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10 Best Movies Like First Love

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

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#1
Match Point

Match Point

2005★ 7.4

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

Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, ...

#2
The Man from Elysian Fields

The Man from Elysian Fields

2001★ 5.9

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

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husb...

#3
The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon

1976★ 6.3

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

Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the while working himself to death....

#4
Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

1949★ 6.8

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

In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic conseque...

#5
Bruised

Bruised

2021★ 6.8

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

Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brut...

#6
...And Justice for All

...And Justice for All

1979★ 7.1

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

An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred....

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