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10 Best Movies Like Love for Beginners

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

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#1
L♡DK

L♡DK

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Love for Beginners for fans of Romance & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Aoi Nishimori's parents moved to another city for work, but Aoi didn't want to transfer to a new high school. She stays behind and lives in an apartment by herself. Shūsei Kugayama...

#2
Evergreen Love

Evergreen Love

2016★ 7.1

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

Sayaka works at a office. She's not very good at her job or with love. One night, she finds a man, Itsuki, collapsed in front of her home. She takes him inside and they begin to li...

#3
Nana

Nana

2005★ 6.7

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

Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to make it big in the music business. Despite their differences, the pai...

#4
The Liar and His Lover

The Liar and His Lover

2013★ 7.6

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

Set within music field, this film depicts a love story between a 25-year-old sound engineer and 16-year-old high school student Riko, who posessess a gifted voice. 25-year-old sou...

#5
Black Belt

Black Belt

2007★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Love for Beginners for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Set in 1932, amid the rise of militarism after the establishment of the Manchukuo colony in Northeast China, the story centers on a trio of karateka. Studying under their aging mas...

#6
I Hate Love

I Hate Love

2012★ 6.8

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

A teenager loses his hearing after a terrible accident. Shortly after, he falls in love with a foreign girl living in México. He discovers that being in love makes him hear again....