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Movies Like Pornographer - Spring Life

If you liked Pornographer - Spring Life (2021), a romance and drama movie directed by Koichiro 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. 1Given

    Given (2020)

    ★ 8.2/10Also drama and romance

    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.

  2. 2Only Yesterday

    Only Yesterday (1991)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.

  3. 3The Last 10 Years

    The Last 10 Years (2022)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    Twenty-year-old Matsuri Takabayashi learns that she only has ten years to live due to an incurable disease. She decides to not dwell on her life and not to fall in love—until she meets a man named Kazuto Manabe at a…

  4. 4My Rainy Days

    My Rainy Days (2009)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    A cold and calculating high school student falls in love for the first time with a professor, but he's dying of brain cancer.

  5. 5The Longest Ride

    The Longest Ride (2015)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama and romance

    The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.

  6. 6We 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.

  7. 7BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-

    BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- (2024)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    When apathetic gamer Nagi agrees to join his rich classmate Mikage in soccer, their partnership leads to the famous Blue Lock program — and to changes.

  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. 9Radiance

    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.

  10. 10Sasaki 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.

  11. 11Ocean 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…

  12. 12Blue 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.

  13. 13The 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…

  14. 14The Secret: Dare to Dream

    The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.

  15. 15Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop

    Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (2021)

    ★ 7.3/10Also romance and drama

    After meeting one day, a shy boy who expresses himself through haiku and a bubbly but self-conscious girl share a brief, magical summer.

  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. 17Even 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.

  18. 18Closest 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.

  19. 19The Magic of Ordinary Days

    The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.

  20. 20Fruits Basket -prelude-

    Fruits Basket -prelude- (2022)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    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…

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