Movies Like A Summer Tale

If you liked A Summer Tale (2000), a drama and comedy movie directed by Ulf Malmros, 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
The Wedding Photographer (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance
When the factory in Molkom shuts down, Robin leaves his beloved hometown to try his luck in Stockholm as a wedding photographer. This experience changes not merely his outlook on life but also his hairstyle.
2
A California Christmas: City Lights (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also romance and comedy
Follows Callie and Joseph one year after they fell in love, now running a dairy farm and winery, but their romance is threatened when business and family obligations call Joseph back to the city.
3
Fools Rush In (1997)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
After a one night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.
4
Love Everlasting (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also romance and drama
Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.
5
Coyote Ugly (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job…
6
Life As We Know It (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romance
After a disastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have in common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all…
7
Not Easily Broken (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
8
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
9
Brooklyn (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
10
The Quiet Man (1952)
★ 7.3/10Also romance and comedy
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
11
L.A. Without a Map (1999)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedy
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 home, where she works as a waitress at a…
12
Babyteeth (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and comedy
A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer.
13
Picture a Perfect Christmas (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and drama
An extreme-sports photographer returns home for the holiday to take care of her grandmother, only to have a neighbor grab her attention as he needs assistance watching his young nephew.
14
Happiness for Beginners (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedy
At a crossroads after her divorce, a schoolteacher ventures toward a fresh start in life — and love — when she signs up for a grueling group hiking trip.
15
Emma. (2020)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romance
In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.
16
The Last Song (2010)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance
A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.
17
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama
Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been burned by passionate relationships…
18
Our Souls at Night (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also romance and drama
Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.
19
Licorice Pizza (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and comedy
The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
20
The Best of Me (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.