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10 Best Movies Like Shangri-La

If you loved Shangri-La, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Kissing Booth

The Kissing Booth

2018★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shangri-La for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When teenager Elle's first kiss leads to a forbidden romance with the hottest boy in high school, she risks her relationship with her best friend....

#2
After

After

2019★ 7.1

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

Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester of college, Tessa's guarded world opens up when...

#3
Stuart: A Life Backwards

Stuart: A Life Backwards

2007★ 7.4

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

Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers f...

#4
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975★ 8.4

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

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domine...

#5
The Crush

The Crush

1993★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shangri-La for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences....

#6
After Ever Happy

After Ever Happy

2022★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shangri-La for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As a shocking truth about a couple's families emerges, the two lovers discover they are not so different from each other. Tessa is no longer the sweet, simple, good girl she was wh...

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