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10 Best Movies Like Early Spring

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

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#1
The Cameraman

The Cameraman

1928★ 7.8

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

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary....

#2
Time of the Gypsies

Time of the Gypsies

1988★ 7.6

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

In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia, Perhan, an engaging young Romany with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime that threatens to de...

#3
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1952★ 7.5

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

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis....

#4
Good Morning

Good Morning

1959★ 7.7

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

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaki...

#5
The End of Summer

The End of Summer

1961★ 7.5

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

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth....

#6
Equinox Flower

Equinox Flower

1958★ 7.4

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

Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a coworker and is adamant to live life her own way, in...