Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Summer Ends

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

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#1
Harmonium

Harmonium

2016★ 6.6

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

Toshio hires Yasaka to work in his workshop. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life....

#2
Pastoral: To Die in the Country

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

1974★ 7.5

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

A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan....

#3
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.1

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

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

#4
Moving

Moving

1993★ 7.5

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

Physically separated from her father and at odds with her distraught mother, a girl must negotiate her own passage to maturity....

#5
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014★ 6.6

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

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

#6
Lady Driver

Lady Driver

2020★ 6.4

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

When a rebellious teen embarks on a solo summer journey to connect with her roots, she finds herself in a new world, geared up for the ride of her life, and discovers she had the d...

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