So Long, See You Tomorrow (2021)

They’re both queer films They’re both about young love that reunite when they’re older I’d say YNEH is a bit more bittersweet than SLSYT

Both works depict challenges with being gay in South Korean society as well as experiences of familial relationships for gay people, and both works do so with a rather literary approach to writing (focusing on arranging words in a beautiful and profound way); a somewhat melancholic but also hopeful ending and overall emotional tone; and an achingly beautiful instrumental score for the soundtrack. The writing similarities are strongest with episodes 3-4 of "Love in the Big City", which (like "So Long, See You Tomorrow") makes heavy use of universe-related imagery.

LITBC deals with queerness in such a similar yet different way. LITBC shows how the main character meets different men and discovers himself and the meaning of love with his various love interests, while realising he could have loved and been loved by some of his lovers, if the timing was right, or if the circumstances were in his favour. But the movie covers mostly his friendship with Jaehee. .. SLSYT is about a man and his undying love for his childhood friend where even though he attempts love with another person, he ultimately realizes he still and has always only loved his childhood friend, and if the odds were in his favour, he might have gotten to experience the love of his lifetime. It also deals with family relations and how the main character exists in his queerness, while maintaining his relationship with his family. .. SLSYT was the first movie that came to mind when I heard LITBC would be adapted. The storytelling style is different, but the themes and vibe feels the same, yet distinct in the ways the plot and characters were portrayed. Please watch the two of them and appreciate them for the queer perfection that they both are

The format is different (one is a movie, the other is a drama), but I found SLSYT pretty similar to My Mister in some ways. They both use beautiful symbolism to add to the story. Both are centered on the MC’s introspection and explore through them regrets that pile up in one’s life and the inner self you never let out all this time. The desire to become somebody else or to disappear out of self-hatred is one of the main themes of both stories. SLSYT shows the journey of one character, My Mister the meeting of two characters at the lowest point of their life. The two stories are filled with melancholy and just as Shim Hee Sub in SLSYT, Lee Sun Kyun and Lee Ji Eun/IU portray it in a compelling way. They both depict the MCs' relationship with their family.

Both use poetry and symbolism to further the storytelling. Both explore the melancholy and regrets of the MCs. The way both movies are shot gave me the same calm but also shattering atmosphere around the MCs. Both portray LGBTQ+ relationships. Moonlit Winter also depicts the MC’s relationship with her family.