Shows Like Long Vacation

If you liked Long Vacation (1996), a drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Tokyo Love Story (1991)
★ 8.4/10Also drama
Nagao Kanji who comes from Ehime Prefecture joins Heartsports company located in Tokyo, where he met lovely and sunny Akana Rika. The love story begins.
2
Silent (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
Tsumugi Aoba and Sou Sakura dated in high school. They both liked music. After graduating, Sou sent her a message breaking up. She started dating Minato Togawa, a mutual friend. 8 years later, she sees Sou, only to…
3
Meet Me After School (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
Emotions resurface when a school teacher and her former student reconnect three years after sharing a forbidden attraction that scarred them both.
4
White Album 2 (2013)
★ 7/10Also drama
One evening in fall, with one month left before the school festival, the last member of the ruined light music club, Haruki Kitahara, looks out the window and plays his guitar in the direction of the festival stage set…
5
Rumbling Hearts (2003)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
At first, Takayuki Narumi is befriended by Mitsuki Hayase only because Mitsuki's best friend, Haruka Suzumiya has a crush on him; however since then, Takayuki, his pal Shinji Taira, and Mitsuki have grown to be the…
6
SING "YESTERDAY" FOR ME (2020)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
After college, Rikuo Uozumi, a boy without much ambition in life, takes on a job at a convenience store. The days pass by uneventfully for Rikuo until he meets his former girlfriend and classmate, but especially thanks…
7
Fishbowl Wives (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also drama
Due to an accident, Sakura Hiraga gave up on her dream. She is now married and her husband runs a hair salon. They live in a luxurious penthouse apartment. Her life seems glamorous and she is envied by everyone. What…
8
My Husband Won't Fit (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
Kumiko and Kenichi meet in college and build a happy marriage together. But over time, an unusual problem threatens to destroy their relationship.
9
Tomodachi Game (2022)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
After his class' school trip fund is stolen, Yuichi and his best friends are abducted to play a debt repayment game; there is more than money on the line, as their bonds are tested with dark secrets and a lingering…
10
My Life with the Walter Boys (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also drama
When a tragedy disrupts her life, a teen moves in with her guardian's big family in a small town and learns new lessons about love, hope and friendship.
11
The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
Every summer, Belly and her family head to the Fishers’ beach house in Cousins. Every summer is the same ... until Belly turns sixteen. Relationships will be tested, painful truths will be revealed, and Belly will be…
12
Quartet (2017)
★ 8/10Also drama
Maki Maki, Sebuki Suzume, Beppu Tsukasa and Iemori Yutaka happen to meet and form a quartet. They even begin to live together in Karuizawa during the winter, but there is a big hidden secret.
13
Domestic Girlfriend (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
Natsuo is a high school boy who is experiencing the crushing despair of unrequited love. To make matters worse, the person he is in love with is his teacher, Hina. In an attempt to lift his spirits, he attends a mixer…
14
Tell Me Lies (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
When Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco meet at college, they are at that formative age when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. They quickly fall into an addictive entanglement that will…
15
Ambitions (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the most powerful and deceitful players in…
16
Our Youth (2024)
★ 8.6/10Also drama
Jin Minase, a dedicated student, finds his routine disrupted when he repeatedly encounters Hirukawa, a classmate from a rough neighborhood. Their unexpected interactions make Jin question his own life choices.
17
X (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
It's the year of destiny and 15 year old Kamui Shirō, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence. He returns to protect his childhood friends, Fūma, and Fūma's younger sister, Kotori. But destiny…
18
The Vampire Diaries (2009)
★ 8.3/10Also drama
The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.
19
Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the "Koto" (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to…
20
KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
Real estate agents Reiko Kujirai and Hajime Kudo work in the nostalgic Kowloon Walled City. As they spend more time together, Reiko’s feelings for Hajime grow. But when she finds a photo of him and his former fiancée…