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Movies Like MIMK-176 Shinyuu - Two people who are neither friends, lovers, nor sex friends - The first of the Best Scenario Selections. A live-action adaptation of Manmaya's emotionally moving work.

If you liked MIMK-176 Shinyuu - Two people who are neither friends, lovers, nor sex friends - The first of the Best Scenario Selections. A live-action adaptation of Manmaya's emotionally moving work. (2024), a movie directed by Trendy Yamaguchi, 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. 1It Feels So Good

    It Feels So Good (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10

    When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko…

  2. 2Sex and Fury

    Sex and Fury (1973)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shunosuke…

  3. 3The Rules of Attraction

    The Rules of Attraction (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10

    The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.

  4. 4Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms

    Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (2021)

    ★ 7.6/10

    When Shao Kahn's Outworld barbarians terrorize Earthrealm, Lord Raiden is determined to put an end to the carnage once and for all. This leaves one option: a final Mortal Kombat tournament for the future of Earthrealm…

  5. 5Monday

    Monday (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?

  6. 6The Dreamers

    The Dreamers (2003)

    ★ 7.2/10

    When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.

  7. 7In the Realm of the Senses

    In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

    ★ 6.6/10

    A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.

  8. 8Tomie: Rebirth

    Tomie: Rebirth (2001)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the…

  9. 9Battle Royale

    Battle Royale (2000)

    ★ 7.3/10

    In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

  10. 10River's Edge

    River's Edge (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10

    High schooler Haruna befriends loner Yamada, then is drawn into the tangled relationship between him, a model and the girl who loves him unreasonably.

  11. 11Sonatine

    Sonatine (1993)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the…

  12. 12Time Is Up

    Time Is Up (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.

  13. 13Boys Don't Cry

    Boys Don't Cry (1999)

    ★ 7.4/10

    A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

  14. 14Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

    Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American…

  15. 15Recently, My Sister Is Unusual

    Recently, My Sister Is Unusual (2014)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Mitsuki and Yuya become stepsister and stepbrother because of their parents' marriage. Mitsuki can't get along with her new family and Yuya doesn't know how to approach his new stepsister. One day, Mitsuki becomes…

  16. 16Still the Water

    Still the Water (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10

    On the Japanese island of Amami, despite lacking parental guidance, Kaito and his girlfriend Kyoko try to find their place in the world. While Kaito suffers from the absence of his father, who moved to Tokyo after his…

  17. 17Mammal

    Mammal (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10

    After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the…

  18. 18Newness

    Newness (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10

    In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

  19. 19The Protector

    The Protector (1985)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is…

  20. 20Rambo III

    Rambo III (1988)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but…

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