Let the Right One In was very similar in a lot of ways. I'd recommend that one. It has a similar sort of quality to it as well as a sort of realistic approach to it. It's a very sweet little film, as well as scary and challenging in some ways. I really appreciated it. The novel is really good too. I highly recommend that one!
Together, Lukas Moodysson's follow-up picture to this, had a similar sort of dark humor to it that this one did. I think it might actually be my favorite film of Moodysson's actually. It's a really moving, unique film. One thing I really appreciated a lot about it was how it refused to turn any characters into stereotypes. It's a much more dark, intense film than Show Me Love as it deals with more heavy subject matter, but it's definitely still a feel-good film and I highly recommend it.
If you like the way the film was photographed, I'd recommend a lot of Bergman's films, particularly Persona and Cries and Whispers. Beware, they are both very dark films. They don't have the same light feel-good quality that Show Me Love has. Only the same kind of look to them.
There's this Danish film I've seen a few times actually called You Are Not Alone, which is similar in humor and tone to Show Me Love, about two young boys at a boarding school who fall in love and how their friends are cool with it. It's actually a pretty tastefully done little coming-of-age film that I enjoyed quite a bit. It's also very erotic, but not in a perverted or exploitative kind of way. It's more of a naturalistic kind of film, if you catch my drift.
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