
10 Best Movies Like When We Were Young
If you loved When We Were Young, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

A City of Sadness
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When We Were Young for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987....

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When We Were Young for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms impo...

Leap
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When We Were Young for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After 12 years, the Chinese women's volleyball team again reached the Olympic final. The ups and downs of the Chinese women's volleyball team for more than three decades have slowl...

Radium Girls
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When We Were Young for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health....

Munich – The Edge of War
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When We Were Young for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret....

Oranges and Sunshine
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When We Were Young for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from t...