Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like May

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

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#1
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#2
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#3
Kisses

Kisses

2008★ 7.1

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

Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin....

#4
Love Everlasting

Love Everlasting

2016★ 7.4

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

Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds tr...

#5
Fire with Fire

Fire with Fire

1986★ 6.2

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

A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, ...

#6
Here

Here

2024★ 6.5

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

An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between cou...

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