Best Bittersweet Movies & TV Series

Looking for the best bittersweet movies and TV series? These 40 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

40 titles

When Life Gives You Tangerines 2025 ★ 8.8

The Good Bad Mother 2023 ★ 8.9

The Prestige 2006 ★ 8.2

Sex Education 2019 ★ 8.2

When the Phone Rings 2024 ★ 8.3

Normal People 2020 ★ 8.1

Unbelievable 2019 ★ 7.9

Our Blues 2022 ★ 8.4

Cable Girls 2017 ★ 7.8

Extras 2005 ★ 7.8

Aftersun 2022 ★ 7.6

One Day 2024 ★ 7.7

Doona! 2023 ★ 7.7

Light the Night 2021 ★ 8.2

Youth of May 2021 ★ 8.2

The Brothers Sun 2024 ★ 7.6

The Classic 2003 ★ 7.6

Call the Midwife 2012 ★ 7.5

We Live in Time 2024 ★ 7.2

Quartet 2017 ★ 8.0

Grey Rainbow 2016 ★ 8.6

4MINUTES 2024 ★ 8.2

Ovosodo 1997 ★ 7.2

The Irregulars 2021 ★ 7.1