Best movies like Dear John
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies related to Dear John? Offer your familiarity to guide others to tv shows and movies you've previously watched that may also fascinate them. Help widen the community of people alluding videos to one another. We welcome your input!
Plot Summary:
Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping build a house for Habitat for Humanity. A romance occurs and Savannah falls deeply in love with John. She promises to write John overseas until he returns.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 156000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, sweet, touching, emotional, romantic drama, teen, tear jerker, sad, realistic
Best tv shows and movies like Dear John (2010):
Similar in 76%
Waiting for Forever (2010)
Plot Summary:
A Hollywood-set romantic tale of a guy who is content to live his life without a job yet with the love of his life, a young actress.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, sentimental, sincere, realistic, contemplative, semi serious, romantic, heartbreaking, erotic
Similar in 89%
After We Collided (2020)
Plot Summary:
Tessa finds herself struggling with her complicated relationship with Hardin; she faces a dilemma that could change their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, erotic, emotional, touching, atmospheric, art house, saga, scenic, family comedy
Similar in 82%
Safe Haven (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, teen, emotional, sentimental, suspenseful, sweet, cute, romantic drama, serious
Similar in 84%
The Lucky One (2012)
Plot Summary:
U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive-a photograph he found of a woman he doesn't even know. Learning her name is Beth and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than his good luck charm.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional, sentimental, scenic, teen, light, romantic drama, sincere, feel good
Similar in 90%
The Last Song (2010)
Plot Summary:
A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, serious, teen, emotional, romantic comedy, cute, sad, sentimental, realistic
Similar in 76%
Three Steps Above Heaven (2010)
Plot Summary:
Story of two young people who belong to different worlds. It is the chronicle of a love improbable, almost impossible but inevitable dragging in a frantic journey they discover the first great love. Babi (Maria Valverde) is a girl from upper-middle class that is educated in goodness and innocence . Hache (Mario Casas) is a rebellious boy, impulsive, unconscious, has a appetite for risk and danger embodied in endless fights and illegal motorbike races, the limit of common sense.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, romantic, serious, sexy, realistic, dramatic, uplifting, heartbreaking, captivating
Similar in 75%
Now Is Good (2012)
Plot Summary:
A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sad, emotional, romantic, heartbreaking, teen, sentimental, tear jerker, realistic, romantic drama, intense
Similar in 84%
If Only (2004)
Plot Summary:
After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), a grief-stricken British businessman, Ian Wyndham, living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, touching, emotional, sad, sincere, feel good, heartbreaking, thought provoking, captivating
Similar in 81%
Endless Love (2014)
Plot Summary:
A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional, teen, sexual, unusual plot structure, melancholic, absurd, harsh, realistic
Similar in 84%
Midnight Sun (2018)
Plot Summary:
Katie, a 17-year-old, has been sheltered since childhood and confined to her house during the day by a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Fate intervenes when she meets Charlie and they embark on a summer romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker, teen, compassionate, sentimental, bad ending, romantic comedy
Similar in 86%
Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
Plot Summary:
Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it. After his high-school classmate Tess returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love. And as he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, romantic, sentimental, teen, tear jerker, sweet, melancholic, sad, romantic drama
Similar in 76%
Dying Young (1991)
Plot Summary:
After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, sad, touching, inspirational, cute, emotional, erotic, bleak, novela
Similar in 90%
P.S. I Love You (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 217000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, sad, uplifting, sweet, tear jerker, romantic comedy, cute
Similar in 86%
The Longest Ride (2015)
Plot Summary:
The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: romantic, emotional, sentimental, inspirational, tear jerker, romantic comedy, teen, entertaining, erotic, feel good
Similar in 77%
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 396000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, romantic, sentimental, tear jerker, sad, sincere, teen, serious, melancholic
Similar in 75%
Message in a Bottle (1999)
Plot Summary:
A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, emotional, sincere, sentimental, bad ending, sweet, scenic, semi serious, realistic
Similar in 84%
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two unhappy people's lives become entwined when they have a life changing romance. Adrienne is a woman who's trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not. Her life changes when Paul, a doctor who is traveling to reconcile with his estranged son, checks into an inn in a North Carolina beach town where she is staying.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, sentimental, melancholic, tear jerker, romantic drama, emotional, intense, heartbreaking, epic
Similar in 75%
The Vow (2012)
Plot Summary:
Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 202000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia, France, Canada, Germany, Brazil, UK, China
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, sentimental, emotional, inspirational, melancholic, romantic drama, sweet, serious, exciting
Similar in 82%
Barefoot (2014)
Plot Summary:
The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms. Remake of the German film "Barfuss" (2005).
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, cute, feel good, semi serious, road movie, teen, entertaining, tear jerker, sex comedy
Similar in 75%
The Best of Me (2014)
Plot Summary:
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, sentimental, sad, sexy, emotional, dramatic, tear jerker, sweet, scenic
Similar in 85%
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
Plot Summary:
Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she's ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 120000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, sincere, light, sweet, realistic, teen, cute, captivating, romantic comedy
Similar in 84%
Beastly (2011)
Plot Summary:
A curse transforms a handsome and arrogant young man into everything he detests in this contemporary retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Wealthy Kyle Kingson has everything a teenager could want in life, but he still gets off on humiliating the weaker and less attractive. When Kyle invites his misfit classmate Kendra to an environmental rally at their school, she questions his motivations but reluctantly accepts. Later, Kyle blows Kendra off, prompting the spurned goth girl to cast a dark spell on the swaggering egotist.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, touching, sweet, modern fairy tale, teen, captivating, feel good, sentimental, offbeat
Similar in 78%
After (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young woman falls for a guy with a dark secret and the two embark on a rocky relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, emotional, light, atmospheric, touching, lyrical, erotic, saga, scenic
Similar in 87%
The Choice (2016)
Plot Summary:
Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional, sweet, scenic, sentimental, serious, realistic, tear jerker, romantic comedy
Similar in 78%
Me Before You (2016)
Plot Summary:
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 279000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, emotional, tear jerker, sentimental, sad, compassionate, serious, melancholic, stylized
Similar in 87%
The Lake House (2006)
Plot Summary:
A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 156000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, sweet, sincere, touching, feel good, romantic drama, light, romantic comedy, cute
Similar in 86%
The Notebook (2004)
Plot Summary:
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 605000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, sweet, sad, tear jerker, inspirational, motivational, feel good
Similar in 75%
Letters to Juliet (2010)
Plot Summary:
An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, scenic, feel good, romantic comedy, teen, cute, sweet, semi serious, heartbreaking
Similar in 86%
A Walk to Remember (2002)
Plot Summary:
When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life and also a very big secret she must keep from Landon.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 219000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, inspirational, tear jerker, sad, sentimental, emotional, sincere, dramatic, teen
Similar in 83%
Love, Rosie (2014)
Plot Summary:
Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different directions. As each navigates the complexities of life, love, and everything in between, they always find their way back to each other - but is it just friendship, or something more? Based on Cecelia Ahern's bestselling novel, LOVE, ROSIE is a heart-warming, modern comedy-of-errors posing the ultimate question: do we really only get one shot at true love?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 152000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: touching, sweet, sentimental, cute, teen, emotional, tear jerker, light, feel good, romantic comedy