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10 Best Movies Like Not for Love

If you loved Not for Love, 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 Not for Love for fans of Drama & Romance. 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
Under the Hawthorn Tree

Under the Hawthorn Tree

2010★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not for Love for fans of Drama & Romance. 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...

#3
Life in a Year

Life in a Year

2020★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not for Love for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left....

#4
Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

2009★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not for Love for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple....

#5
On the Edge

On the Edge

2001★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not for Love for fans of Drama & Romance. 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....

#6
Her Story

Her Story

2024★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not for Love for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Wang Tiemei, a single mother, loses her job and moves, befriending neighbor Xiaoye who appears cheerful but is depressed. Their bond grows as Tiemei navigates relationships with he...

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