Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 15, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Across the Universe

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

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#1
Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

2009★ 6.3

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

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple....

#2
The History of Love

The History of Love

2016★ 6.4

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

The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness....

#3
Salome

Salome

1953★ 5.9

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

In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to ...

#4
Dear John

Dear John

2010★ 6.8

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

While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eve...

#5
Life in a Year

Life in a Year

2020★ 8.2

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

A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left....

#6
Jonathan

Jonathan

2018★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Across the Universe for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested...

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