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Movies Like The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special

If you liked The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special (2021), a drama and romance movie directed by Fuminori Kaneko, 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. 1Home by Spring

    Home by Spring (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    When an ambitious event planner gets an opportunity she can’t refuse, she goes undercover as her boss and returns to her rural hometown. With the help of her family and the man she left behind, she pulls off the…

  2. 2The 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.

  3. 3Home for Christmas Day

    Home for Christmas Day (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also romance and drama

    Jane is a single mother dead set on protecting her teenage daughter Betsy from the harsh realities of life. When Betsy falls in love with an enlisted man, Jane tries her best to steer Betsy away from heartache. Little…

  4. 4The Hunchback

    The Hunchback (1997)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance

    Based on Victor Hugo's famed novel, the story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame, and his unrequited love for the gypsy girl, Esmeralda.

  5. 5Nora Roberts' Montana Sky

    Nora Roberts' Montana Sky (2007)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    The wealthy stock dealer bequeaths his Montana farm to the three daughters provided they would live there together at least for a year.

  6. 6Borrowed Hearts

    Borrowed Hearts (1997)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance

    Single mom Kathleen Russell (Roma Downey) and her daughter Zoey pretend to be Kathleen's boss's "family" so he can close a major business deal with the mysterious Mexican financier Javier Del Campo.

  7. 7Prescription for Love

    Prescription for Love (2019)

    ★ 6.9/10Also romance and drama

    Claire’s life as a nurse in a busy hospital is complicated by a supervisor who is intent on making her miserable with tedious and extra tasks. Claire’s only relief is the patients she treats, and even that is not…

  8. 8Steel Magnolias

    Steel Magnolias (2012)

    ★ 6.9/10Also romance and drama

    In an updated contemporary version of the beloved stage play and 1989 film, "Steel Magnolias" chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana. Supporting each other through their triumphs and tragedies…

  9. 9Too Close for Christmas

    Too Close for Christmas (2020)

    ★ 5.9/10Also romance and drama

    When Hayley accepts an invitation to spend Christmas with her sister’s new in-laws, her seemingly perfect holiday takes a turn when Paul, Hayley's brother-in-law's brother, unexpectedly shows up. Still harboring a…

  10. 10Love Finds You in Valentine

    Love Finds You in Valentine (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and tv movie

    Kennedy Blaine, a Californian girl, inherits a ranch in the small town of Valentine in Nebraska. Before she sells the property, she decides to spend the summer in her house and learn more about her family.

  11. 11Not 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.

  12. 12Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre (1997)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance

    After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester…

  13. 13Disappearing Acts

    Disappearing Acts (2000)

    ★ 6.2/10Also tv movie and romance

    A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love.

  14. 14Let It Snow

    Let It Snow (2013)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance

    A resort executive is sent to a newly purchased lodge in Maine with instructions to turn it in to an ultra-modern resort, and finds a charming, successful lodge loaded with holiday spirit. Will she stick with her…

  15. 15Northanger Abbey

    Northanger Abbey (2007)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance and drama

    A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.

  16. 16Journey to the Shore

    Journey to the Shore (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance

    Mizuki's husband Yusuke has been missing for three years. He suddenly comes back home as a ghost and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the people that helped Yusuke on his previous…

  17. 17Hello Sister, Goodbye Life

    Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and tv movie

    A college student must take care of her 7-year-old half sister after the death of their parents.

  18. 18Samantha: An American Girl Holiday

    Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (2004)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and tv movie

    Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's world starts to change the day Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and her two little sisters have moved in next door to be servants for the Ryland family. Though…

  19. 19Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding

    Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and tv movie

    Mitch Buchannon, believed to have died in a boating accident survived and only has amnesia, he has been recovering in a Los Angeles hospital. His new fiancée, Allison Ford, resembles his old lover, Lt. Stephanie Holden…

  20. 20Girl in the Box

    Girl in the Box (2016)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and tv movie

    The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.

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