Movies Similar to Smile Now, Cry Later

Shrew's Nest(2014)

Spain, 1950s. Montse's agoraphobia keeps her locked in a sinister apartment in Madrid and her only link to reality is the little sister she lost her youth raising. But one day, a reckless young neighbor, Carlos, falls down the stairwell and drags himself to their door. Someone has entered the shrew's nest... perhaps he'll never leave.

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Closing Windows.

Luke, a temperamental alcoholic grapples with a slow decent into hell as he’s forced to make choices the could effectively end every relationship in his life.

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Bye Bye Love(1974)

Two young people undertake a doomed summer road trip through Japan, which in turn reflects on the dissipating promise of 1960s counterculture and free love.

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Natchathiram Nagargiradhu(2022)

Love and politics collide when modern day individuals working as theatre artists in fall in love while making a play about love. They realize that it's the social structure that determines their values and thoughts, and for their love to succeed, they have to go against it.

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Mr. Misunderstood(2023)

When overwhelming expectations tower over him, Cecil must silence the doubt controlling him, while an aspiring film career slowly becomes the least of his worries. Written and directed by newcomer Aaron Fisher, Mr. Misunderstood takes a close look at the endless pressures that loom over one aspiring filmmaker's life, as he conveys the beautiful imperfection of our most human characteristics.

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The Normal Spaces(2024)

A lonely day in the life of someone who feels like simply an extension of the spaces they inhabit. They are hit with the dreadful isolation that exists as a result.

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Blues for Herold(2024)

A struggling young man secretly plays a magical trumpet that transports him from his desolate world into a colorful "bliss." When his younger brother discovers his secret, their relationship is put in jeopardy.

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Go For Soliloquy

Photographer and entrepreneur in training, Alonzo, struggles to get his artistic business off the ground. To combat his self-doubt and anxiety, he seeks help from his old college friends who've made names for themselves.

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Of Pentacles(2025)

Two young adults project their ideals (and, in turn, their problems) onto each other

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Perspective(2009)

A cynical claymation artist gets a special camera that changes the way he sees the world.

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Não Me Esqueças, Me Ame Para Sempre(2020)

Gegê wants to die but it will not be an easy task.

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One More Moment(2025)

A couple's relationship falls apart under the pressures of city life and their personal demons. Can they work through their issues, face their fears and realise they are meant to be together?

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The Holy Mountain(1973)

The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

7.5

G Kutta Se(2017)

In a small village not too far from Delhi, three lives explode around taboos of love and lust. Diksha, still just a girl, is caught unguarded on camera, besmirching the "honor" of her parents. Kiran, in love with the wrong boy, becomes the target of another man's lustful vengeance, "dishonoring" her family. And Virender, a young man cruising the streets at will, enjoys all the acts society forbids women, protecting or destroying their "honor" as he wills. Set in the badlands of Haryana, known for high rates of female feticide, G explores the murky world of sexual transgression and honor killings in India.

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The Fifth Step

An inmate manages to win the prison time battle by thinking about his wife, who was also imprisoned. He lives only with the hope that the two will see each other again, but eventually realizes that the only thing he has left is the memory of the two's dancing steps.

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Waiting For You(2025)

A nameless woman waits for a mysterious man she is in love with. As time goes by, she moves through a range of emotions born from his absence and her solitude, reflecting on the stillness she finds herself in.

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The Shade(2024)

Twenty-year-old Ryan struggles with a debilitating anxiety disorder following his father's death. Together with his two brothers, he must fight to break the destructive cycle threatening their family as ancient darkness closes in on them.

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A Breakfast Chronicle(2000)

A view of the end-of-the-century Mexican family. A father who comes back home after a long absence, but who would rather be somewhere else. A daughter suffering from a trapped pain. A son full of guilt and recriminations. A little kid who soaks up all the tension in the house, like a sponge, and a self-effacing mother who would like to go away and leave everything behind.

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Jesus Freaks(2024)

A woman's story of love and redemption during the Christian youth revolution that swept across America in the 1970's.

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It's Alright, It's Okay(2023)

A gentle yet troubled college student battles with her abandonment issues as her friendship comes to an end and she relies on the guidance of her therapist to move forward into her next chapter of life.

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