Taste-matched follow-ups

Shows like Surely Tomorrow

Start with the closest matches, then branch into broader nearby picks tuned to second-chance romance, on-again off-again love, and slow-burn romance.

  • second-chance romance
  • past and present
  • k-drama romance
  • scandal
Surely Tomorrow poster

6 shows to try next

Closest matches first, then broader nearby picks.

  1. Can This Love Be Translated? poster

    Closest match

    Netflix · Jan 16, 2026

    Can This Love Be Translated?

    Why this fits: Surely Tomorrow and Can This Love Be Translated? make romance engaging through affection that keeps meeting friction, with humor softening the harder moments. In Surely Tomorrow, an old couple’s history complicates a scandal; Can This Love Be Translated? finds warmth in two people expressing love in very different ways.

    • feel-good romance
    • love triangle
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  2. Acapulco poster

    Direct match

    AppleTV+ · Jul 23, 2025

    Acapulco

    IMDb 7.8

    Why this fits: Surely Tomorrow and Acapulco both balance warm comedy with the feeling that the past still shapes what comes next. Surely Tomorrow revisits a couple’s changing relationship as scandal threatens their future, while Acapulco looks back on resort work, youthful ambition, and the gap between dreams and adult hindsight.

    • 1980s resort
    • workplace social climbing
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  3. I Love LA poster

    Direct match

    MAX · Nov 2, 2025

    I Love LA

    IMDb 5.9

    Why this fits: Surely Tomorrow and I Love LA find comedy in relationships where shared history makes every new complication more personal. Surely Tomorrow brings an old couple back together amid scandal, while I Love LA follows friends whose tangled romances and ambitions make familiar company both comforting and awkward.

    • friend group
    • workplace rivalry
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  4. Dynamite Kiss poster

    Deeper cut

    Netflix · Nov 12, 2025

    Dynamite Kiss

    IMDb 7.6
    Why this fits

    Surely Tomorrow’s on-again, off-again romance makes room for the playful romantic misunderstandings in Dynamite Kiss. Its secret-identity workplace comedy adds boss-and-employee complications, so expect more warm office farce than reunion-centered longing.

    • warm workplace comedy
    • secret identity romance
    • romantic misunderstandings
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  5. Nobody Wants This poster

    Deeper cut

    Netflix · Oct 22, 2026

    Nobody Wants This

    IMDb 7.8
    Why this fits

    Surely Tomorrow’s sharp romantic comedy and second-chance love should appeal if you enjoy the warm banter between opposites in Nobody Wants This. The couple’s family conflicts and interfaith romance bring a more dialogue-driven, contemporary angle than a reunion story.

    • opposites-attract romance
    • warm romantic comedy
    • family conflict
  6. You and Everything Else poster

    Deeper cut

    Netflix · Sep 12, 2025

    You and Everything Else

    IMDb 7.7
    Why this fits

    Surely Tomorrow’s slow-burn romance may draw you to the tangled affection and resentment between best friends in You and Everything Else. This drama puts friendship rivalry and family conflict ahead of sharp romantic comedy, making the emotional heartbreak more central.

    • friendship rivalry
    • complicated best friends
    • love and resentment
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