The new romantic drama After [1] is packed with all the hallmarks of a coming-of-age romance [2]. Once you've watched it, though, what should you watch next? Well, we've got some ideas! Netflix has plenty of movies that are similar to After, whether they share the movie's relationship-secrets plot points, its coming-of-age setting [3], or its good girl/bad boy dynamics. Who couldn't use a little more romance [4] in their lives? If you're not quite sure what to queue up next, keep reading to see our picks for the best movies like After, all of which will satisfy your romance movie cravings [5] and are available for streaming right now on Netflix!
About Time
All the romantic drama you crave, plus a fantasy time-travel twist! A young man learns that he has the genetic ability to travel through time, so he uses his newfound powers to perfectly woo the love of his life.
Watch About Time on Netflix. [6]
Becoming Jane
Bet you never knew Jane Austen had a bad-boy romance in her past, did you? Based loosely on details from Austen's real life, the romantic drama follows a young Jane as she falls madly in love with an infuriating but charming man, despite the wishes of their families.
Watch Becoming Jane on Netflix. [7]
Chasing Liberty
Just like After, this rom-com deals with a good girl shaking up her life (much to the chagrin of the adults in her life) with the help of a sexy bad boy. The catch? The good girl is the president's daughter, who makes an impulsive decision to escape her constricted life with the help of a roving photographer she just met.
Watch Chasing Liberty on Netflix. [8]
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Yes, the title is ridiculously unwieldy, but don't judge a book by its cover (or a movie by its title): it's a charming, low-key romantic drama with just the right touch of melodrama as a writer journeys to a small town and discovers some long-kept secrets.
Watch The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society on Netflix. [9]
The Perfect Date
A college-bound teenager launches a dating-for-hire service to help pay for college, but his real feelings soon cause him to try to hide his business from the girl he's falling for.
Watch The Perfect Date on Netflix. [10]
Penelope
In a twist on the meet-cute-is-based-on-a-lie trope, this movie centres on a clever young woman who's cursed with a pig nose until "one of her own kind" loves her. The complications set in when a down-on-his-luck blue blood shows up to woo her, despite secrets of his own.
Watch Penelope on Netflix. [11]
Stardust
A young man promises the woman he loves that he'll bring her a fallen star, but the reality of that quest turns out to be very different than he expected. For an epic romance with some high drama and fantasy, this is the perfect movie for you!
Watch Stardust on Netflix. [12]
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
This teen rom-com about a fake-dating setup between a popular jock and a quiet, romantic girl has all the social-hierachy drama you crave, but without nearly as many stereotypes. It's a sweet, funny story of what happens when a lie turns real.
Watch To All the Boys I've Loved Before on Netflix. [13]
Alex Strangelove
It's a coming-of-age rom-com with an LGBTQ twist: a teenage boy plans to lose his virginity to his girlfriend, but finds himself in an identity crisis after meeting a charismatic boy.
Watch Alex Strangelove on Netflix. [14]
The House Bunny
Like After, this comedy takes place among the shenanigans on a college campus, but with a grownup twist: our protagonist isn't a student, but a rejected Playboy Bunny who takes a down-and-out sorority under her wing and ends up learning a few things from them too.
Watch The House Bunny on Netflix. [15]
The Kissing Booth
For a fix of teen drama and emotional turmoil, but set in high school instead of college, look no further than The Kissing Booth [16], in which a teenage girl falls in love with her best friend's brother, leading a series of secrets that threaten to unravel all the relationships she cares about.
Watch The Kissing Booth on Netflix. [17]
One Day
You never forget your first love, and in the case of One Day, you never quite let go of them, either. The romantic drama follows two best friends and college sweethearts whose lives and loves keep crossing paths on at least one day every year.
Watch One Day on Netflix. [18]
The Phantom of the Opera
Take all of After's romantic drama and secrets, and add a supernatural love triangle on top of it, and you get The Phantom of the Opera, a Gothic musical about an opera soprano who's courted by her wealthy childhood sweetheart and manipulated by a disfigured yet musically seductive recluse.
Watch The Phantom of the Opera on Netflix. [19]
Sleeping With Other People
Imagine if the characters from After broke up, then re-met years down the line. That's what Sleeping With Other People is like, with two college exes reconnecting and realising they've both had a string of failed relationships in the years since.
Watch Sleeping With Other People on Netflix. [20]
The Spectacular Now
Just like After, this teen drama revolves around a shy, ambitious girl who falls for a hard-partying bad boy as they deal with their personal struggles and the ever-present drama of simply growing up.
Watch The Spectacular Now on Netflix. [21]