Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

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
My Fault: London

My Fault: London

2025★ 7.4

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

18-year-old Noah moves from America to London, with her mother who's recently fallen in love with William, a wealthy British businessman. Noah meets William’s son, bad-boy Nick, an...

#2
Ashes in the Snow

Ashes in the Snow

2018★ 6.4

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

The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly docume...

#3
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....

#4
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....

#5
Ali and Nino

Ali and Nino

2016★ 6.5

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

Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s...

#6
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

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

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

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