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10 Best Movies Like Early Spring

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

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#1
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1952★ 7.5

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

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis....

#2
Chikamatsu Monogatari

Chikamatsu Monogatari

1954★ 7.8

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

When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves truly falling for one an...

#3
Romance Doll

Romance Doll

2020★ 7.1

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

It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a ...

#4
Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

2009★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Early Spring 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....

#5
Dolls

Dolls

2002★ 7.5

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

Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sa...

#6
Blue Sky

Blue Sky

1994★ 6.1

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

Hank Marshall is a tough, square-jawed, straitlaced Army engineer and nuclear science expert, assigned to help conduct weapons testing in 1950s America. Hank has become a thorn in ...

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