Movies Like Drive Me to the Sea

If you liked Drive Me to the Sea (2009), a movie directed by Fukuda Korehisa, 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
Tyson's Run (2022)
★ 7.7/10
When fifteen-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the football team, Tyson befriends champion marathon runner Aklilu. Never…
2
Adam (2009)
★ 6.8/10
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.
3
Mozart and the Whale (2005)
★ 6.2/10
A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.
4
The Other Sister (1999)
★ 6.4/10
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.
5
The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
★ 6.3/10
Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor…
6
House of Cards (1993)
★ 6.2/10
When Ruth Matthews's husband is killed in a fall at an archaeological dig, her daughter Sally handles her father's death in a very odd manner. As Sally's condition worsens, Ruth takes her to see Jake, an expert in…
7
Moving (1993)
★ 7.5/10
Physically separated from her father and at odds with her distraught mother, a girl must negotiate her own passage to maturity.
8
Benny & Joon (1993)
★ 7/10
A mentally ill young woman finds love with an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
9
Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths (2005)
★ 6.9/10
Fifteen years ago in a barren stretch of the Pacific, a cruise ship collided with an iceberg and was lost at sea. More than a decade later, Hideto Yashiro—a ship engineer—died in a fatal car accident. The unlikely…
10
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Dangerous Honeymoon -The Lost Daddy- (2019)
★ 7/10
Hiroshi and Misae have never been to a honeymoon trip to a foreign country. One day, Misae discovered an inexpensive and family-friendly holiday package to Australia and the Nohara family decided to make it their first…
11
Winter Spring Summer or Fall (2024)
★ 7.3/10
Remi and Barnes, two very different teenagers, meet by chance in the winter of their senior year, then spend four days together over the course of a year that will change their lives forever.
12
The Accountant² (2025)
★ 7.1/10
When an old acquaintance is murdered, Wolff is compelled to solve the case. Realizing more extreme measures are necessary, Wolff recruits his estranged and highly lethal brother, Brax, to help. In partnership with…
13
Head Full of Honey (2018)
★ 6.3/10
A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.
14
Ezra (2024)
★ 6.9/10
Stand-up comedian Max Bernal lives with his father Stan while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra with his ex-wife. When forced to confront difficult decisions about their son's future, Max and Ezra embark on…
15
The Story of Luke (2013)
★ 6.8/10
Sheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love. And he isn't taking no for an answer.
16
Little Giants (1994)
★ 6.6/10
When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the…
17
Death Note: L Change the WorLd (2008)
★ 6/10
"The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and without his best partner Watari, L has to solve…
18
Miracle Run (2004)
★ 7.6/10
Corinne is a single mother of twin 5-year-old boys, Steven and Phillip, who are diagnosed with autism. Public school officials threaten to remove them from school due to their behavior, but through therapy, the boys…
19
When Marnie Was There (2014)
★ 7.9/10
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may…
20
The Night Clerk (2020)
★ 6.2/10
Hotel night clerk Bart Bromley is a highly intelligent young man on the Autism spectrum. When a woman is murdered during his shift, Bart becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigation closes in, Bart makes a…