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Movies that feel like Days of Being Wild (1990)

If you loved Days of Being Wild, the closest films we have are As Tears Go By (1988), Happy Together (1997) and Fallen Angels (1995). All three share Days of Being Wild's romantic and tender feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.

πŸ… 91% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Wong Kar-Waigrittycontemplativeromantictender
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As Tears Go By
1988 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7drama Β· crime Β· romance

Both are Wong Kar-Wai's work, and they rhyme

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

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Happy Together
1997 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance

Wong Kar-Wai directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Not nearly as gritty as Days of Being Wild

A couple travels from Hong Kong to Argentina to revive their relationship but experience turbulence when both men's lives drift in separate directions.

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Fallen Angels
1995 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.5action Β· romance Β· crime

Gritty and romantic in the same breath

The difference: None of the stillness Days of Being Wild is built on

An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.

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In the Mood for Love
2000 Β· dir. Wong Kar-Wai
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8drama Β· romance

Contemplative where it counts, tender underneath

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.

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Better Days
2019 Β· dir. Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.6drama Β· crime Β· romance

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The difference: 29 years apart, and the 2010s show

A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.

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Read My Lips
2001 Β· dir. Jacques Audiard
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.3crime Β· drama Β· romance

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Days of Being Wild does

She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.

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3-Iron
2004 Β· dir. Kim Ki-duk
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.9drama Β· romance Β· crime

Romantic romance in both cases

A drifter lives in people's houses while they are away and repays them by doing chores for them. His life changes when he meets a beautiful woman who wants to escape her unhappy marriage.

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Badlands
1974 Β· dir. Terrence Malick
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance Β· crime

Crime built on tenderness, twice over

An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.

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Pierrot le Fou
1965 Β· dir. Jean-Luc Godard
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.4drama Β· romance Β· crime

Both lean on grit more than on drama

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.

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Through the Olive Trees
1995 Β· dir. Abbas Kiarostami
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance

Both lean on stillness more than on romance

When the actor in a scene for his film Life And Nothing More… has to quit, a film director casts another man for the part. However, complications arise since the man and the woman who was cast for the scene know each other.

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The Woman Next Door
1981 Β· dir. FranΓ§ois Truffaut
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.2drama Β· romance

Drama built on romance, twice over

Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.

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A Brighter Summer Day
1991 Β· dir. Edward Yang
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8.2crime Β· drama Β· romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on crime

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

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