Movies Like Memories of a Dead End
If you liked Memories of a Dead End (2019), a drama and romance movie directed by Choi Hyun-young, 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.
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Life in a Year (2020)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and romanceA 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.
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Purple Hearts (2022)
★ 8/10Also romance and dramaAn 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.
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Not Easily Broken (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceA car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
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Ditto (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also romance and dramaA college student in 1999 discovers a mysterious ham radio that connects him to a woman from 2022, sparking an impossible love story across time.
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Man in Love (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romanceTae-il lives a fast life as low level thug. He then learns that he has a terminal illness and not much time left to live. Then, for the first time in his life, he falls in love.
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Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and dramaClare 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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Maundy Thursday (2006)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceYu-jeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a prisoner who is waiting for death penalty. The two quickly fall in love despite their differences, yet they do not have…
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The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceA 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.
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Love Everlasting (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also romance and dramaBridger 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.
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Before I Fall (2017)
★ 7/10Also dramaSamantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her…
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Nobody Has to Know (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceAfter 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.
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Untamed Heart (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romanceCaroline, a young waitress who seems to have bad taste in men, is on her way home one night when thugs attempt to rape her. Adam, the mysterious busboy who works at the same diner, helps fight off the assailants, and…
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The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romancePregnant 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.
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Fallen Angel (1945)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceAn unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman…
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The Age of Adaline (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also romance and dramaAfter 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.
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One Fine Spring Day (2001)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceA recording engineer falls for a radio announcer after they work together to capture sounds of the natural world.
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Racing with the Moon (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceIn 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…
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The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romanceA failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
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Unforgettable (2016)
★ 8/10Also drama and romanceOn a live music radio show, a letter arrives from twenty-three years in the past. Through the letter, the first love and friendships of five friends are revealed.
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and dramaSarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live…