Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Travail

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

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#1
Hana Yori Dango: Final

Hana Yori Dango: Final

2008★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Travail for fans of Drama & Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Four years have passed since that emotional marriage proposal at Tsukushi Makino's high-school prom, and Tsukasa Dōmyōji announced his engagement to Tsukushi to the entire world. A...

#2
L.A. Without a Map

L.A. Without a Map

1999★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Travail for fans of Drama & Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning ho...

#3
Love Strikes!

Love Strikes!

2011★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Travail for fans of Drama & Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to s...

#4
XX/XY

XX/XY

2002★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Travail for fans of Drama & Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later....

#5
Hold Me Back

Hold Me Back

2020★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Travail for fans of Drama & Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Mitsuko Kuroda is 31 years old and single. She enjoys her life as a single woman. A big reason why she enjoys her single life is that she has counsellor "A" in her mind, which is h...

#6
Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

2022★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Travail for fans of Drama & Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family....

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