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Movies Like I Have a Secret

If you liked I Have a Secret (2025), a romance and drama movie directed by Shun Nakagawa, 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. 1Even If This Love Disappears Tonight

    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.

  2. 2Over the Sky

    Over the Sky (2020)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    Mio has long hidden her feelings for her childhood friend Arata. After an argument leaves their relationship uncertain, she sets out to reconcile with him but awakens in a mysterious version of Ikebukuro following an…

  3. 3Look Back

    Look Back (2024)

    ★ 8.2/10Also drama

    Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a…

  4. 4Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl

    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.

  5. 5Blue Spring Ride

    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.

  6. 6Fruits Basket -prelude-

    Fruits Basket -prelude- (2022)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    Kyoko, who couldn't believe anything in the world and lived a desolate life, meets Katsuya Honda, who has been assigned as an educational trainee. She is at the mercy of Katsuya, who is rude and has a strong habit, and…

  7. 7Your Name.

    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…

  8. 8Psychic School Wars

    Psychic School Wars (2012)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance

    It's a new school year at the local Junior High School i Kamakura. The school year starts off with a new transfer student Ryoichi Kyogoku who joins the 8th grade class. He has been ordered to join the school, and use…

  9. 9Ocean Waves

    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…

  10. 10I've Always Liked You

    I've Always Liked You (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    Love is blooming at Sakuragaoka High School. Natsuki Enomoto has finally mustered the courage to confess to her childhood friend, Yuu Setoguchi. However, in the final moments of her confession, an embarrassed Natsuki…

  11. 11Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid

    Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid (2023)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    Finally, the day of Mai's high school graduation has arrived. While Sakuta eagerly waits for his girlfriend, an elementary schooler who looks exactly like her appears before him. Suspicious, and for all the wrong…

  12. 12Orange

    Orange (2015)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    A girl mysteriously receives advice from her future self and as a result her group of friends, along with a newly arrived, troubled classmate, learn how to be better friends and a better community.

  13. 13The Anthem of the Heart

    The Anthem of the Heart (2015)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama and romance

    A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. Will Naruse be able to convey the anthem of her heart?

  14. 14Given

    Given (2020)

    ★ 8.2/10Also drama and romance

    Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.

  15. 15Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out

    Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out (2023)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    After a draining December, Sakuta is quickly nearing the end of his second year of high school. Since Mai is a third-year student, they don't have much time left together before graduation rolls around. Meanwhile, his…

  16. 16All About Lily Chou-Chou

    All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract…

  17. 17A Silent Voice: The Movie

    A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)

    ★ 8.4/10Also drama and romance

    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…

  18. 18A Whisker Away

    A Whisker Away (2020)

    ★ 7.9/10Also drama and romance

    A peculiar girl transforms into a cat to catch her crush's attention. But before she realizes it, the line between human and animal starts to blur.

  19. 19Your Lie in April

    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…

  20. 20Fireworks

    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.

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