Be with You

A poignant tale of love and loss, where promises transcend time and memory.

Critics and audiences broadly embraced the film as a well-acted, emotionally affecting Korean fantasy romance with strong mainstream appeal.

• Soo-a returns to Woo-jin and Ji-ho on a rainy day despite having died, creating the film's central emotional premise.
• Soo-a reappears without memories, while her relationship with Woo-jin and connection to Ji-ho are rebuilt through shared experiences.
• Woo-jin raises Ji-ho alone after Soo-a's death, and the mother-son bond remains the emotional core of the reunion.
• Soo-a's promised return is tied to the rainy season, making rain a recurring emotional and supernatural motif.

• The Lake HouseShared melancholic romance, supernatural reunion, family bonds, and tearjerker emotionality.
• AlwaysShared reincarnation-adjacent fantasy, enduring first love, and wistful romantic drama.
• Miracle in Cell No. 7Shared parent-child emotion, magical realism, and cathartic family melodrama.
• GhostShared resurrection premise, bittersweet romance, and intimate domestic sentiment.

Director

Lee Jang-hoon

Release Date

2018-03-14

Runtime

132 min

Rating

8.1 / 10 (229)

What is Be with You about?

A widowed father and his son receive an impossible second chance when the mother they lost returns in the rain without her memories.

What is Be with You like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Be with You as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Be with You violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Be with You as mild.

What did critics think of Be with You?

Critics and audiences broadly embraced the film as a well-acted, emotionally affecting Korean fantasy romance with strong mainstream appeal.

Which films are like Be with You?

Films with a similar feel include The Lake House, Always, Miracle in Cell No. 7, and Ghost.

How long is Be with You?

Be with You runs 132 minutes.

Where can I watch Be with You?

In United States, Be with You streams on Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Kanopy, Hoopla, Rakuten Viki, AsianCrush, Filmzie, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Tubi TV.