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10 Best Movies Like Stand By Me

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

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#1
Under the Hawthorn Tree

Under the Hawthorn Tree

2010★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stand By Me for fans of 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...

#2
Love Everlasting

Love Everlasting

2016★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stand By Me for fans of Romance. 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...

#3
What's Love Got to Do with It?

What's Love Got to Do with It?

2023★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stand By Me for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged ...

#4
Fall in Love at First Kiss

Fall in Love at First Kiss

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stand By Me for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Yuan Xiangqin, a high school student, is deeply in love with Jiang Zhishu, her schoolmate. He rejects her, only for them to live together when the house that she resides in collaps...

#5
Sidelined: The QB and Me

Sidelined: The QB and Me

2025★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stand By Me for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Dallas, a burdened but headstrong dancer, is determined to get into the best dance school in the country—her late mother’s alma mater. However, that dream is suddenly derailed when...

#6
Finding Mr. Right

Finding Mr. Right

2013★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stand By Me for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When Jiajia, a young woman in Beijing who lives a luxurious life provided by her wealthy boyfriend, gets pregnant, she goes to the United States, hoping that the baby will be born ...

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