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10 Best Movies Like Once, I Loved You

If you loved Once, I Loved You, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
I Can't Think Straight

I Can't Think Straight

2008★ 7.5

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

Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited C...

#2
The Sleeping Dictionary

The Sleeping Dictionary

2003★ 6.5

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

In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lov...

#3
My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career

1979★ 6.2

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

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married....

#4
Return to Rajapur

Return to Rajapur

2006★ 6.8

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

A doomed love affair blooms against the beautiful and exotic backdrop of the deserts of India in this romantic drama. Samantha Hartley (Kelli Garner) is a woman in her early twenti...

#5
Gabriel's Inferno: Part III

Gabriel's Inferno: Part III

2020★ 8.3

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

The final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard....

#6
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

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