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10 Best Movies Like Early Summer

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

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#1
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 Summer 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....

#2
Late Spring

Late Spring

1949★ 8.0

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

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off ...

#3
An Autumn Afternoon

An Autumn Afternoon

1962★ 7.9

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

Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a...

#4
Happy Hour

Happy Hour

2015★ 7.4

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

Four women in their thirties reevaluate their relationships, both shared and private, after a startling revelation concerning one's marriage forces each of them to ask one of life'...

#5
Early Spring

Early Spring

1956★ 7.5

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

A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair....

#6
Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

2003★ 7.4

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

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be rea...

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