Movies Like Love Doesn't Matter to Me
If you liked Love Doesn't Matter to Me (2025), a movie directed by Aya Igashi, 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

Kamikaze Girls (2004)
★ 7.2/10Momoko, a strange and seemingly emotionless girl obsessed with 18th century France, befriends a Yanki biker and the two experience the ups and downs of their unusual lives in a rural Japanese town.
- 2

Air Doll (2009)
★ 6.9/10A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store…
- 3

Clannad: The Motion Picture (2007)
★ 7.3/10Plagued by a seemingly endless stream of haunting dreams, Tomoya drifts through life with an almost overwhelming sense of anger and emptiness. Then, one fateful day, he meets the mysterious and beautiful Nagisa, and…
- 4

The Anthem of the Heart (2015)
★ 7.6/10A 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?
- 5

Escaflowne: The Movie (2000)
★ 6.6/10Gaea is a mythical realm ruled by sword and sorcery and immersed in blood and violence. Thrust into a conflict she doesn't quite understand, Hitomi Kanzaki helps aid the young Prince Van as they embark upon a journey…
- 6

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Earth Symphony (2024)
★ 6.8/10When a malevolent entity intent on eradicating music from the world surfaces, Nobita and his friends must unite with supernatural companions to safeguard the planet.
- 7

Even If This Love Disappears Tonight (2022)
★ 7.6/10A 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.
- 8

Barbie: Big City, Big Dreams (2021)
★ 6.9/10Barbie meets another Barbie Roberts, forming a close friendship, nicknaming each other Malibu and Brooklyn when they both attend the Handlers, Performing Art School in NYC, over the summer, competing for a spot at the…
- 9

Tamako Love Story (2014)
★ 7.2/10Devoted 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…
- 10

From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
★ 7.5/10Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off…
- 11

The Moment You Fall in Love (2016)
★ 7.5/10Following Natsuki Enomoto's confession rehearsals with Yuu Setoguchi, their younger siblings Kotarou and Hina struggle to confess their own love. Despite a disastrous first meeting in middle school with her…
- 12

Barbie and the Diamond Castle (2008)
★ 7.5/10Liana and Alexa are best friends who share everything, including their love of singing. Upon meeting a girl inside a mirror, the duo embark on a journey that will put their friendship to the ultimate test.
- 13

Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
★ 7.5/10In their last year of high school, two girls in the brass band club perform a song inspired by a fairy tale that parallels their friendship.
- 14

Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
★ 7.8/10A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
- 15

Tomie: Rebirth (2001)
★ 7.2/10Young 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…
- 16

Her Blue Sky (2019)
★ 7.4/10High school student Aoi Aioi lives with her elder sister, Akane, after a tragic accident took their parents away 13 years ago. Because Akane has since been taking care of her single-handedly, Aoi wants to move to Tokyo…
- 17

Barbie Presents: Thumbelina (2009)
★ 6.7/10Meet a tiny girl named Thumbelina who lives in harmony with nature in the magical world of the Twillerbees that's hidden among the wildflowers. At the whim of a spoiled young girl named Makena, Thumbelina and her two…
- 18

Linda Linda Linda (2005)
★ 7.6/10Only three days before the school festival, a newly formed high school band rushes to put together a set for their big show — including a hit single by '80s by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts.
- 19

Sweet Bean (2015)
★ 7.5/10The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be…
- 20

Demon City Shinjuku (1988)
★ 6/10Ten Years ago, Genichiro Izayoi died trying to stop the sorcerer Rebi Ra, and as a result Shinjuku became a playground for demons. And now, the day approaches when Rebi Ra will complete his decade-long ritual to plunge…