Movies like The Stranger by the Beach

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The Stranger by the Beach (2020)
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The Stranger by the Beach (2020)
Original name: 海辺のエトランゼ
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 reunite three years later, and Mio says he is ready to be with Shun, but will Shun make the commitment?
Style: anime, yaoi, romantic, touching, scenic, sentimental, manga, queer cinema, 2d animation
Plot: lgbt, gay, youth, encounter, boys love, love, love and romance, gay teenager, sex scene, homosexual, first love, teenager, gay sex, slice of life, young lovers, lovers apart, orphan, teenage boy, gay lead character, gay interest, gay asian, lgbtq, best friend, dreaming, bittersweet ...
Place: japan, okinawa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, captivating, touching and yaoi films with plots about love, slice of life, lgbt, gay, friendship, high school and love and romance mostly in Animation, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like The Stranger by the Beach: Given (2019), Yes, No, or Maybe? (2020), Dou Kyu Sei: Classmates (2016), Sasaki and Miyano (2022), Yuri!!! on Ice (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Given (2019)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The played chord made the rusty air and both our eardrums vibrate smoothly. From that moment... our music was born.
Style: anime, yaoi, captivating, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lgbt, art, friendship, school, boys love, music band, high school, talented, rock music, gay, music, singing ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Yes, No, or Maybe? (2020)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 53 min.
Story: Kunieda Kei is a popular, young TV announcer whose public and private personas are so different, they might be called extreme. On the outside, he is the picture of perfection, affectionately nicknamed "The Prince," while on the inside he ...
Style: yaoi, melancholic, sincere, sentimental, anime ...
Plot: lgbt, boys love, gay, true love, lovers, gay lead character, gay couple, gay relationship, society, fall in love, escapades, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Dou Kyu Sei: Classmates (2016)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Rihito Sajo, an honor student with a perfect score on the entrance exam and Hikaru Kusakabe, in a band and popular among girls, would have never crossed paths. Until one day they started talking at the practice for their school’s upcoming chorus ...
Style: yaoi, anime, captivating, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: gay, high school, gay relationship, boys love, couple relations, love and romance, coming of age, fall in love, couples, youth, friends, teen romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Sasaki and Miyano (2022)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: It all started like a typical old-school boys' love plotline—bad-boy senior meets adorably awkward underclassman, one of them falls in love, and so on and so forth. But although Miyano is a self-proclaimed boys' love expert, he ...
Style: yaoi, anime, semi serious, disturbing, feel good ...
Plot: boys love, lgbt, relationships, gay crush, gay, gay lead character, teenage boy, friendship between boys, coming of age, teenage life, school, teenager ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Yuri!!! on Ice (2016)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: Yūri Katsuki carried all of Japan's hopes on his shoulders to win at the Gran Prix Finale ice skating competition, but suffered a crushing defeat. He returns home to Kyushu and half feels like he wants to retire, and half feels like he wants ...
Style: anime, yaoi, captivating, exciting, humorous ...
Plot: friendship, figure skating, training, boys love, dream, rise to the top, teenager, rivalry, coach, skating, gay, male nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Given (2020)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min.
Story: The film centers on the love relationship among the band's bassist Haruki Nakayama, drummer Akihiko Kaji, and Akihiko's roommate and ex-boyfriend Ugetsu Murata.
Style: yaoi, anime, contemplative, touching, captivating ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, homosexual, high school, relationships, slice of life, love, gay lead character, music band, gay couple, fall in love, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Bloom Into You (2018)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day she gets a love confession that sends her heart aflutter with bubbles and hearts, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her…she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, ...
Style: yuri, anime, yaoi, captivating, adult anime ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian friend, lesbian love, high school, lesbian teen, young love, lesbian romance, lesbian couple, lesbian relationship, high school student, loneliness ...
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100%
Junjou Romantica (2008)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Junjou Romantica: Pure Romance, stylized as Junjou Romantica ~Pure Romance~, is a yaoi series by Shungiku Nakamura. It focuses on three storylines; the main couple, which comprises the bulk of the books, and two other male couples that provide ...
Style: anime, yaoi, sexy, touching, emotional ...
Audience: kids
Plot: boys love, gay, couples, couple relations, gender, gay relationship, love and romance, love affair, love triangle, angst, slice of life, art ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Kase-san and Morning Glories (2018)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min.
Story: Yamada may be shy and rather clumsy, but the flower gardens at her school have always brought her happiness. Suddenly, a different sort of beauty catches her eye—the vivacious track star, Kase-san. Although the two girls don't seem to have ...
Style: yuri, anime, captivating, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, high school, lgbt, high school life, slice of life, popular girl, lesbian interest, lgbtq, sapphic, sibling relationship, shy girl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather (2020)
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The sexually masochistic yakuza boss, Yashiro, isn't the type to warm up to others easily. But when Chikara Doumeki, his newly hired bodyguard, catches his interest, he reconsiders his "hands-off" policy with subordinates. As ...
Style: yaoi, anime, manga, unusual plot structure, enigmatic ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay sex, gay slur, friendship, gay interest, boys love, gay relationship, gay romance, secret love, forbidden love, gender ...
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Fragtime (2019)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min.
Story: Misuzu Moritani is an introvert who has always had difficulty interacting with her classmates, quickly becoming flustered whenever someone tries to talk to her. Sometimes, she will use her ability to stop time for three minutes to escape troublesome ...
Style: yuri, anime, captivating, touching, romantic ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian couple, lesbian romance, lesbian relationship, female protagonist, lesbian interest, love, slice of life, lesbian love, fall in love, lesbianism, lovers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Ride Your Wave (2019)
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, feel good, romantic, sweet ...
Plot: beach, slice of life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, tragedy, love and romance, friendship, surfing, fire, fall in love, firefighter, loss ...
Time: 2010s
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75%
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A Silent Voice (2016)
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 ...
Style: anime, touching, sincere, romantic, sweet ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: teenager, bullying, disability, deaf, sign language, friendship, high school, japanese schoolgirl, japanese school, coming of age, deafness, suicide attempt ...
Time: 2010s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Your Name. (2016)
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, sweet, touching, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience: teens, date night, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: time travel, body swapping, school, beautiful scenery, friendship, girl, love, destiny, teenager, schoolgirl, memory loss, boy ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 2020s, year 2013
Place: tokyo, japan, east asia
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Weathering with You (2019)
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, teenager, love, magic, couples, girl, climate change, magical girl, magical power, summer ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo
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Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The official website of the "Violet Evergarden" animated TV series announced an all-new animated film for the series on Monday that will have a simultaneous worldwide release in January 2020. Plot details are unknown.
Style: anime, touching, serious, non-linear, melancholic
Plot: girlfriend girlfriend relationship, mail, slice of life, alternate world, tragic love, love, fictional war, letter, social problems, love affair, sensuality, relationships ...
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100%
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011)
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. One of ...
Style: anime, sentimental, touching, serious, emotional ...
Plot: ghost, unrequited love, friendship, supernatural, death of friend, haunted by the past, tragedy, friends, teenage life, hopes, imaginary, slice of life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Dakaichi: I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year (2018)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: "I'll make it so your body's unable to forget mine." Saijou Takato's 5 year reign as the 'Most Huggable No. 1' has been snatched. Stealing his thunder is the newbie actor with a 3-year debut, Azumaya! Towards the ...
Style: yaoi, anime, erotic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: lgbt, boys love, blackmail, gay, lgbtq, blackmailer, actor, sexual blackmail, slice of life, showbiz, gay interest, job
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Sekaiichi Hatsukoi Movie (2014)
Genre: Animation, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
Story: Yokozawa meets a man (Kirishima) and his life is turned around. Kirishima starts to blackmail and tease Yokozawa, but Kirishima might actually be trying to help him recover from an emotional period of his life in the process.
Style: yaoi, anime, romantic, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: lgbt, love, romantic friendship, unrequited love, true love, unfulfillment, gay relationship, father daughter relationship, adult child friendship, new life, love triangle, family relations ...
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100%
The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Kosuke Mikado, who works at a bookstore, has been suffering from a peculiar constitution that ghosts can see from an early age. One day, Kosuke was invited by a exorcist, Rihito Hiyakawa, who came to the bookstore and decided to work with him. The ...
Style: psychological, tense, sexy, sentimental, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: gay, exorcism, exorcist, love and romance, couples, friendship, fall in love, lgbt teen, love, gay interest, friends, ghost ...
Place: japan
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100%
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Love Stage!! (2014)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Izumi was born in a family of celebrities. His father is a singer, his mother an artist, his older brother the lead vocalist for the popular band Crashers. Izumi himself, however, is just a nerdy college student. He loves the manga "Magical ...
Style: yaoi, anime, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Plot: gay, showbiz, cross dressing, art, lgbt, lifestyle, singer, love, escapades, couple relations, idol, family relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Kaguya-sama: Love is War (2019)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Considered a genius due to having the highest grades in the country, Miyuki Shirogane leads the prestigious Shuchiin Academy's student council as its president, working alongside the beautiful and wealthy vice president Kaguya Shinomiya. The ...
Style: anime, romantic, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Plot: high school life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, high school, love affair, teenager, couple relations, relationships, mind game, love and romance, parents and children, romantic relationship, friendship between teens ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Sukisho (2005)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Hashiba has an accident and has lost all of his memories. When Fujimori comes to his school as his new roommate, He tells Hashiba that he is called Ran. He and Hashiba both have a split personality which they developed in their youth.
Style: anime, yaoi, humorous, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: memory loss, lgbt, youth, high school life, social relations, gender, young lovers, teenage life, young love, fall in love, friendship, everyday life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You (2020)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: First comes marriage, then comes an earthbound love that is out of this world! From the day his parents named him, Nasa Yuzaki has been destined for outer space...or so he believes. But while trying to join the space program, he is thrown for a ...
Style: anime, romantic, touching, sentimental, poignant
Plot: marriage, dream, teenage boy, looking for love, memory, encounter, teenage girl, love and romance, understanding, love, slice of life, hopes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Tyrant Falls in Love (2010)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min.
Story: Being in love with your straight sempai isn't easy, but being in love with your straight, homophobic, and (to top it off) tyrannical sempai can be hell. And that's something Tetsuhiro Morinaga can relate to... especially now that he's ...
Style: yaoi, anime, josei
Plot: homosexual, slice of life, university, gay relationship, sex, love, relationships, homophobe, homosexual sex, gay couple, gay slur, love affair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Fake (1996)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Meet Dee Laytner and his half-Japanese partner, Ryo McLane, a pair of detectives from New York. Not only are these two always chasing down criminals, but Dee can't stop himself from trying to chase down Ryo. While on a trip to England, the pair ...
Style: anime, yaoi, detective, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lgbt, occupation, unrequited love, partner, partners against crime, gays and lesbians, police investigation, law enforcement, gender, chases and races, race against time, countryside ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Flavors of Youth (2018)
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, anthology, light, manga, captivating ...
Plot: life, friendship, dream, coming of age, love, family relations, teenage boy, model, multiple storylines, society, lifestyle, everyday life ...
Time: 2010s
Place: japan, china, shanghai
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Wolf Girl & Black Prince (2014)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Erika Shinohara has taken to lying about her romantic exploits to earn the respect of her new friends. So when they ask for a picture of her "boyfriend," she hastily snaps a photo of a handsome stranger, whom her friends recognize as the ...
Style: shoujo, anime, touching, captivating, light ...
Plot: high school life, school, youth, love and romance, love, couples, high school, first love, friendship, society, popularity, slice of life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020)
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 ...
Style: anime, sincere, captivating
Plot: relationships, lifestyle change, woman in a wheelchair, love, teenage life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lifestyle, teenager, slice of life, wheelchair bound, disabled child, disability ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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ReLIFE (2016)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Arata Kaizaki (27) quit the job he landed after graduation in only three months. His life did not go well after that. Now his parents are threatening to stop sending money, and want him to come back to the country. He has no friend or girlfriend to ...
Style: anime, humorous, touching, light, romantic ...
Plot: love, friendship, high school, high school life, pills, experiment, unemployment, starting over, school, love and romance, male female relationship, human experiment ...
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