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Movies Like They Say Nothing Stays the Same

If you liked They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019), a drama movie directed by Joe Odagiri, 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. 1Suzume

    Suzume (2022)

    ★ 7.9/10Also drama

    Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a…

  2. 2Love & Pop

    Love & Pop (1998)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an…

  3. 3The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  4. 4Maborosi

    Maborosi (1995)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

  5. 5Sakuran

    Sakuran (2006)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Kiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleased.

  6. 6Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea

    Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    It’s a high-stakes mystery on the high seas! Enjoying a free prize cruise on a military ship, Conan and his friends find their relaxation interrupted by the threat of possible explosives on board! It’s a race against…

  7. 7Man with No Past

    Man with No Past (2025)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Waking up in an unfamiliar city, a man with no memory must confront the mysteries of his own identity. However, his desperate search to uncover the past pits him against a powerful enemy, leading to a showdown that…

  8. 8Roujin Z

    Roujin Z (1991)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is chosen by the Japanese Ministry of Public Welfare to test the Z-001, a computerized hospital bed with robotic…

  9. 9One Million Yen Girl

    One Million Yen Girl (2008)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.

  10. 10Hounddog

    Hounddog (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

  11. 11Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu

    Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu (2013)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    One year after the events of the anime, Rintarou begins to feel the repercussions of extensive time travel, and eventually completely fades from reality. Kurisu, being the only companion to remember him, now must find…

  12. 12Orange

    Orange (2015)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    A girl mysteriously receives advice from her future self and as a result her group of friends, along with a newly arrived, troubled classmate, learn how to be better friends and a better community.

  13. 13The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

    The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

    ★ 8.1/10Also drama

    Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she…

  14. 14Tokyo Story

    Tokyo Story (1953)

    ★ 8.1/10Also drama

    The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't…

  15. 15ICHI

    ICHI (2008)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters…

  16. 16The Young One

    The Young One (1960)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

  17. 17When Marnie Was There

    When Marnie Was There (2014)

    ★ 7.9/10Also drama

    Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may…

  18. 18Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

    Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even…

  19. 19Harmonium

    Harmonium (2016)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Toshio hires Yasaka to work in his workshop. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.

  20. 20Moving

    Moving (1993)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    Physically separated from her father and at odds with her distraught mother, a girl must negotiate her own passage to maturity.

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