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10 Best Movies Like When Durians Bloom

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

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#1
Marked Men: Rule + Shaw

Marked Men: Rule + Shaw

2025★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Durians Bloom for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Shaw Landon has loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule, a fiery-tempered rebel tattoo artist, doesn’t have time for a good girl pre-med student like Shaw — ev...

#2
Time Is Up

Time Is Up

2021★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Durians Bloom for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the tim...

#3
Gabriel's Inferno: Part III

Gabriel's Inferno: Part III

2020★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Durians Bloom 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....

#4
Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

2009★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Durians Bloom for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple....

#5
Sylvie's Love

Sylvie's Love

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Durians Bloom for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and p...

#6
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

2022★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Durians Bloom 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?...

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