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Movies Like Little Note

If you liked Little Note (2009), a drama movie directed by Royston Tan, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1The Young One

    The Young One (1960)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

  2. 2Bastard Out of Carolina

    Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as…

  3. 3Black Dog

    Black Dog (2024)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    Released from jail, Lang returns to his hometown in Northwest China. As part of a dog patrol tasked with clearing stray dogs before the 2008 Olympics, he bonds with a black stray. The two lonely souls embark on a new…

  4. 4TalhotBlond

    TalhotBlond (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

  5. 5Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

    Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even…

  6. 6Buddha Mountain

    Buddha Mountain (2011)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.

  7. 7Good Day, Ramon

    Good Day, Ramon (2013)

    ★ 7.9/10Also drama

    After five failed attempts to go to the United States, 18-year-old Ramón decides to look for a friend’s aunt in Germany, but never finds her. With no papers or money, and without knowing the language, he barely…

  8. 8Deep in the Heart

    Deep in the Heart (2015)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    An unrecognizable, charred corpse discovered in a remote mountain village in China connects three local stories.

  9. 9Cardboard Boxer

    Cardboard Boxer (2016)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.

  10. 10Caught by the Tides

    Caught by the Tides (2024)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.

  11. 11Gracie

    Gracie (2007)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.

  12. 12The Rescue

    The Rescue (2020)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A rescue unit within the Chinese Coast Guard are forced to overcome their personal differences to resolve a crisis.

  13. 13O.G.

    O.G. (2018)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Beecher from growing gang controversies.

  14. 14Mr. Church

    Mr. Church (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.

  15. 15Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains

    Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (2020)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    In the Chinese town of Fuyang, four brothers go about their day-to-day lives, their destinies shaped by love and challenges.

  16. 16One Week Friends

    One Week Friends (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    A high school student suffers from a strange amnesia, causing her memories to only last a week. After she befriends a new student, his kindness and persistence make her gradually open up.

  17. 17Starry Starry Night

    Starry Starry Night (2011)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    May is worried about her mother and father, whose marriage is on the rocks, and she yearns to return to the woods where her grandfather lives. One day, May befriends a boy as lonely as she is. When reality catches up…

  18. 18Back to Back, Face to Face

    Back to Back, Face to Face (1994)

    ★ 8.3/10Also drama

    Wang Shuangli is Deputy Director of the local Cultural Centre, and hopes to be appointed Director. However Old Ma is brought in from the country and installed as Director. This starts a long train of events with Wang's…

  19. 19Come Sunday

    Come Sunday (2018)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

  20. 20Lorelei

    Lorelei (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical take on love, regret and second chances.

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