Movies like Ocean Waves
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Ocean Waves (1993)
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Original name: 海がきこえる
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off he narrates the events that brought her into his life...
Style:
anime, adult animation, realistic, sincere, touching, serious, romantic, whimsical
Audience:
teens, kids, date night
Plot:
friendship, unspoken love, love triangle, teenage love, youth, friends, love and romance, male female relationship, relationships, divorce, fall in love, high school reunion, coming of age, romantic triangle, daily life, thoughtful, high school, coping, high school life, teenage life, telephone call, urban, social relations, school, airplane ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Most similar movies to Ocean Waves
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, touching, manga and emotional films with plots about friendship, coming of age, youth, high school, slice of life, school and love and romance mostly in Animation, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Ocean Waves: Whisper of the Heart (1995), The Wind Rises (2013), From Up on Poppy Hill (2011), Weathering with You (2019), Crystal Skies of Yesterday (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'. Curious as to who he is, Shizuku meets ...
Style:
anime, touching, feel good, uplifting, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
imagination, self discovery, school, teenage life, high school life, follow your dream, youth, fall in love, love and romance, teenage love, love, hopes ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1995
Place:
japan, tokyo, europe, asia, italy
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A year has passed since Menma's ghostly return to the Super Peace Busters. Although the time they spent together during that summer was short, the five members reminisce about what happened as they each write a letter to their lost friend.
Style:
anime, psychological, emotional, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
friendship, unrequited love, supernatural, love triangle, ghost, teenage love, teenage life, high school life, fall in love, youth, haunted by the past, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
Style:
anime, touching, sentimental, emotional, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens
Plot:
tuberculosis, world war two, dream, earthquake, inventions and discoveries, flying, hopes, aviation, biopic, love and romance, engineer, wartime ...
Time:
1930s, 2010s, year 2013, 1920s, 1940s ...
Place:
japan, germany, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, History, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story is set in 1963 in Yokohama. Kokuriko Manor sits on a hill overlooking the harbour. A 16 year-old girl, Umi, lives in that house. Every morning she raises a signal flag facing the sea. The flag means “I pray for safe voyages”. A 17 ...
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touching, anime, sentimental, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, destiny, friendship, teenage life, love and romance, teenage love, happy ending, self discovery, twists and turns, high school life, relationships, heartwarming ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1963, 2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, england
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, China
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Hodaka, a high school boy who moves from his isolated island home to the city of Tokyo, who immediately becomes broke! After finally finding work at a shady occult magazine, the sky rains every day until amidst the hustle and bustle of the big city, ...
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Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
weather, friendship, fall in love, love, magic, teenager, girl, couples, magical girl, magical power, climate change, flood ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The story of some senior high school students in a Chinese village, their dreams, friendships and romances.
Style:
light, sentimental, anime, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Place:
china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
It’s 1982, and Taeko is 27 years old, unmarried, and has lived her whole life in Tokyo. She decides to visit her family in the countryside, and as the train travels through the night, memories flood back of her younger years: the first immature ...
Style:
touching, atmospheric, sentimental, melancholic, serious ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
countryside, friendship, childhood, coming of age, self discovery, adolescence, childhood memory, village life, deadend life, nostalgia, female protagonist, marriage ...
Time:
year 1991
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Spring time in April and the last of the cherry blossoms are still in bloom. The usually aloof bookworm with no interest in others comes across a book in a hospital waiting room. Handwritten on the cover are the words: "Living with Dying." ...
Style:
anime, sincere, thought provoking, romantic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
tragedy, friendship, teenage life, teenage girl, teenage boy, fall in love, hospital, bucket list, love story, high school, romantic friendship, love and romance ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and ...
Style:
anime, touching, sweet, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
rain, shoemaker, youth, overcoming, unlikely couple, age difference, young lovers, teenage life, grownups, relationships, shyness, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past ...
Style:
anime, touching, feel good, humorous, manga ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
future, 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
Takaki and Akari are two classmates in elementary school. During their time together they have become close friends. Their relationship is tested when Akari moves to another city because of her parents' jobs. Both of them struggle to keep their ...
Style:
depressing, anime, touching, emotional, scenic ...
Audience:
kids, date night, teen drama
Plot:
love and romance, life philosophy, coming of age, relationships, lovers apart, young lovers, teenage love, nostalgia, hopes, love story, love, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, future, 90s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must ...
Style:
anime, touching, melancholic, sweet, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family outing, kids, teen drama
Plot:
time travel, body swapping, beautiful scenery, plot twist, destiny, school, love story, girl, friendship, schoolgirl, love, memory loss ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2013, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
tokyo, japan, east asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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71%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
japan
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100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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anime, touching, romantic, sweet, feel good ...
Plot:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
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Country: Japan
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Story:
Kousei Arima was a genius pianist until his mother's sudden death took away his ability to play. Each day was dull for Kousei. But, then he meets a violinist named Kaori Miyazono who has an eccentric playing style. Can the heartfelt sounds of ...
Style:
anime, touching, stylized, adult animation, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, piano, classical music, death of mother, violinist, trauma, music, pianist, contests and competitions, depression, love and romance, school ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Japan
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Three different stories of youth set in different cities of China. 1 Shanghai Love. 2 Sunny Breakfast. 3 Small Fashion Show. Directed by Zhenxing Yi, the plot revolves around a young man working in Beijing. He used to live with his grandma in ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, light, manga, scenic ...
Plot:
friendship, dream, food, coming of age, love, life, family relations, model, teenage boy, everyday life, lifestyle, society ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, china, shanghai
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, sincere, captivating, romantic, tsundere ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, romantic drama, touching, stylized, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
slice of life, young love, fukushima, prodigy, violinist, art, music, friendship, high school life, depression, classical music, violin ...
Place:
japan, poetic realism
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
In His and Her Circumstances, like a drug, Yukino Miyazawa was addicted to admiration and praise from those around her. She worked hard to become the perfect student, the perfect girl. But that was before… him. Souichirou Arima. The instant she ...
Style:
anime, semi serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, young lovers, power of love, hopes, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, sarcasm, friendship, loneliness, teen angst, teenage life, youth, family problems ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers ...
Style:
anime, touching, fairy tale, visually appealing, scenic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, seattle, asia, tokyo
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100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
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TV show
Story:
A sequel to the anime based on the Key Clannad franchise. After Story is a path that opens in the original visual novel after all the other paths have been opened. Life continues on for Tomoya. A few months have passed since he confessed his love to ...
Style:
touching, anime, serious, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
slice of life, love and romance, youth, dream come true, terminal illness, life is a bitch, coming of age, teenage love, parenthood, mature, zen, tragedy ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
It’s Ryuji’s first day as a junior in high school and it seems as if things are looking up. He gets to sit in between his only friend, Yusaku, and, more importantly, the girl he’s secretly crushing on, Minori Kushieda. But just when he thinks ...
Style:
anime, shoujo, tsundere, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, high school, love and romance, school, teenage love, friends, high school life, love, teenage life, looking for love, slice of life, unrequited love ...
Place:
japan, asia
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40%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
Style:
touching, anime, emotional, sentimental, psychological ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, teens
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, childhood, dream, countryside, young girl, loneliness, teenage life, asthma, imaginary friend, orphan, magic realism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
japan, hokkaido, asia, england, tokyo
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
On an island off the coast of Okinawa, two young men meet on a beach: Shun Hashimoto, a gay novelist and Mio Chibana, a somber high school student. Day by day, the two of them grow closer, but then, suddenly, Mio decides to leave the island. They ...
Style:
anime, yaoi, scenic, romantic, touching ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, youth, lgbtq, gay, encounter, love and romance, boys love, love, gay teenager, homosexual, first love, orphan ...
Place:
japan, okinawa japan
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50%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Kouichi Sanada and Kazuki Aihara's childhood friend Mao Mizusawa has returned after living in France for a couple of years. Kouichi is surprised to learn that, since her parents are remaining overseas for the time being, his mother has agreed ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, anime, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
high school, friendship, teenage life, teenage love, family relations, couples, love and romance, social relations, youth, hopes, high school life, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
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32%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, serious, manga, adult animation, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, adult animation, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
kids, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, friendship, amateur detective, school, neighbor, following someone, past, mysterious past, investigation, teenager, high school, bullying ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
176
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
During Kazuya Maeda's first year of high school he felt like a nobody, just another forgotten face shuffling through the crowded hallways. Even his best friend from childhood, Nimi, seemed somehow more difficult to approach, since she had ...
Style:
anime, semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, youth, teenage love, teenage life, love and romance, wooing, photography, high school life, school, slice of life, first love, young adult ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Summary of the first season of the show, as seen from Rikka's perspective with new elements.
Style:
anime, exciting, captivating, humorous, tense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
coming of age, youth, teenage love, high school, adolescence, high school life, teenage life, fall in love, school, everyday life, supernatural, imaginary ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
31%
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