movies similar to a river runs through it

In need of 500,000 dollars for medical treatment, Francis Locke tears down a high-reward fertility ad. Through a series of mishaps, he ends up flash-marrying Lianne Devaney, a wealthy heiress being pressured into arranged dates. Using his decisive methods, Francis helps Lianne resolve her troubles while getting pulled into even greater crises. As they cooperate to survive, their feelings gradually heat up.

Burdened by her father’s debt, Seoyoon ends her relationship with Leejun through a painful lie. While chasing after her, Leejun is nearly killed in an accident. Years later, Seoyoon is raising their child alone, while Leejun returns in triumph. When their paths cross again, old wounds, hidden truths, and unresolved feelings flare back to life, upending everything they thought they’d left behind.

Freddie, a young hunter from Fountain Village, is honest and handsome in appearance, extremely strong, and his only desire is to marry and form a happy family. However,he is notorious for his ferocity—having killed a tiger one day and a wolf the next. Everyone avoids him due to his bad temper, except Hannah, a woman who traveled through time from the modern era, who is eager to marry him.

After being driven out by her stepmother, Nora Seth encountered Hans Frank, the most powerful man in the capital, and they quickly got married. Due to her ordinary background, Nora faced exclusion in the high society, but she was smart and resilient, never giving up. Through her efforts, she became a top designer, embarrassing the elite ladies. What made her happier was that Hans doted on her endlessly.

Kevin Lynch finds himself in a world of Mecha Maidens. Branded with F-rank Combat Aptitude, he's abandoned and targeted for his inheritance. He activates the Divine Modification System,upgrades the E-rank Mecha Maiden Ember Vale into a powerful fighter, and rises through the Mecha Competition. As the Mecha Ascension Cult's conspiracy unfolds, Kevin teams up with Ember and Kate Xavier to expose the truth and protect the world.

Burdened by her father’s debt, Seoyoon ends her relationship with Leejun through a painful lie. While chasing after her, Leejun is nearly killed in an accident. Years later, Seoyoon is raising their child alone, while Leejun returns in triumph. When their paths cross again, old wounds, hidden truths, and unresolved feelings flare back to life, upending everything they thought they’d left behind.

Dean Johnson, a top assassin, is reborn in ancient times as a condemned prisoner. He activates a Kill-to-Grow System and rises through the army. After killing exploiters for the people, he is targeted by the court. He fakes defection and teams up with General Cherry Yeats to infiltrate the Nomads. At the feast, he assassinates the enemy chief and achieves great military success. Framed by the foolish emperor, he overthrows the tyrant and becomes an invincible legend.

Seungyoon, a freshman who enters college filled with dreams of a sweet, drama-like romance, falls in love at first sight the moment he meets Jihui, a girl from the same department. However, to Jihui, Seungyoon is practically invisible—so insignificant that she can’t even remember his name. The only men Jihui finds attractive exist inside BL webtoons. Real-life men don’t interest her at all, and she feels no romantic spark toward them. As the campus sweetheart, she has already rejected countless confessions from male students. Like the others, Seungyoon can only admire her from afar—until one day, he unexpectedly runs into Jihui in the department lounge. Watching her excitedly chat with BL characters on her laptop rather than acknowledging his presence, Seungyoon feels deeply hurt and makes an impulsive, drastic decision. “I… actually… I’m gay!” At that very moment, the classroom door swings open, and his words echo loudly— “Gay~~~!” Seungyoon accidentally comes out in front of everyone. Realizing there’s no turning back, Seungyoon quickly understands one thing: If you can’t avoid it, act it out—survival depends on it. With his childhood best friend Chanyoung, he ends up pretending to be a gay couple. Ironically, this makes Seungyoon the very type that catches Jihui’s attention. As they spend more time together, the once-invisible Seungyoon slowly begins to win her heart. But as Chanyoung continues the fake relationship to support Seungyoon’s love life, an unintended love triangle begins to form. With a lie that can no longer be undone, emotions intertwine, misunderstandings pile up, and deception breeds deception. How will this absurd and complicated triangle of lies and feelings finally come to an end?

The male lead, Alexis Brookyn, is the chairman of Skyreach Group. To experience ordinary life, he disguises himself as a rideshare driver and meets the female lead, Sienna Gibson, while picking up passengers, saving her from disaster. He repeatedly rescues Sienna from danger, and as they navigate through crisis after crisis together, feelings gradually develop between them. They slowly grow fond of each other and eventually end up together.

The male lead, Alexis Brookyn, is the chairman of Skyreach Group. To experience ordinary life, he disguises himself as a rideshare driver and meets the female lead, Sienna Gibson, while picking up passengers, saving her from disaster. He repeatedly rescues Sienna from danger, and as they navigate through crisis after crisis together, feelings gradually develop between them. They slowly grow fond of each other and eventually end up together.

After her death, Empress Josephine transmigrated into her 30th descendant's 6-year-old daughter, Zoe Hawk. Facing the bullying of her cruel stepmother,Sierra, her cowardly father, Charles, and her domineering half-brother, Ethan, she carefully navigated her way through challenges. Utilizing her past life’s medical skills, etiquette, and political savvy, she reformed the Hawk family and sought justice for the original owner of her body.

A humble little serpent named Yuri awakens the Devouring Evolution System. From an insignificant start in the Misty Mountains, he devours demon beasts, refines spirit flames, awakens the Flying Serpent bloodline, and fights his way to the top. Protecting his clan, seizing red fortune, and breaking through to Demon King, he ultimately devours a demon serpent to evolve into a dragon, setting foot on the path to imperial glory in the Untamed Great Wilderness.

In a world where spiritual energy has revived, every being is born with a true name engraved in their soul, never revealed to others. To expose it is to reveal one’s fatal weakness. Yet Max Carter, a lazy, ordinary antique street security guard, is a glitch in this world. His left eye sees through all illusions and reveals true names. With a glance he sees past and future, and with a word, he decides life, death, and even reincarnation.

The night before her engagement, Nancy Yeager sleeps with a younger man who is exactly her type—reckless, irresistible, and meant to be nothing more than a fleeting indulgence, since the marriage is only an alliance. At the family banquet, she stands politely as the future bride… until a familiar voice cuts through: “You look familiar.” She looks up—and freezes. The feared man at the main seat is, in fact, the same stranger she spent the night with.

This story follows a naive yet kind-hearted American girl who travels to Russia in search of her husband, only to discover he is a notorious playboy. Stranded and endangered in a foreign land, she is rescued by a Russian general. Through their growing interactions, her fear of him gradually transforms into admiration and affection. However, in an unexpected twist, the Russian general she falls for turns out to be the father of her deceitful ex-husband. Where will their forbidden love lead them?

Cherry Jepsen is the Jepsen family's biological daughter who was switched at birth. After 18 years, she returns home, and everyone expects her to compete with the daughter raised in her place, Rudy Jepsen. Instead, the first thing Cherry does is cling to Rudy's side as an ally. Through their growing bond, Rudy is moved by Cherry's genuine affection. The two sisters unite to crush their enemies and each finds sweet romance along the way.

A humble little serpent named Yuri awakens the Devouring Evolution System. From an insignificant start in the Misty Mountains, he devours demon beasts, refines spirit flames, awakens the Flying Serpent bloodline, and fights his way to the top. Protecting his clan, seizing red fortune, and breaking through to Demon King, he ultimately devours a demon serpent to evolve into a dragon, setting foot on the path to imperial glory in the Untamed Great Wilderness.

Vicky Bell disguises herself as an innocent secretary and infiltrates CEO Heath Kemp's company to uncover why he abandoned her elder sister and bring him down. But Heath sees through her from the start—yet keeps her close. He indulges her schemes, watches her act, and even helps her hide the truth. What follows is a tense game of mutual testing, a relentless push and pull where trust and obsession blur.