Movies like Backlight
If Backlight's mix of 1970s, smoking and seaside village stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Backlight's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Heartstopper Forever
2026 · Directed by Wash Westmoreland · 110 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: gay romance, boys' love (bl) · Also romance and drama · From the same decade (2020s)
It's a new school year for the Truham-Higgs gang. As Nick and Charlie's relationship deepens, their thoughts turn to life after the last bell rings.
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Air Doll
2009 · Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda · 116 min6.9
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese drama
A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi.
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In the Realm of the Senses
1976 · Directed by Nagisa Ōshima · 102 min6.6
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese drama
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
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Norwegian Wood
2010 · Directed by Trần Anh Hùng · 134 min6.4
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese drama
Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.