Movies Like Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend
If you liked Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend (2026), a animation and drama movie directed by Soichi Masui, 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.
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Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and dramaFinally, 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…
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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie Part 1 (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and romanceThe Sailor Guardians enjoy a brief moment of peace until Mamoru's Golden Crystal is stolen by Sailor Galaxia and the mysterious Sailor Starlights appear. One by one, Sailor Moon’s friends and loved ones are targeted by…
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Fireworks (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and romanceMoshimo, 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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maboroshi (2023)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and dramaA factory explosion plunges a small town into a timeless freeze, leaving teenage Masamune and his pals to grapple with a quickly collapsing reality.
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Over the Sky (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and dramaMio 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…
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To Me, the One Who Loved You (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and romanceKoyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel…
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The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and mysteryA week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.
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Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and dramaA strange disturbance in the World of the Living sends Ichigo and Kon to the Soul Society, where the Seireitei has been devastated by an explosion of reishi and Rukia is missing. Stranger still, none of the Soul…
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Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain (2024)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and mysteryIn the chambers of the Edo harem, two newcomers uncover political intrigue, rivalry and a vengeful spirit only one traveling medicine seller can vanquish.
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Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1997)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and mysteryOnce brilliant teenage detective Shinichi Kudo was given a poison that reverted him to a 4-year-old. He's adopted the pseudonym Conan Edogawa so no one (save for an eccentric inventor) will know. Now he's got to solve…
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Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and dramaAs the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.
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To Every You I've Loved Before (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and romanceWhile struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she…
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Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu (2013)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and dramaOne year after the events of the anime, Rintarou begins to feel the repercussions of extensive time travel, and eventually completely fades from reality. Kurisu, being the only companion to remember him, now must find…
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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and dramaFleeing the war, the immortal Maquia, graced with eternal youth, finds a baby abandoned in the forest and decides to raise it as her own child, sparking a moving story between a mortal and a being who does not age.
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Colorful (2010)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and dramaUpon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kobayashi Makoto, who has just committed…
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Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and dramaA rash of sniper attacks leaves the streets of Tokyo empty and the public terrified to go outside. It’s up to Conan and his friends to find the culprit, but the case goes deeper than it seems. Military cover-ups…
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The Boy and the Beast (2015)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and dramaKyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his…
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Clannad: The Motion Picture (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and dramaPlagued 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…
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Psychic School Wars (2012)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and dramaIt'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…
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Black Butler: Book of Murder (2014)
★ 7.8/10Also mystery and animationAt the Queen’s request, Ciel and the demon butler Sebastian host an extravagant dinner party for the who’s who of the London underground. But an evening that begins with the promise of unmatched elegance quickly…