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10 Best Movies Like Drowning Love

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

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#1
Blue Spring Ride

Blue Spring Ride

2014★ 6.7

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

In middle school, Futaba Yoshioka was madly in love with Tanaka Kou but he moves away with his mother. She is reunited with him later in life but he is not the same person anymore....

#2
Dogwood Tree

Dogwood Tree

2010★ 7.5

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

A young girl tries to maintain a long-distance relationship with an aspiring fisherman....

#3
Paradise Kiss

Paradise Kiss

2011★ 7.1

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

Hyasaka Yukari only wants one thing: to enter the college that her mom wants. One day, she meets an extravagant group that loves fashion. They were searching for a model and Yukari...

#4
After the Rain

After the Rain

2018★ 7.5

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

Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club. Working part-time at a restaurant, she finds herself inexplicably falling in...

#5
River's Edge

River's Edge

2018★ 6.1

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

High schooler Haruna befriends loner Yamada, then is drawn into the tangled relationship between him, a model and the girl who loves him unreasonably....

#6
From Me to You

From Me to You

2010★ 7.2

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

Sawako Kuronuma looks miserable on the outside, but is actually a positive-minded girl, who looks up to Shota Kazehaya, a sociable and friendly boy. Perceiving Sawako's good intent...

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