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10 Best Movies Like A Brighter Summer Day

If you loved A Brighter Summer Day, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022★ 7.5

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

Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local towns...

#2
The Time to Live and the Time to Die

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

1985★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Brighter Summer Day for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China....

#3
After

After

2019★ 7.1

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

Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester of college, Tessa's guarded world opens up when...

#4
Taipei Story

Taipei Story

1985★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Brighter Summer Day for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the future, but Lung is stuck in a past ...

#5
Flipped

Flipped

2010★ 8.0

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

When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsi...

#6
Better Days

Better Days

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Brighter Summer Day for fans of Crime & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations....

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