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A Silent Voice (2016)
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Original name: 映画 聲の形
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 do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?
Style:
anime, sincere, touching, romantic, sweet, inspirational, biting, adult animation, manga, epic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
bullying, disability, deaf, sign language, friendship, teenager, high school, japanese schoolgirl, coming of age, japanese school, suicide attempt, redemption, deafness, teenage girl, suicidal thoughts, japanese girl, truancy, elementary school, single mother, new student, classmate, asian school, suicidal, deaf girl, bully ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, touching, manga and sincere films with plots about friendship, coming of age, love, school, teenager, slice of life and love and romance mostly in Animation, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like A Silent Voice: I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018), Your Name. (2016), The Anthem of the Heart (2015), Weathering with You (2019), Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
97%
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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:
85%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. Will Naruse be able to convey the anthem of her heart?
Style:
anime, sincere, touching, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
school, friendship, mute, healing, love and romance, high school, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, teenager, coming of age, youth, high school life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
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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, ...
Style:
anime, touching, exciting, captivating, feel good ...
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:
89%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A youth romantic drama with themes of growing up, the story focuses on college student Tsuneo and dreamer Josee, who lives her life stuck in a wheelchair. Josee—named after the heroine in Françoise Sagan’s Wonderful Clouds—spends most of her ...
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anime, sincere, captivating, romantic, tsundere ...
Plot:
relationships, lifestyle change, woman in a wheelchair, love, teenage life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lifestyle, slice of life, teenager, wheelchair bound, disability, disabled child ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
One hot summer day a little girl gets lost in an enchanted forest of the mountain god where spirits reside. A young boy appears before her, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear. And so a wondrous adventure awaits...
Style:
anime, touching, sincere, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
spirit, childhood, friendship, love, fall in love, supernatural, little girl, nature, folklore, relationships, abrupt ending, forest ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
88%
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 ...
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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:
81%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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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:
86%
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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:
88%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love. Just as they become ...
Style:
anime, touching, sweet, romantic, captivating ...
Plot:
slice of life, beach, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, love, friendship, relationships, tragedy, surfing, fire, fall in love, firefighter ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
82%
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:
time travel, high school, supernatural ability, friendship, classmate, teenage girl, coming of age, school, changing the past or future, friends, love, teenage love ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Isabella, the daughter of the noble York family, is enrolled in an all-girls academy to be groomed into a dame worthy of nobility. However, she has given up on her future, seeing the prestigious school as nothing more than a prison from the outside ...
Style:
anime, tear jerker, sincere, compassionate, serious ...
Plot:
letter, slice of life, adoption, steampunk, female protagonist, war veteran, female friendship, sister sister relationship, aristocracy, half sister, working life, teaching the ways of the world ...
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91%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, touching, sentimental, thought provoking, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, orphan, teenager, love, baby, female protagonist, friendship, military, death, warrior ...
Time:
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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japan, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, depressing, anime, sad, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, sincere, captivating, romantic, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
2000s, 20th century, future, 90s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
74%
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:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, china, shanghai
Similarity:
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
Tomoya Okazaki is a third year high school student resentful of his life. His mother passed away from a car accident when he was younger, causing his father to resort to alcohol and cigarettes. This results in fights between the two until ...
Style:
anime, realistic, sincere, touching, serious ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
high school, fall in love, friendship, high school life, ambition, dream come true, loner, wish come true, teenage life, slice of life, school, coming of age ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
90%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, serious, adult animation, manga, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suicide, reincarnation, high school life, dealing with death, supernatural, one more chance, suicidal, afterlife, memory loss, everyday life, brother brother relationship, parents and children ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, east asia, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
When Yadomi Jinta was a child, he was a central piece in a group of close friends. In time, however, these childhood friends drifted apart, and when they became high school students, they had long ceased to think of each other as friends.
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Style:
sentimental, anime, touching, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
ghost, unrequited love, friendship, supernatural, tragedy, death of friend, haunted by the past, friends, teenage life, imaginary, hopes, slice of life ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
86%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Year 2027, The city of Kyoto has undergone tremendous advancement. Within the city lives Naomi Katagaki, an introvert and Ruri Ichigyou, a girl with a cold personality. Both shares love for reading books. Despite having similar interests, Naomi is ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, colorful, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Audience:
teens
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Time:
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, atmospheric, sentimental, melancholic, serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, touching, feel good, uplifting, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1995
Place:
japan, tokyo, europe, asia, italy
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73%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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japan, tokyo, asia
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Country: Japan
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Story:
Fuutarou Uesugi is a poor, antisocial ace student who one day meets the rich transfer student Itsuki Nakano. They argue but when Uesugi realizes he is to be her tutor, he tries to get on better terms. While trying to do so he meets four other girls.
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Plot:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
A secret life is the one thing they have in common. At school, Hori is a prim and perfect social butterfly, but the truth is she’s a brash homebody. Meanwhile, under a gloomy facade, Miyamura hides a gentle heart, along with piercings and tattoos. ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, yaoi, scenic, romantic, touching ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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