Movies Like Orange: Future

If you liked Orange: Future (2016), a drama and animation movie directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, 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
A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and drama
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave…
2
Fruits Basket -prelude- (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and drama
Kyoko, who couldn't believe anything in the world and lived a desolate life, meets Katsuya Honda, who has been assigned as an educational trainee. She is at the mercy of Katsuya, who is rude and has a strong habit, and…
3
Your Name. (2016)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and romance
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen…
4
Colorful (2010)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and drama
Upon 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…
5
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and romance
In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara.
6
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and drama
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't…
7
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and drama
Urashima Tunnel – Once you enter that tunnel, you can get whatever you want, but at a price. Kaoru Tohno, who seems to have an elusive personality and traumatic past, and Anzu Hanashiro, who is struggling to reconcile…
8
Ocean Waves (1993)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and drama
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking…
9
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and drama
After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.
10
The Anthem of the Heart (2015)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and drama
A 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?
11
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and drama
Finally, 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…
12
Summer Ghost (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and drama
An urban legend says that lighting fireworks at an abandoned airfield will beckon the "summer ghost," a spirit that can answer any question. Three teenagers, Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryo, each have their own reason to show up…
13
Psychic School Wars (2012)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and drama
It'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…
14
Dou kyu sei – Classmates (2016)
★ 8.3/10Also romance and animation
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
5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and romance
Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a…
16
Her Blue Sky (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and 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…
17
Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (1993)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and science fiction
It has been thirteen years since the Androids began their killing rampage and Son Gohan is the only person fighting back. He takes Bulma's son Trunks as a student and even gives his own life to save Trunks's. Now…
18
Voices of a Distant Star (2002)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and science fiction
It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to…
19
Given (2020)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and drama
Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.
20
From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and drama
Yokohama, 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…