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10 Best Movies Like Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

If you loved Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

2022★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?...

#2
Safe Haven

Safe Haven

2013★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her....

#3
Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun

1946★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad....

#4
The Best of Me

The Best of Me

2014★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown....

#5
Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park

1999★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the wo...

#6
China Girl

China Girl

1987★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Teenage lovers Tony and Tyan-Hwa tip the balance of power in New York's Little Italy and Chinatown....

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