

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#1
Finding Mr. Right 2

Finding Mr. Right 2

2016★ 5.9

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

Continuing the story of Beijing Meets Seattle I from 2013, the new movie has the couple fall in love again....

#2
The Golden Lotus

The Golden Lotus

1974★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big Star for fans of Romance. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Golden Lotus is based, in part, on Jin Ping Mei, a famous erotic novel of ancient China. Li Han-Hsiang adapted part of the story into this film, which starts with Hsi Men Ching, a ...

#3
The Golden Era

The Golden Era

2014★ 6.6

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

The story of writer Xiao Hong comes alive through memories of her great love affair, literary influence and escape from China during World War II....

#4
Under the Hawthorn Tree

Under the Hawthorn Tree

2010★ 7.8

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

The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San, a young soldier with a...

#5
Finding Mr. Right

Finding Mr. Right

2013★ 6.4

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

When Jiajia, a young woman in Beijing who lives a luxurious life provided by her wealthy boyfriend, gets pregnant, she goes to the United States, hoping that the baby will be born ...

#6
The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire

The Golden Lotus: Love and Desire

1991★ 6.6

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

A corrupt local official, Xi Men Qing, who lusts after women and money, pursues his brother's young wife, Lee Ping Er. Ping finds Men attractive, and under her drunken husband's no...

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