feelsalike.com

Movies that feel like Asako I & II (2018)

If you loved Asako I & II, the closest films we have are Five Feet Apart (2019), The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and 45 Years (2015). All three share Asako I & II's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels, Netflix and Disney Plus and others, checked against today's data.

Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.

πŸ… 77% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchicontemplativeromantictender

When is Asako I & II streaming? β†’

If Asako I & II hit the spot, these will too

Five Feet Apart poster
Five Feet Apart
2019 Β· dir. Justin Baldoni
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.2romance Β· drama

Both land stillness and romance at once

Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control β€” all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There's an instant flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction.

Feels alike?
The Fault in Our Stars poster
The Fault in Our Stars
2014 Β· dir. Josh Boone
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.6romance Β· drama

Drama built on tenderness, twice over

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

Feels alike?
45 Years poster
45 Years
2015 Β· dir. Andrew Haigh
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

Both trade on stillness more than on being romance

There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.

Feels alike?
Carol poster
Carol
2015 Β· dir. Todd Haynes
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.3romance Β· drama

Romantic drama, and it commits to that

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

Feels alike?
Right Now, Wrong Then poster
Right Now, Wrong Then
2015 Β· dir. Hong Sang-soo
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

Romance with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

By mistake, film director Ham Chunsu arrives in Suwon a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, Chunsu stops by a restored, old palace and meets an artist named Yoon Heejung. Together, they go to Heejung's workshop to look at her paintings, have Sushi with Soju for dinner, and get close. Later, they go to another cafΓ© and have more drinks with Heejung's acquaintances. When asked if he is married, Chunsu is forced to reveal the fact that he is, and Heejung gets deeply disappointed...

Feels alike?
One Day poster
One Day
2011 Β· dir. Lone Scherfig
πŸ… 36%β˜… 7drama Β· romance

Contemplative drama in both cases

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

After spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.

Feels alike?
The Souvenir poster
The Souvenir
2019 Β· dir. Joanna Hogg
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.4drama Β· romance

Romantic romance, and it commits to that

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

Feels alike?
Remember Me poster
Remember Me
2010 Β· dir. Allen Coulter
πŸ… 26%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

Tenderness is the shared currency

Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.

Feels alike?
Portrait of a Lady on Fire poster
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019 Β· dir. CΓ©line Sciamma
πŸ… 98%β˜… 8drama Β· romance

Drama approached the same way

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

Feels alike?
Vicky Cristina Barcelona poster
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008 Β· dir. Woody Allen
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

The same romance instincts

Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

Feels alike?
Blue Valentine poster
Blue Valentine
2010 Β· dir. Derek Cianfrance
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.3drama Β· romance

Both are drama through and through

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

Feels alike?
The Lucky One poster
The Lucky One
2012 Β· dir. Scott Hicks
πŸ… 20%β˜… 6.4drama Β· romance

Cut from the same romance cloth

A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.

Feels alike?

In the mood for more contemplative?

all contemplative movies β†’

The best-reviewed films that share Asako I & II's defining feeling.