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Movies Like My Teacher

If you liked My Teacher (2017), a romance and drama movie directed by Takahiro Miki, 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. 1Close Range Love

    Close Range Love (2014)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    A smart high school student falls in love with her English teacher after she receives one-on-one tutoring from him.

  2. 2Even If This Love Disappears Tonight

    Even If This Love Disappears Tonight (2022)

    ★ 7.6/10Also romance and drama

    A high school girl wakes up each day with no memory of the day before. When she agrees to date a shy classmate, Toru, he begins to fall for her—despite her rule against falling in love.

  3. 3Ocean Waves

    Ocean Waves (1993)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    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…

  4. 4Blue Spring Ride

    Blue Spring Ride (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance and drama

    In middle school, Futaba Yoshioka was madly in love with Tanaka Kou but he moves away with his mother. She is reunited with him later in life but he is not the same person anymore.

  5. 5Closest Love to Heaven

    Closest Love to Heaven (2017)

    ★ 7.6/10Also romance and drama

    When Ninon finds out that her neighbor and popular classmate Yuiji Kira only has one year to live, she decides to go out of her way and help him attain happiness on his remaining time.

  6. 6From Up on Poppy Hill

    From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

    ★ 7.5/10Also 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…

  7. 7We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

    We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)

    ★ 7.8/10Also romance and drama

    Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.

  8. 8Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl

    Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (2019)

    ★ 8.2/10Also romance and drama

    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.

  9. 9Love Everlasting

    Love Everlasting (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also romance and drama

    Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.

  10. 10The Garden of Words

    The Garden of Words (2013)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama and romance

    Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two…

  11. 11Sky of Love

    Sky of Love (2007)

    ★ 7.7/10Also romance and drama

    Mika is a fresh high school student who starts texting a mysterious boy. She is shocked when he reveals who he is - Hiro, a delinquent attending her school. What she doesn't know is that Hiro isn't as bad as he seems.

  12. 12Not Easily Broken

    Not Easily Broken (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

  13. 13Clannad: The Motion Picture

    Clannad: The Motion Picture (2007)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance

    Plagued 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…

  14. 14Your Lie in April

    Your Lie in April (2016)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    Arima Kousei won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kousei has been unable to hear the sound of…

  15. 15Radiance

    Radiance (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and drama

    The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world.

  16. 16Say 'I Love You'

    Say 'I Love You' (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    Mei Tachibana is a high school student. Due to a traumatic incident when she was a kid, Mei has been unable to make friends or have boyfriends. By mistake, Mei then injures the most popular male student named Yamato…

  17. 17Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

    Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?

  18. 18After

    After (2019)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance

    Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester of college, Tessa's guarded world opens up when she meets Hardin Scott, a mysterious…

  19. 19The Best of Me

    The Best of Me (2014)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

  20. 20My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday

    My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday (2016)

    ★ 7.5/10Also romance and drama

    Takatoshi Minamiyama majors in art at an university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all his courage, he speaks to her. They begin to date…

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