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I Give My First Love to You (2009)
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I Give My First Love to You (2009)
Original name: 僕の初恋をキミに捧ぐ
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: As a child Takuma is diagnosed with a heart condition that requires care from a cardiologist. He soon becomes friends with his doctors young daughter Mayu while being treated at the hospital. One day Mayu overhears her father saying that Takumas condition is serious enough that he most likely wont live beyond the age of 20. Takuma isn't aware of this himself, however, so at 8-years-old he makes a promise to marry Mayu when they turn 20. Later in life, Takuma becomes aware that he wont be able to keep this promise and he begins distancing himself from Mayu in hopes of protecting her.
Style: touching, sincere, suspense, sentimental, romantic, uplifting, shoujo, sweet, romantic drama
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: terminal illness, first love, teen romance, japanese girl, love, tragedy, hopes, breaking up with girlfriend, superhero, illness, ends with death, love story, siblings, girl, heart disease, deadly, live action, romance
Place: japan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic, touching, sentimental and sweet films with plots about love, love and romance, love story, fall in love, couples, friendship and youth mostly in Romance, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like I Give My First Love to You: Sky Of Love (2007), Narratage (2017), Drowning Love (2016), Endless Love (2014), Midnight Sun (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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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
Plot: teacher student relationship, teacher, japanese woman, university student, fall in love, couple relations, love and romance, couples, love affair, youth, love, hopes ...
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Drowning Love (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Natsume Mochizuki works as a teen model in Tokyo, but she learns that she has to move to her father's hometown of Ukigumo. She is in a desperate situation because she can't do the things she wants to do in Ukigumo. One day, she meets ...
Style: sentimental, sincere, touching, disturbing, uplifting ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: couple relations, love and romance, love affair, obsession, love, fall in love, friendship, couples, life philosophy, hopes, destiny, adaptation ...
Place: japan, tokyo
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Endless Love (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
Style: romantic, touching, emotional, teen, sexual ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: love, love story, forbidden love, teen romance, teenage love, love affair, love and romance, couple relations, father daughter relationship, relationships, couples, teenage life ...
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Midnight Sun (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Katie, a 17-year-old, has been sheltered since childhood and confined to her house during the day by a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Fate intervenes when she meets Charlie and they embark on a summer romance.
Style: romantic, sincere, sad, tear jerker, heartbreaking ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: teen romance, terminal illness, teenage love, true love, first love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, star crossed lovers, teenager, life & death, illness, tragic love, teenage girl ...
Place: seattle
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ReLIFE (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Arata Kaizaki is 27-years-old and unemployed. He quit his prior job after working for the company for 3 months. Arata Kaizaki decides to take part in a research program. He takes medication that makes him look younger and he is to attend high school ...
Style: romantic, sweet, uplifting, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: love story, rejuvenation, teenager, high school, relationships, love, fall in love, friendship, couple relations, love affair, love and romance, romantic friendship ...
Place: japan
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The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support ...
Style: touching, emotional, romantic, sentimental, sad ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: cancer, terminal illness, teenager, fall in love, love story, youth, first love, teenage life, dealing with death, adolescence, coping, coming of age ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
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We Were There: True Love (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: During the 2nd year of high school in the winter season, Yano (Toma Ikuta) transferred from Kushiro to Tokyo due to a family matter. Yano and Nanami (Yuriko Yoshitaka) promised to meet again. A couple of years later, Nanami is busy finding a job, ...
Style: sentimental, touching, disturbing, suspenseful, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: renewed love, teen romance, parent child relationship, unfulfilled love, love, love affair, high school sweetheart, adolescence, couple relations, teenage love, love and romance, looking for love ...
Place: japan
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Heavenly Forest (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The story begins with Makoto Segawa, a freshman at Meikei University. On the day of his university entrance ceremony, Makoto meets a fresh-faced, quirky girl named Shizuru. Makoto has a complex which causes him to shy away from contact with other ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: photography, student life, fall in love, love triangle, love and romance, young lovers, youth, couple relations, university, photograph, couples, dating ...
Place: japan
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Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story: While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, sentimental, sad ...
Plot: haunted by the past, love affair, teenage love, teenage life, hopes, youth, couples, slice of life, first love, memory, illness, terminal illness ...
Time: year 1986, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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My Teacher (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Hibiki Shimada, a normal 17-year-old high school student, still does not know how to fall in love—although surrounded by love "experts"—until one day she realizes that she's fallen in love with her hot and nice 26-year-old ...
Style: romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic drama ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teacher student relationship, teenage love, relationship problems, teenage girl, love story, teen romance, in love, fall in love, teenager, love interest, love affair, unfulfilled love ...
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Wolf Girl and Black Prince (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Erika Shinohara (Fumi Nikaido) is a first year of high school student. While talking to friends, she makes up a story about her "boyfriend." In reality, Erika Shinohara doesn't have a boyfriend. Erika's friends soon begin to ...
Style: romantic, touching, sweet, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: japanese girl, love, relationships, fall in love, male female relationship, couple relations, escapades, love and romance, teenager, couples, youth, friendship ...
Place: japan
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The Liar and His Lover (2013)
Genre: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Set within music field, this film depicts a love story between a 25-year-old sound engineer and 16-year-old high school student Riko, who posessess a gifted voice. 25-year-old sound engineer Aki is a member of popular band "Crude Play," ...
Style: romantic, light, shoujo, sincere, sentimental
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
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Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Blue Spring Ride (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: When she was a middle school student, Futaba Yoshioka liked Kou Tanaka who was unlike the other boys and quite gentle. Kou Tanaka then moved away and they lost contact. At the end of Futaba Yoshioka's first year as a high school student she ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, touching, light, shoujo ...
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, unrequited love, true love, love and romance, crush, reunited friends, teenage love, best friend, japanese culture, high school life, first love, friends in love ...
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Keith (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Natalie (Elisabeth Harnois) is high school royalty, but her queen bee status falls apart when she falls for the new guy at school. Although Keith (Jesse McCartney) ignores her at first, they soon become friends -- even though Natalie suspects that ...
Style: sad, romantic, psychological, touching, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
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Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
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Closest Love To Heaven (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Nino is a quiet outcast with only a bird for a friend. Kira is a popular boy with a big secret. Even though they live next to each other, they have never spoken. But when Nino learns Kira's secret, everything begins to change, and what starts ...
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Your Lie in April (2016)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Arima Kousei won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kousei has been unable to hear the sound of his piano. He then meets ...
Style: shoujo, anime, shounen
Plot: disability, classical music, teen romance, youth, tragedy, friendship, star crossed lovers, love, japanese girl, japanese schoolgirl, pianist, piano ...
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Beyond the Memories (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Kanna Seto lost her childhood friend Haruta in a car accident when she was a freshman in high school. Carrying the emotional pain from that incident throughout her life, Kanna is still wounded as an adult. Kanna then meets Roku Akazawa, who also ...
Style: romantic, touching, sentimental, talky, dramatic ...
Audience: date night
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Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Tune in for Love (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In 1994, on the first day that Yoo Yeul went on air as the new DJ of the popular radio show ‘Music Album,' a college girl Mi-su meets Hyun-woo who happens to drop by the bakery she works at. Like the music streaming from the radio, their ...
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Place: thailand, east asia
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A Walk to Remember (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life and also a very big ...
Style: touching, romantic, inspirational, sad, tear jerker ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: cancer, teenager, love story, opposites attract, fall in love, terminal illness, love and romance, love, first love, youth, teen romance, true love ...
Time: year 2002, 1900s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: north carolina
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More Than Blue (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A terminally ill man tries to find a suitable husband for the friend he has loved since childhood.
Style: touching, romantic, sentimental, sad, romantic comedy ...
Plot: love story, fall in love, terminal illness, first love, love, unfulfillment, love and romance, life & death, platonic, male female friendship, friendship, star crossed lovers ...
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For Both of Us (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Çiçek is a girl who grew up in a small village. She has so many questions about her own life with no answers. And then her life is changed by Dogan, her literature teacher.
Style: sentimental, psychological, sweet, touching, uplifting ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
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Place: turkey
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Honey & Clover (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare to venture out into the real world on a great voyage of self-discovery.
Style: realistic, touching, sweet, captivating, manga ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: tokyo, japan
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38%
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We Were There: First Love (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: "We Were There" follows the 10 year romance between Motoharu Yano (Toma Ikuta) & Nanami Takahashi (Yuriko Yoshitaka). During their high school days, Motoharu Yano was the most popular boy in school, but can't get over the ...
Style: touching, romantic, serious, sincere, sentimental ...
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Place: japan, tokyo, hokkaido
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All the Bright Places (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The story of Violet Markey and Theodore Finch, who meet and change each other’s lives forever. As they struggle with the emotional and physical scars of their past, they come together, discovering that even the smallest places and moments can mean ...
Style: romantic, sweet, uplifting, teen, touching ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick
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Time: 2020s
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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
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Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Diving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse wakes with no memory of the last four years. Naomi must remember who she was and figure out who she wants to be in this story of love and second chances.
Style: contemplative, sentimental, emotional, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, memory loss, teenage love, love triangle, self discovery, fall in love, social relations, youth, society, couples, amnesia, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, usa, asia
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Snow Flower (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A terminally ill girl, who dreams of going to Finland to see the northern lights, falls in love
Style: touching, suspenseful, sincere, suspense, romantic drama ...
Plot: dream, northern lights, terminal illness, tragedy, love, tragic love, couple relations, love and romance, unfulfilled love, love affair, romantic friendship, male female relationship ...
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From Me To You (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Sawako Kuronuma, called Sadako by her classmates for her resemblance to the character from Ring, has always been feared and misunderstood because of her appearance. There are rumors that Sawako can see ghosts and curse people. However, despite her ...
Style: shoujo, sentimental, captivating, sweet, psychological ...
Plot: feminine wiles, love, teenage girl, school, father daughter relationship, fall in love, high school life, social misfits, couples, love story, friendship, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, east asia
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37%
Say 'I Love You' (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Mei Tachibana is a high school student. Due to a traumatic incident when she was a kid, Mei has been unable to make friends or have boyfriends. By mistake, Mei then injures the most popular male student named Yamato Kurosawa. Somehow, Yamato ...
Style: sexy, anime, shoujo, sincere, light ...
Plot: high school crush, nubile girl, teenager, jealousy, school, classmate, family relations, friendship, couples, rivalry, society, happy ending ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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