After (2019)

Most people think so. 81% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 24%, but audiences disagreed.

Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester of college, Tessa's guarded world opens up when she meets Hardin Scott, a mysterious and brooding rebel who makes her question all she thought she knew about herself -- and what she wants out of life. Wikipedia ↗

After is a 2019 American romantic drama directed by Jenny Gage, based on Anna Todd's 2014 novel that originated as One Direction fan fiction on the platform Wattpad. Josephine Langford stars as Tessa Young, a dedicated, straight-A college freshman whose carefully planned life is upended when she falls for Hardin Scott, played by Hero Fiennes Tiffin, a brooding, troubled British student with anger issues and a dark past. Their intense, volatile relationship challenges everything Tessa thought she knew about love and herself as she discovers that Hardin's interest in her may have begun as a cruel bet among his friends.

After became a surprise commercial success, earning $69 million worldwide on a $14 million budget, and demonstrated the commercial viability of adapting fiction from online platforms — Todd's original Wattpad story accumulated over one billion reads before being published as a traditional novel. The film launched a five-movie franchise that traced Tessa and Hardin's tumultuous relationship across years and continents. Hero Fiennes Tiffin, nephew of Ralph Fiennes, brought a smoldering intensity to the moody Hardin that resonated with the book's enormous existing fanbase.

The franchise's success on streaming platforms significantly exceeded its theatrical performance.