If You Liked The Year of Living Dangerously, Watch These Next
Finished The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like The Year of Living Dangerously, most of them are romance, drama.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.The Quiet American(2002)
6.6RomanceThrillerDramaAlso romance and drama
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.
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2.The Edge of Love(2008)
6.2DramaHistoryRomanceAlso drama and romance
When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many years, Vera is swept off her feet by a dashing officer, William Killick, and finds herself torn…
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3.A Journal for Jordan(2021)
6.9DramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
Based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King, a soldier deployed to Iraq begins to keep a journal of love and advice for his infant son. Back at home, senior New York Times editor Dana Canedy revisits the story of her unlikely, life-altering relationship with King and his enduring devotion to her and…
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4.The Promise(2016)
6.8HistoryRomanceDramaAlso romance and drama
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
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5.Ashes in the Snow(2018)
6.4DramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her drawings.
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6.Endless(2020)
6.6RomanceDramaFantasyAlso romance and drama
When madly in love high school graduates Riley and Chris are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend's death while Chris is stranded in limbo. Miraculously, the two find a way to connect. In a love story that transcends life and death, both Riley and Chris are forced to learn the…
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7.An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)
7.0DramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the…
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8.The Shape of Water(2017)
7.2DramaFantasyRomanceAlso drama and romance
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
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9.The Unbearable Lightness of Being(1988)
6.8DramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom…
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10.In My Country(2004)
6.0RomanceDramaAlso romance and drama
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
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11.Earthquake Bird(2019)
5.9DramaMysteryRomanceAlso drama and romance
Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.
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12.Some Came Running(1958)
7.0DramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes close with an easy-going professional gambler and torn between two very different women.
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13.Time Is Up(2021)
6.5RomanceDramaAlso romance and drama
Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
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14.The Fugitive Kind(1960)
6.9RomanceDramaAlso romance and drama
Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.
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15.The Golden Bowl(2000)
6.0RomanceDramaAlso romance and drama
Wealthy American widower Adam Verver and his daughter Maggie live a refined life in Europe, surrounded by art. Maggie marries impoverished Italian Prince Amerigo, while Adam marries Maggie's friend Charlotte Stant. The Prince and Charlotte are having an affair, which Maggie discovers and navigates through a silent,…
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16.The Mother(2003)
6.0DramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.
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18.The Last Time I Saw Paris(1954)
6.1DramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when…
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19.The Honorary Consul(1983)
5.8ActionDramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to find a better life. Along the way he meets an array of people, including British Consul Charley Fortnum, a representative in Latin America who is trying to keep…
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20.Love Me Love Me(2026)
6.1RomanceDramaAlso romance and drama
After her brother's death, June moves to Milan for a fresh start, finding comfort in Will, the perfect honor student at her new international school. But when his troubled best friend James—hiding a dangerous life in clandestine MMA fights—sparks a rivalry that quickly turns into irresistible attraction, June must…
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