Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Make a Wish

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

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#1
Summer Palace

Summer Palace

2006★ 7.3

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

Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ...

#2
One Week Friends

One Week Friends

2022★ 6.0

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

A high school student suffers from a strange amnesia, causing her memories to only last a week. After she befriends a new student, his kindness and persistence make her gradually o...

#3
Caught by the Tides

Caught by the Tides

2025★ 6.8

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

Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him....

#4
On the Edge

On the Edge

2001★ 6.6

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

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life....

#5
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#6
Under the Hawthorn Tree

Under the Hawthorn Tree

2010★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Make a Wish for fans of Drama. 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...

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