Movies like You Shine in the Moonlight

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You Shine in the Moonlight (2019)
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You Shine in the Moonlight (2019)
Original name: 君は月夜に光り輝く
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Takuya Okada (Takumi Kitamura) is a high school student. He visits his classmate Mamizu Watarase (Mei Nagano) in the hospital. Mamizu Watarase suffers from the mysterious ailment “Luminescence disease.” People who have the disease show a faint sparkle under the moonlight and the sparkle gets brighter as their death gets closer. Mamizu Watarase is not allowed out of the hospital and she will not live long enough to become an adult. Takuya Okada offers to help her carry out her wishes before she passes away. He also tells her how he feels about her, but Mamizu Watarase’s death is approaching. --asianwiki
Style: psychological, touching, tense, sincere, thought provoking, contemplative, unusual plot structure
Plot: love, teenage girl, terminal illness, teenager, hospital, girl, classmate, japanese schoolgirl, high school friend, bucket list, japanese teenager, hospitalization, hospitalized person, friendship, friends, love and romance, couples, youth, death, life is a bitch, couple relations, patient, brunette, man and woman in bed, thin girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, psychological, romantic and captivating films with plots about love and romance, love, friendship, youth, couples, teenager and couple relations mostly in Romance, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like You Shine in the Moonlight: Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (2017), You, I Love (2018), Strobe Edge (2015), One in a Hundred Thousand (2020), Keeper (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: I (Takumi Kitamura) am a high school student. I happen to find a diary by my classmate Sakura Yamauchi (Minami Hamabe) that reveals she is suffering from a pancreatic disease. I spent time with Sakura, but she dies. 12 years later, due to ...
Style: captivating, sincere, thought provoking, light, romantic ...
Plot: teenage girl, terminal illness, classmate, high school, best friend, superstition, love and romance, asian, friendship, couples, family relations, illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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You, I Love (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Rin, Yuu, Koyomi and Keita are friends in high school who live in the same apartment building. Rin and Yuu like each other, but they don’t tell each other, until Kazuma shows up.
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 ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, east asia
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Strobe Edge (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Ninako Kinoshita has never been in love until an encounter with the school's most popular boy, Ren Ichinose, leads the two to befriending each other. Ren's patient and kind personality is a far cry from his unapproachable idol status at ...
Style: shoujo, captivating, disturbing, psychological, romantic ...
Plot: love story, japanese teenager, unrequited love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love triangle, teenager, schoolgirl, falling down, teenage girl, classmate, declaration of love, teenage love ...
Place: east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
One in a Hundred Thousand (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Rino Sakuragi (Yuna Taira) is a high school student. She is good friends with Ren Kiritani (Alan Shirahama) who attends the same high school. They have been close since their middle school days. Rino holds special feelings for Ren Kiritani, but she ...
Style: emotional, talky, melancholic, psychological, romantic
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, japanese girl, slim, youth, lovers, couples, young lovers, teenager, love, couple relations, fall in love, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Keeper (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, Switzerland, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Maxime and Mélanie are a typical teenage couple. Like most lovestruck fifteen-year-olds, they can't get enough of each other and they think they'll be together forever. But when Mélanie becomes pregnant, their worlds are rocked.
Style: touching, psychological, contemplative, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience: teens
Plot: young love, teenager, football, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage boy, teenage girl, pregnancy, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, baby, family relations, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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21%
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Marmalade Boy (2018)
Genre: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Two sets of parents divorce and marry each other, while their children Miki and Yuu are caught in the middle and start falling for each other.
Style: psychological, sexy, suspense, contemplative, touching ...
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, teenage girl, japanese teenager, half brother half sister relationship, teenage boy, marriage, divorce, father daughter relationship, teenager, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Cry Me a Sad River (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Qi Ming is a handsome boy and he is also a top student at school, but Yi Yao is a so-called bitch on everyone’s lips. Qi and Yi grew up together and they have been maintaining a good relationship. However, everything is interrupted and changed by ...
Style: suspense, psychological, touching, thought provoking, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: bullying, high school, first love, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, youth, suicide attempt, childhood friend, aids, mother daughter relationship, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
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Theatre: A Love Story (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Nagata works as a writer and director for theater company Oroka. His work has not received positive responses and ticket sales has not increased. Making things worse, his relationship with the theatrical troupe is not good. Nagata feels lonely. One ...
Style: romantic, touching, talky, psychological, romantic drama
Plot: japanese girl, love and romance, relationships, love story, couple relations, young lovers, fall in love, teenage love, teenager, true love, friendship, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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One Week Friends (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: High school student Yuki Hase (Kento Yamazaki) wants to become close with classmate Kaori Fujimiya (Haruna Kawaguchi) who is alway by herself. Kaori Fujimiya refuses to become close with Yuki Hase, because she forgets her friends every new Monday. ...
Style: romantic, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: classmate, friendship, classmate classmate relationship, love affair, couples, fall in love, love, destiny, youth, hopes, love and romance, couple relations ...
Place: japan
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20%
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Dearest Jane (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A young girl learn to accept love and change, after being sent to live with her uncle in Indiana.
Style: psychological, touching, suspense, contemplative, tense ...
Plot: friendship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, acceptance, love, father daughter relationship, death, family relations, love and romance, uncle niece relationship, small town, youth ...
Place: indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Porcupine Lake (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: During a hot and hazy summertime in northern Ontario, 13-year-old Bea wants a best friend more than anything else, but when she meets boisterous Kate, she gets more than she imagined. A story of bravery, small-town summer love, and the secret world ...
Style: psychological, contemplative, sincere, captivating, touching ...
Plot: teenage girl, coming of age, summer, lesbian, friendship, girl, childhood, lgbtq, friends, love and romance, youth, society ...
Place: canada, ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
He Won't Kill, She Won't Die (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: When a nihilistic guy crosses paths with a suicidal girl in high school, it marks the beginning of an unusual friendship that might take them both toward healing.
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot: relationships, high school, schoolgirl, suicidal, classmate, japanese schoolgirl, love, suicidal thoughts, self destructing, romantic relationship, social problems, life is a bitch ...
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19%
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Blue Summer (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Rio is a high school student in Tokyo. Her mother tells her she will spend the summer in the countryside. There, she meets Ginzo. He is a high school student and handsome. They fall in love.
Style: talky, psychological, romantic, touching, humorous ...
Plot: summer, countryside, japanese girl, girl, japanese teenager, love affair, family relations, friendship, love, young love, friends, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Sky Of Love (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: During her freshman year in high school, Mika Tahara (Yui Aragaki) loses her cellular phone, but later finds it in the school library with the help of an unknown caller. Throughout the summer, Mika and the mysterious caller continue to communicate, ...
Style: romantic, sweet, bad ending, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot: high school student, terminal illness, teenager, love story, high school, first love, schoolgirl, love, friendship, asian, opposites attract, love and romance ...
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The Black Devil and the White Prince (2016)
Genre: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Yū Akahane moves to a dormitory room after her father's transfer from work. She is excited that she will live in the same dorm as Takumi Shirakawa, aka "White Prince." Yet, Haruto Kurosaki, aka "Black Devil", kisses her as ...
Style: captivating, contemplative, sincere, psychological, crying ...
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Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Place: japan
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18%
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Narratage (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story: During spring, 2nd year university student Izumi Kudo (Kasumi Arimura) receives a phone call from Takashi Hayama (Jun Matsumoto). Takashi Hayama was her adviser/teacher at her high school drama club. He asks her on the phone to take part in a ...
Style: romantic, uplifting, captivating, sweet, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 89 min.
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18%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on Daniel Wright's award-winning play "Colored Eggs", is a drama/comedy about life, loss and love among an eccentric group of characters whose lives intersect under less than ideal circumstances.
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Story: Elisabeth and John-John live in the same city, but they inhabit different worlds.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, sincere, teen
Audience: teens
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18%
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Genre: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
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18%
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Country: Spain
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 106 min.
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Style: touching, sentimental, captivating, romantic drama, cute
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18%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
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Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
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17%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 103 min.
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Style: sad, emotional, romantic, heartbreaking, teen ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Style: realistic, serious, touching, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot: forbidden love, love and romance, youth, student life, professor, college, society, friendship, age difference, daughter, college life, student ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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