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10 Best Movies Like What Is Love?

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

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#1
Persuasion

Persuasion

1995★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Is Love? for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth. The two must choose between either put...

#2
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

2021★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Is Love? for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories b...

#3
Persuasion

Persuasion

2007★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Is Love? for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Anne Elliot was once in love with Frederick Wentworth, a commander in the Royal Navy who was rejected by her snobby parents eight years ago. When the family hits hard times and are...

#4
Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

2010★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Is Love? for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity ...

#5
Initiation Love

Initiation Love

2015★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Is Love? for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date...

#6
Endings, Beginnings

Endings, Beginnings

2020★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Is Love? for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An artist dumps her longtime boyfriend, but her attempt to take a break from dating ends when she quickly finds herself in two passionate romances....

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