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10 Best Movies Like Once Upon a Rainbow

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

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#1
Made in Hong Kong

Made in Hong Kong

1997★ 7.5

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

Hong Kong 1997, where young people dream of love and death, suicide and murder. Moon is a cynical young debt collector, smitten by Ping, a young woman dying of kidney disease. A su...

#2
Love on a Diet

Love on a Diet

2001★ 6.0

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

A depressed, obese woman tries to lose weight in order to win back her ex-boyfriend with the help of a fellow Hong Konger whom she met in Japan....

#3
Landline

Landline

2017★ 6.1

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

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair....

#4
All About Ah-Long

All About Ah-Long

1989★ 7.3

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

Ah-Long, a father living a low-class lifestyle, while trying to raise his son, Porky. The strong bond between father and son is tested when a chance encounter from Ah-Long's ex-gir...

#5
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

2018★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Rainbow for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Following his defeat by Master Ip, Cheung Tin Chi tries to make a life with his young son in Hong Kong, waiting tables at a bar that caters to expats. But it's not long before the ...

#6
XX/XY

XX/XY

2002★ 5.8

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

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later....

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