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10 Best Movies Like Lady with the Lute

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

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#1
Caught by the Tides

Caught by the Tides

2025★ 6.8

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

Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him....

#2
So Long, My Son

So Long, My Son

2019★ 7.7

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

Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present....

#3
One Second

One Second

2020★ 7.3

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

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond....

#4
Upstream

Upstream

2024★ 6.9

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

A moment of impulsiveness turns Gao Zhilei into a "stay-at-home" individual, but he never expected his life to take a turn in the opposite direction. A series of changes compel him...

#5
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#6
The Boys from Fengkuei

The Boys from Fengkuei

1983★ 7.2

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

Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port c...

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