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Movies Like Not in Textbooks 2

If you liked Not in Textbooks 2 (2016), a drama and comedy movie directed by Shota Sasaki, 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. 1It Feels So Good

    It Feels So Good (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko…

  2. 2BOYS OVER FLOWERS the movie

    BOYS OVER FLOWERS the movie (2008)

    ★ 8.1/10Also romance and comedy

    Four years have passed since that emotional marriage proposal at Tsukushi Makino's high-school prom, and Tsukasa Dōmyōji announced his engagement to Tsukushi to the entire world. At an engagement dinner between their…

  3. 3My Little Monster

    My Little Monster (2018)

    ★ 7.6/10Also romance and comedy

    Problem student Haru Yoshida sits next to the cold and studious Shizuku Mizutani in class. Without any other friends to turn to, both of them start to get to know each other and grow closer. Haru eventually develop…

  4. 4L.A. Without a Map

    L.A. Without a Map (1999)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedy

    An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a…

  5. 5Which Brings Me to You

    Which Brings Me to You (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy

    Two romantic burnouts, Jane and Will, are immediately drawn to each other at a mutual friend’s wedding. After a disastrous hookup in the coatroom, the two spend the next 24 hours together, trading candid confessions of…

  6. 6Love Strikes!

    Love Strikes! (2011)

    ★ 7.6/10Also comedy and romance

    Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to start a new life by working as a writer…

  7. 7XX/XY

    XX/XY (2002)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and comedy

    Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.

  8. 8Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day

    Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day (1988)

    ★ 6.9/10Also romance and drama

    Kyousuke and Madoka have finally arrived at the point where they are close to graduation and have to decide where they want to go to college. Naturally, they want to go together, so beside all the studying they also…

  9. 9Nisekoi: False Love

    Nisekoi: False Love (2018)

    ★ 7.4/10Also romance and comedy

    Raku Ichijo (Kento Nakajima) is an only son and a high school student. His father is the leader of yakuza group Shuei-gumi. Raku Ichijo doesn't like to fight and he studies hard. His dream is to become a public…

  10. 10The Moment You Fall in Love

    The Moment You Fall in Love (2016)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    Following Natsuki Enomoto's confession rehearsals with Yuu Setoguchi, their younger siblings Kotarou and Hina struggle to confess their own love. Despite a disastrous first meeting in middle school with her…

  11. 11Revenge Porn: PAIN OF LOVE

    Revenge Porn: PAIN OF LOVE (2019)

    ★ 8.4/10Also romance and drama

    Rei is a college student in the midst of finding a job. She confesses her love to Mikio, a senior whom she admires. Mikio soon demands that she perform perverted acts.

  12. 12Chéri

    Chéri (2009)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy

    The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

  13. 13Dirty Sexy Saint

    Dirty Sexy Saint (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance and drama

    Clay Kincaid hates the nickname 'Saint', he got for being too kind to stray animals and desperate people. Especially when it comes to women. With a rough and damaged past that has left him jaded, he doesn't do…

  14. 14No Longer Heroine

    No Longer Heroine (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama

    Hatori Matsuzaki is a female high school student. She has a crush on her childhood friend Rita Terasaka and believes he will eventually choose her as her heroine, but Rita Terasaka begins dating Miho Adachi. Meanwhile…

  15. 15Love in Taipei

    Love in Taipei (2023)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedy

    A young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei where she begins a new journey of self-discovery and romance.

  16. 16Close 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.

  17. 17Almost Friends

    Almost Friends (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedy

    A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become…

  18. 18Mind Game

    Mind Game (2004)

    ★ 7.5/10Also romance and comedy

    Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.

  19. 19Young People Fucking

    Young People Fucking (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    On a Tuesday night, five couples have separate sexual adventures. Matt and Kris, friends for years, want to have an only-once, no-strings good time. Abby and Andrew, married, celebrate his birthday, but it's marred by…

  20. 20A Gentle Breeze in the Village

    A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and drama

    Soyo, a student in a school with only six students, develops feelings for the new student, Hiromi, who has moved from Tokyo.

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