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10 Best Movies Like Once a Year

If you loved Once a Year, 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 Once a Year 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
UFO

UFO

2022★ 6.1

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

When aspiring musician and student Deniz falls for a rough-hewn motorbike racer, tragedy and family opposition obstruct their path to love....

#3
The Magic of Ordinary Days

The Magic of Ordinary Days

2005★ 7.3

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

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII....

#4
Maria's Lovers

Maria's Lovers

1984★ 6.0

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

A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love....

#5
Nine Lives

Nine Lives

2005★ 6.1

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

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life....

#6
Racing with the Moon

Racing with the Moon

1984★ 6.3

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

In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-to...

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