Movies Like Insomniacs After School

If you liked Insomniacs After School (2023), a comedy and drama movie directed by Chihiro Ikeda, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Tamako Love Story (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also romance and comedy
Devoted to her family’s rice-cake–making business and the high school baton club, Tamako is a little slow when it comes to love. She’s oblivious to her childhood friend Mochizo’s affections, even though all their…
2
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also romance and drama
In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara.
3
Hana & Alice (2004)
★ 7/10Also drama and comedy
Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.
4
The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie (2022)
★ 8.3/10Also comedy and romance
When five lovely young girls who hate studying hire part-time tutor Futaro, he guides not only their education but also their hearts. Time spent has brought them all closer, with feelings growing within the girls and…
5
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also romance and drama
Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
6
Lost in Translation (2003)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and comedy
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from…
7
My Little Monster (2018)
★ 7.6/10Also romance and comedy
Problem student Haru Yoshida sits next to the cold and studious Shizuku Mizutani in class. Without any other friends to turn to, both of them start to get to know each other and grow closer. Haru eventually develop…
8
Fireworks (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also romance and drama
Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set out to find it out.
9
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Rikka Version (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama
Summary of the first season of the show, as seen from Rikka's perspective with new elements.
10
Even If This Love Disappears Tonight (2022)
★ 7.6/10Also romance and drama
A high school girl wakes up each day with no memory of the day before. When she agrees to date a shy classmate, Toru, he begins to fall for her—despite her rule against falling in love.
11
A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama
Soyo, a student in a school with only six students, develops feelings for the new student, Hiromi, who has moved from Tokyo.
12
No Longer Heroine (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama
Hatori Matsuzaki is a female high school student. She has a crush on her childhood friend Rita Terasaka and believes he will eventually choose her as her heroine, but Rita Terasaka begins dating Miho Adachi. Meanwhile…
13
Blue Spring Ride (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also romance and drama
In middle school, Futaba Yoshioka was madly in love with Tanaka Kou but he moves away with his mother. She is reunited with him later in life but he is not the same person anymore.
14
Your Lie in April (2016)
★ 7/10Also drama and romance
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…
15
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
★ 7/10Also drama and romance
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project…
16
Ocean Waves (1993)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking…
17
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends- (2022)
★ 8/10Also comedy and romance
After pining for one another and plotting for so long, Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane finally have their climactic first kiss. However, they struggle to define their relationship. After all, how much of their…
18
Your Name. (2016)
★ 8.5/10Also romance and drama
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…
19
The Other Sister (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama
A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.
20
The Spectacular Now (2013)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama
Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected…