Movies like Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets

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Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets (2017)
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Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets (2017)
Original name: 氷菓
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Energy-conservative high school student Houtarou Oreki ends up with more than he bargained for when he signs up for the Classics Club at his sister's behest—especially when he realizes how deep-rooted the club's history really is. Begrudgingly, Oreki is dragged into an investigation concerning the 45-year-old mystery that surrounds the club room. Accompanied by his fellow club members, the knowledgeable Satoshi Fukube, the stern but benign Mayaka Ibara, and the ever-curious Eru Chitanda, Oreki must combat deadlines and lack of information with resourcefulness and hidden talent, in order to not only find the truth buried beneath the dust of works created years before them, but of other small side cases as well.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, anime
Plot: school, brother sister relationship, teenager, schoolboy, literature, teenage life, brother, secret, siblings, school club, uncover truth, teenage girl, schoolgirl, high school, japanese schoolgirl, japanese teenager, skirt, japanese school, asian school, short skirt, school uniform, mini skirt, ponytail, schoolgirl uniform, sailor uniform ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, disturbing, psychological and tense films with plots about teenager, schoolgirl, school, teenage life, japanese schoolgirl, teenage girl and high school mostly in Drama, Mystery and Romance genres. Some movies like Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets: A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007), Haruta & Chika (2017), Kanazawa Shutter Girl (2018), Sundome New (2017), Seto and Utsumi (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Based on a popular manga, the film is a tender coming-of-age love story set deep in Japan's countryside. When eighth grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small elementary/middle school with only six kids enrolled, wholesome and ...
Style: disturbing, sincere, captivating, romantic
Plot: schoolgirl, teenager, first love, japanese teenager, village life, true love, school, countryside, teenage girl, teenage life, love and romance, couple relations ...
Place: tokyo
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Haruta & Chika (2017)
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery
Country: Japan
Story: Haruta is handsome and smart, Chika is bright and naive. When they were children, they were friends until Haruta's family moved away while he was in the 3rd grade. They meet again during a high school entrance ceremony. After all of these ...
Style: romantic, crying
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, high school, cute girl, school band, friend, classmate, school, teenager, new school, japanese girl, schoolgirl, girl ...
Place: mount fuji, japan
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Kanazawa Shutter Girl (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The girls are good friends at junior high school. Three of them seem to adjust and move forward upon entering high school, but the fourth of them is not having a seamless time of it. High school is not comfortable and the transition is full of ...
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
Audience: family outing
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, coming of age, high school, schoolgirl, socially awkward, social problems, teenage girl, teenager, social issues, teenage life, skirt, pretty girl ...
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38%
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Sundome New (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Hideo's a nerd and a virgin, and he's probably going to stay that way. But when a hot new girl joins his class, he falls for her hard.
Style: captivating, disturbing, sincere, manga
Plot: japanese school, schoolgirl, nerd, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, japanese schoolgirl, sexy teenager, boy girl relationship, teenage love, teenager, new student, high school life, fall in love ...
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Seto and Utsumi (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Utsumi and Seto's daily routine is to spend their afterschool hours just jabbering with one another along a riverbed. Getting excited over trivial word play, agonizing over the content of an email to be sent to a girl, and, at times, talking ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: high school student, high school, routine, meeting, teenage life, adolescence, lifestyle, society, teenager, high school life, teenage boy, school ...
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My Little Nightmare: The Movie (2014)
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Story: New student Kanji transfers to 6th grade 2 class, where Ayami Mutoi works as the homeroom teacher. Students begin to talk among themselves that they have seen new transfer student Kanji in a dream. Yuiko Koto also had a night mare. In her nightmare, ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: teenage life, supernatural ability, schoolgirl, sleeping, prediction, supernatural power, teenage girl, school, teenager, japanese schoolgirl, predicting the future, dream ...
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Sundome 2 (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A teenage girl transfers to a new high school. She and a boy in the class join the same school club and during one of the activities she confides in him that she was previously a male. Later admitting that the sex change was a lie, she agrees to ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, manga
Plot: sexuality, girl, schoolgirl, teenage life, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, deception, adolescence, teenager, teenage love, relationship problems, school club ...
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Demon Covered in Scars (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Mai (Rika Adachi) is a high school student. She attends a new school and there she meets her classmate Shino (Manami Enosawa). Shino was bullied by Mai's friends back in their middle school days. Table have now turned.
Style: tense, captivating, psychological
Plot: bullying, bully, japanese schoolgirl, schoolgirl, new friend, adolescence, school, teenage life, teenager, life is a bitch, social problems, new student ...
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Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Live-action drama series that takes place before the events that begin the story of Detective Conan, the anime series.
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, anime, detective
Plot: private detective, high school, friend, crime investigation, teenager, investigation, teenage life, schoolboy, sleuth, private investigation, detective conan, case
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Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Private Detective Kiyoshi Mitarai and Miyuki Ogawa arrive in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. They are interested in a case which involves discovered bodies. The bodies were found drifting in the Seto Inland Sea, where the currents repeat every 6 ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating, psychological
Plot: uncover truth, crime investigation, murder investigation, forensics, investigation, sleuth, crime solving, puzzle, asian, island
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Tokyo Shutter Girl (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The movie Tokyo Shutter Girl, based on the comic series by Kenichi Kiriki, consists of three separate works by three separate directors, each set in Tokyo. It is about three Japanese schoolgirls in a photo club.
Style: anthology, sexual
Plot: japanese girl, skirt, sexy girl, maiden, japanese schoolgirl, sexy teenager, japanese teenager, skin, photography, teenage girl, discovery, high school ...
Place: japan, tokyo
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The Female Teacher in Black (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Takakura Yuko (Eikura Nana) is an ordinary chemistry teacher at a famous government-run preparatory school by day. But at night, she is a super teacher who solves a variety of difficult problems rampant on the school grounds that require more than ...
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: lifestyle, high school life, schoolgirl, school, teenager, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage life, japanese girl, relationship problems, japanese schoolgirl, japanese teenager, relationships
Place: japan
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Saki Achiga-hen: Episode of Side-A (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Sequel movie to the live-action Saki TV series.
Style: captivating, sincere, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot: mahjong, sexy girl, japanese teenager, teenager, japanese girl, escapades, friends, contests and competitions, friendship, youth, rivalry, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Girl's Revenge (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 81 min.
Story: At a birthday party, a sex video is filmed without consent and Ren Li-cha is the girl in the video. The clip circulates among the students and Li-cha is mocked and bullied as a result. Wu Yun-heng, a transfer student, went to the party with Li-cha. ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological
Plot: bullying, friendship, sex tape, high school, investigation, who done it, teenage life, problem, uncover truth, friends, high school life, teenager ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
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Duration: 85 min.
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Style: disturbing, tense, captivating
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L.DK (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
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The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming (2008)
Genre: Drama
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Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High (2017)
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Style: captivating, disturbing, satirical, semi serious
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Style: captivating, sincere, uplifting, psychological
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Asuka High School March! (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: Nao Yoshino is a girl who fails the entrance exams of her target high school. She winds up enrolling in a technical high school called Kenritsu Asuka Kōgyō Kōkō, also known by the nickname "Asukō". Out of the 148 entering freshmen, ...
Style: captivating
Plot: high school, classmate classmate relationship, high school life, school, schoolgirl, relationships, teenage life, japanese schoolgirl, male camaraderie, teenager, teenage girl, classmate ...
Place: japan
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Who Are You People (2023)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
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Duration: 103 min.
Story: After trying and failing to seduce her teacher, 16-year-old Alex runs away from her boarding school. Trying to seek out the biological father her mother has always kept hidden from her.
Style: captivating, psychological
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The Greenhouse (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Almost a year after the tragic death of their genius mother, Ela-Lee and Alfie are given the opportunity to join the prestigious school their mother had attended. "The Greenhouse", as it is called, is a school for the young and ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
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Style: captivating, humorous, light, semi serious, feel good ...
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The Rachels (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a popular teen falls to her death, her best friend basks in the glow of the social media attention, while their rival seeks to avenge the past and uncover the truth behind the mysterious death.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, exciting
Audience: teens
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100% Coco (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story: 13 year old Coco loves fashion and has her own unique style. She dreams of becoming a famous fashion icon. But on her first day of school she is made fun of and everyone calls her 'Coco the Clown'. Devastated, she decides to leave her ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
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Pink and Gray (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Popular actor Rengo Shiraki dies suddenly. Due to his sudden death, unpopular actor Daiki Kawata attracts the spotlight due to his close friendship with Rengo. Did Rengo Shiraki commit suicide or was he murdered?
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense
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Place: japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The third installment of the Chihayafuru trilogy.
Style: captivating, satirical, disturbing, shoujo
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, friendship, school, school club, satire, teenage life, team, high school life, friends, contests and competitions, teenager, best friend ...
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You, I Love (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: sexy, touching, sentimental, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, japanese school, teenage girl, shyness, high school, classmate, japanese teenager, teenager, neighbor, couples, couple relations, love and romance ...
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Double Life (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Tama is a graduate student. She lives with her boyfriend Takuya. She becomes influenced by lectures about French writer Sophie Calle and begins to follow her neighbor Ishizaka. Tama soon discovers that her neighbor Ishizaka is having an affair. She ...
Style: tense, captivating
Plot: affair, double life, life is a bitch, secret identity, secret, love story, male female relationship, relationships, lifestyle, teacher student relationship, female nudity
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Guilty Party (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 5 min.
TV show
Story: When someone steals Emma's diary and reveals her secrets to the whole school, she'll stop at nothing to get her revenge.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense
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