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10 Best Movies Like We Were There: First Love

If you loved We Were There: First Love, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Swing Girls

Swing Girls

2004★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to We Were There: First Love for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's brass band....

#2
Control Tower

Control Tower

2011★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to We Were There: First Love for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a remote area of Hokkaido, two lonely high school students meet and connect through a shared love of music....

#3
We Were There: True Love

We Were There: True Love

2012★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to We Were There: First Love for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 2nd year of high school in the winter season, Yano transferred from Kushiro to Tokyo due to a family matter. Yano and Nanami promised to meet again. A couple of years la...

#4
The Sorrows of Young Werther

The Sorrows of Young Werther

1976★ 5.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to We Were There: First Love for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The young and rebellious Werther is passionately, but hopelessly, in love with Lotte. Although he knows that she is married to somebody who can offer her a secure future, Werther t...

#5
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

1988★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to We Were There: First Love for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece....

#6
Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to We Were There: First Love for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go t...