Finished The Lost Husband on Netflix? These 8 Movies Should Be Next on Your List

Sam and Abbie's beautiful plans for their future together get cut short when Abbie receives a terminal cancer diagnosis. During the time she has left, Abbie vows to find a new love for Sam and come to terms with everything (and everyone) she's leaving behind so that they won't be suffering after she's gone.

Watch Irreplaceable You on Netflix.

The "falling in love in the countryside" trope gets a much lighter twist with this sweet romance. After a bad breakup and a business loss, Gabriela impulsively enters a contest to win a country inn — and wins. But when she arrives, the inn is in serious need of repair, and when a widower agrees to help her fix up the building, both of them just might be able to fix each other's hearts too.

Watch Falling Inn Love on Netflix.

Craving a complicated romance in a small town? This literary adaptation is for you! Set in the aftermath of World War II in a small island community, the movie tells the story of a young author who corresponds with one of the residents and eventually goes to visit. When she arrives, she slowly uncovers a series of devastating secrets about the events on the island during the war.

Watch The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society on Netflix.

John and Savannah's plans for the future are derailed when John decides to re-enlist in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. Over the years, they write letters and struggle to keep their relationship and dreams alive, even as time and distance threaten to tear them apart forever.

Watch Dear John on Netflix.

You can make it a Josh Duhamel double feature, pairing this 2010 rom-com with The Lost Husband! Two young professionals are forced to co-exist (and co-parent) when their mutual best friends die suddenly, leaving them with custody of their infant daughter. As they deal with their shared grief and shared responsibilities, they start to realise they might not hate each other after all.

Watch Life As We Know It on Netflix.

You can't beat this classic for a weepy romance! Two young people from different social classes fall in love in the 1940s, but when family interference and the arrival of war tears them apart, their story takes some unexpected turns over the course of the next decades.

Watch The Notebook on Netflix.

Like the title suggests, this movie follows two friends from college over the course of "one day" — the same day for eighteen years. Their relationships (with each other, with partners, and with their families) change over the years, but the one thing that never changes is how they keep being drawn back together, over and over.

Watch One Day on Netflix.

While The Lost Husband deals with the grief of a partner dying, Someone Great deals with a different kind of grief: losing someone when a longterm relationship ends. With the help of her two best friends (who both have some romantic struggles of their own), Jenny slowly figures out how to let go of the relationship she thought was her "true love."

Watch Someone Great on Netflix.