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Movies Like First Love

If you liked First Love (2000), a romance movie directed by Tetsuo Shinohara, 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. 1Evergreen Love

    Evergreen Love (2016)

    ★ 7.1/10Also romance

    Sayaka works at a office. She's not very good at her job or with love. One night, she finds a man, Itsuki, collapsed in front of her home. She takes him inside and they begin to live together. Itsuki teaches Sayaka…

  2. 2Daytime Shooting Star

    Daytime Shooting Star (2017)

    ★ 7.4/10Also romance

    Fifteen-year-old country girl Suzume Yosano has to move to Tokyo to live with her uncle due to her father's transfer. She bumps into a mysterious man who ends up taking her to her uncle's place after she gets lost…

  3. 3Wolf Girl and Black Prince

    Wolf Girl and Black Prince (2016)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance

    Erika Shinohara is a first year of high school student. While talking to friends, she makes up a story about her "boyfriend." In reality, Erika Shinohara doesn't have a boyfriend. Erika's friends soon begin to doubt…

  4. 4Every Day

    Every Day (2018)

    ★ 7.2/10Also romance

    16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the…

  5. 5The Matchmaker's Playbook

    The Matchmaker's Playbook (2018)

    ★ 7.2/10Also romance

    After a career-ending accident, former NFL recruit Ian Hunter is back on campus, and he's putting his extensive skills with women to work as one of the masterminds behind a successful and secretive dating service. But…

  6. 6The Map of Tiny Perfect Things

    The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)

    ★ 7.1/10Also romance

    Two teenagers trapped in an endless time loop set out to find all the tiny things that make that one day perfect.

  7. 7Her Blue Sky

    Her Blue Sky (2019)

    ★ 7.4/10Also romance

    High 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…

  8. 8Kase-san and Morning Glories

    Kase-san and Morning Glories (2018)

    ★ 7.2/10Also romance

    Yamada may be shy and rather clumsy, but the flower gardens at her school have always brought her happiness. Suddenly, a different sort of beauty catches her eye—the vivacious track star, Kase-san. Although the two…

  9. 9Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation

    Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance

    As Sasaki prepares for his college entrance exams, Miyano tries to make the most of their limited time together while grappling with his own emotions.

  10. 10Love and Sunshine

    Love and Sunshine (2019)

    ★ 7.1/10Also romance

    Ally Craig has been fostering retired military dog, Sunshine, as she recovers from a broken engagement. But sparks fly again when Sunshine's military partner, Jake Terry, returns to claim the dog.

  11. 11Safe Haven

    Safe Haven (2013)

    ★ 7.2/10Also romance

    A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

  12. 12Frequencies

    Frequencies (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also romance

    The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.

  13. 13Holiday Date

    Holiday Date (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance

    When Brooke’s boyfriend, Ethan, breaks up with her just before the holidays, she agrees to go home with Joel, an actor who will pose as her boyfriend.

  14. 14Dou kyu sei – Classmates

    Dou kyu sei – Classmates (2016)

    ★ 8.3/10Also romance

    Rihito Sajo, an honor student with a perfect score on the entrance exam and Hikaru Kusakabe, in a band and popular among girls, would have never crossed paths. Until one day they started talking at the practice for…

  15. 15Wild at Heart

    Wild at Heart (1990)

    ★ 7/10Also romance

    Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.

  16. 16Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through The Snow

    Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through The Snow (2015)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance

    Stranded at an airport at Christmastime, Ashley Harrison accepts a ride from Dash Sutherland, who has just rented the last car in town. As the pair heads north, their adventures include car trouble, adopting a puppy…

  17. 17Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc

    Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)

    ★ 8.5/10Also romance

    In a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into Denji's world, and he faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled by love in a world where survival knows no rules.

  18. 18Gabriel's Rapture: Part I

    Gabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021)

    ★ 7.8/10Also romance

    In the fourth instalment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Professor Gabriel Emerson has embarked on a passionate, yet clandestine affair with his former student Julia Mitchell, but when they return from their romantic…

  19. 19The Liar and His Lover

    The Liar and His Lover (2013)

    ★ 7.6/10Also romance

    Set within music field, this film depicts a love story between a 25-year-old sound engineer and 16-year-old high school student Riko, who posessess a gifted voice. 25-year-old sound engineer Aki is a member of popular…

  20. 20The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

    The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance

    Kazuko Yoshiyama is a third-year junior-high-school student. One day, while cleaning the lab, she smells lavender and faints. From then on, she has the power to travel through time.

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