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Movies Like From Now On

If you liked From Now On (2008), a movie directed by Catarina Ruivo, 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. 1Hands of Stone

    Hands of Stone (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10

    The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

  2. 2June and John

    June and John (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10

    John leads an ordinary life with a monotonous routine. One day John runs into a woman on the subway who is as beautiful as she is mysterious named June. His encounter with her finally leads him to have a goal in his…

  3. 3Under the Tuscan Sun

    Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco, decides to take a tour of Tuscany following a difficult divorce. After impulsively buying a run-down villa in the Italian countryside, she begins to…

  4. 4Bad Boys for Life

    Bad Boys for Life (2020)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious…

  5. 5Eat Pray Love

    Eat Pray Love (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".

  6. 6Train Dreams

    Train Dreams (2025)

    ★ 7.3/10

    A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.

  7. 7The Time Traveler's Wife

    The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)

    ★ 7/10

    Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.

  8. 8Frontera

    Frontera (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10

    After crossing the border illegally for work, Miguel, a hard-working father and devoted husband, finds himself wrongfully accused of murdering a former sheriff’s wife. After learning of his imprisonment, Miguel’s…

  9. 9Burning Betrayal

    Burning Betrayal (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Babi discovers a betrayal by her long-term partner and decides to embark on a new adventure in life. On this journey, she meets judge Marco and they begin to live a story permeated by a lot of sexual tension.

  10. 10Vitalina Varela

    Vitalina Varela (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life.

  11. 11The Dreamseller

    The Dreamseller (2016)

    ★ 6.7/10

    A disillusioned psychologist tries to commit suicide until he strikes up a friendship with an unlikely saviour who teaches him a new way of living.

  12. 12The Sleeping Dictionary

    The Sleeping Dictionary (2003)

    ★ 6.6/10

    In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lovely Selima. In keeping with tradition…

  13. 13Dying Young

    Dying Young (1991)

    ★ 6.7/10

    After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in…

  14. 14The Other Woman

    The Other Woman (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Emilia, a law-school graduate, falls in love with her married boss, Jack. After Emilia marries Jack, her happiness turns unexpectedly to grief following the death of her infant daughter. Devastated, Emilia nonetheless…

  15. 15Love in the Time of Cholera

    Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)

    ★ 6.6/10

    In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years…

  16. 16Vitória

    Vitória (2025)

    ★ 7.8/10

    Nina is an elderly woman who lives alone and feels distressed by the increasing violence in her neighborhood. Amidst conflicts with her neighbors, she decides to film the movement of drug traffickers from her window…

  17. 17Hunting Grounds

    Hunting Grounds (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Desperate to find refuge for her children, Chloe Marvino runs away from her Mafia tied husband, and finds shelter in a cabin with a recluse drifter named Jake. But as her husband's henchmen draw closer to her, it turns…

  18. 18Lorelei

    Lorelei (2020)

    ★ 6/10

    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.

  19. 19Herself

    Herself (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a…

  20. 20The Rookie

    The Rookie (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…

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