Movies like Early Spring: 20 to watch next
If you loved Early Spring (1963) — a drama, family and history film directed by Xie Tieli — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Early Spring most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres. 3 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Christmas Cottage 2008★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Romance, Family
Inspired by the picturesque paintings of Thomas Kinkade, The Christmas Cottage tells the semi-autobiographical tale of how a young boy is propelled to launch a career as an artist after he learns that his mother is in danger of losing the family home.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Winter's Tale 2014★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Romance
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Jade Dynasty 2019★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
After the massacre of his village, Zhang Xiaofan is taken in by the Qing Yun Sect where he begins his journey of cultivation. When he finds out the truth behind the deaths of his parents, he succumbs to his rage and demonic tendencies and becomes the enemy of Qing Yun Sect.
Stream in India on Tencent Video
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An Autumn Romance 2021★ 7.0
Shares: Romance, Drama, Family
When librarian Taylor Harris suddenly loses her job, she decides to visit her brother in a small town in Montana. There, she gets involved in the fight to help save her brother's hotel from tycoon Joel Sheenan, who wants to renovate it.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Heart of the Country 2013★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
With her husband jailed for Wall Street-based fraud, Faith has to leave behind her luxury life in New York to return home to North Carolina and the widower father and dutiful older sister she left behind. Together, they have to deal with the buried emotions of sudden death of Faith’s mother years ago, and learn to be a family again.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Good Witch's Family 2011★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Family
A young witch visits her cousin in a small town during a heated mayoral election race. Her kind-hearted cousin, the town’s beloved “good witch” and newlywed with two teenage step-kids, is running for office, but must keep her family from falling apart when their visitor uses her magic to put them—and the whole town—under her bitter spell.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mio in the Land of Faraway 1987★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Family
Under the watch of his unkind realtives, lonely Bosse's luck is changed when he is sent to the land where his real father is the King. In that country, he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy the evil Knight Kato.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love Finds You in Valentine 2016★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
Kennedy Blaine, a Californian girl, inherits a ranch in the small town of Valentine in Nebraska. Before she sells the property, she decides to spend the summer in her house and learn more about her family.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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Fire with Fire 1986★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Return to Dust 2022★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Romance
Humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. They have to combine their strength and build a home to survive. In the face of much adversity, an unexpected bond begins to blossom, as both Ma and Cao, uniting with Earth's cycles, create a haven for themselves in which they can thrive.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Secret: Dare to Dream 2020★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Magic of Ordinary Days 2005★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, Romance
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mountains May Depart 2015★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Far from the Madding Crowd 1967★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, History, Romance
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful and flirtatious young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Miniaturist 2017★ 7.1
Shares: History, Drama
A woman moves to live with her new husband in 17th century Amsterdam, but soon discovers that not everything is what it seems.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Little Lord Fauntleroy 1980★ 7.3
Shares: Family, Drama
Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Under the Hawthorn Tree 2010★ 7.8
Shares: Drama, Romance
The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San, a young soldier with a bright future ahead. Despite the class divide and parental disapproval, romance blooms against turbulent times.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hilda and the Mountain King 2021★ 7.6
Shares: Family, Drama
When Hilda wakes up in the body of a troll, she must use her wits and courage to get back home, become human again — and save the city of Trolberg.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Summer Palace 2007★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mansfield Park 1999★ 6.7
Shares: Romance, Drama
Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now