Movies Like Waltz in Starlight

If you liked Waltz in Starlight (2007), a movie directed by Shingo Wakagi, 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
The Taste of Tea (2004)
★ 7.5/10
A spell of time in the life of the five-piece Haruno family in rural Tochigi Prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is…
2
The Village (2023)
★ 6.8/10
In a once-scenic village now dominated by a vast trash disposal site, a young man yearns to break free from a cruel fate tying him to the very grounds.
3
Pale Rider (1985)
★ 7.2/10
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
4
Tamara Drewe (2010)
★ 5.9/10
A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
5
Barnyard (2006)
★ 6/10
Otis is a mischievous, carefree Holstein cow who lives on a farm where, unbeknownst to humans, the animals are anthropomorphic. He prefers having fun with his best friends: Pip the mouse, Freddy the ferret, Peck the…
6
Only Yesterday (1991)
★ 7.4/10
In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
7
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)
★ 7.6/10
Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors…
8
Child of Kamiari Month (2021)
★ 6.5/10
A year after losing her mother, a young girl learns that she must journey across Japan to the annual gathering of gods in the sacred land of Izumo.
9
Baraka (1992)
★ 8.2/10
A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.
10
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia (2023)
★ 7.1/10
Doraemon, Nobita and his friends go to find Utopia, a perfect land in the sky where everyone lives with happiness, using an airship having a time warp function.
11
Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)
★ 7.8/10
Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for…
12
Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure (2012)
★ 6.8/10
Nobita and Doraemon use time tree Mochi and catch a big bird, which has been extinct for 500 years ago. To protect the animal, Nobita and Doraemon go to Beremon Island, overseen by a golden beetle named Herakles.
13
Non Non Biyori: Vacation (2018)
★ 7.7/10
Even when you're fortunate enough to live in a place as beautiful as the country village of Asahigaoka, you should never turn down the chance to explore someplace else. So, when Suguru wins a free trip to Okinawa just…
14
Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015)
★ 7.8/10
Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice…
15
Local Hero (1983)
★ 6.8/10
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
16
maboroshi (2023)
★ 7.2/10
A factory explosion plunges a small town into a timeless freeze, leaving teenage Masamune and his pals to grapple with a quickly collapsing reality.
17
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
★ 7.8/10
The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
18
Men (2022)
★ 6.1/10
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her…
19
Stargirl (2020)
★ 7.4/10
An unassuming high schooler finds himself inexplicably drawn to the free-spirited new girl, whose unconventional ways change how they see themselves…and their world.
20
Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party of Five (2014)
★ 6.2/10
Nobita is followed by a stray dog on his way home and decides to help it find its original owner with the help of Doraemon. They find out that the dog is actually a prince in its homeland in Africa.