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Movies Like Hanagatami

If you liked Hanagatami (2017), a drama and romance movie directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, 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 History of Love

    The History of Love (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness.

  2. 2Dear John

    Dear John (2010)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eventually falls in love with Savannah…

  3. 3Racing with the Moon

    Racing with the Moon (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be…

  4. 4Life in a Year

    Life in a Year (2020)

    ★ 8.2/10Also drama and romance

    A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.

  5. 5Waiting for Anya

    Waiting for Anya (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and war

    During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.

  6. 6Purple Hearts

    Purple Hearts (2022)

    ★ 8/10Also romance and drama

    An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.

  7. 7Not Easily Broken

    Not Easily Broken (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

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

  8. 8Firebird

    Firebird (2021)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.

  9. 9Captain Corelli's Mandolin

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance

    When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.

  10. 10The Last Rifleman

    The Last Rifleman (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and war

    A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his…

  11. 11The Magic of Ordinary Days

    The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.

  12. 12The Secret: Dare to Dream

    The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.

  13. 13Suite Française

    Suite Française (2015)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian…

  14. 14Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

    Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    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?

  15. 15The Devil's Brigade

    The Devil's Brigade (1968)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and war

    At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers. With Maj. Alan…

  16. 16Lovely, Still

    Lovely, Still (2009)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.

  17. 17A Time to Love and a Time to Die

    A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and war

    A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.

  18. 18Nobody Has to Know

    Nobody Has to Know (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    After a stroke and no memories from his past, Phil encounters Millie who inhabits a desert part of Isle of Lewis. She will shortly entrust him with his deepest secret : they were in love.

  19. 19Shanghai Express

    Shanghai Express (1932)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.

  20. 20Breathe

    Breathe (2017)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.

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