Movies like Your Name.
If Your Name.'s mix of high school, race against time and dreams stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Your Name.'s fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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A Silent Voice: The Movie
2016 · Directed by Naoko Yamada · 129 min8.4
Why you'll like itWith Aoi Yuuki · Shares: high school, school, japanese high school · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion.
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Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl
2019 · Directed by Soichi Masui · 90 min8.2
Why you'll like itWith Kaito Ishikawa · Shares: afterlife, supernatural, tragedy · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
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.
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The Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004 · Directed by Makoto Shinkai · 90 min6.6
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Makoto Shinkai · With Kazuhiko Inoue · Also a Japanese animated film
In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union.
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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
2018 · Directed by Shinichiro Ushijima · 108 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: tragedy, high school student, japanese high school · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.
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The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
2010 · Directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto · 162 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: high school, supernatural, japanese high school · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.
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A Whisker Away
2020 · Directed by Junichi Sato · 104 min7.9
Why you'll like itWith Sayaka Ohara · Shares: supernatural, school · Also a Japanese animated film
A peculiar girl transforms into a cat to catch her crush's attention. But before she realizes it, the line between human and animal starts to blur.
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2006 · Directed by Mamoru Hosoda · 98 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: high school, time travel, school · Also a Japanese animated film
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps.
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The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
2022 · Directed by Tomohisa Taguchi · 83 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: high school, supernatural, time travel · Also a Japanese animated film
Urashima Tunnel – Once you enter that tunnel, you can get whatever you want, but at a price. Kaoru Tohno, who seems to have an elusive personality and traumatic past, and Anzu Hanashiro, who is struggling to reconcile…
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Given
2020 · Directed by Hikaru Yamaguchi · 60 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: high school, tragedy · Also a Japanese animated film
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.
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The Anthem of the Heart
2015 · Directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai · 119 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: high school, japanese high school · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. Will Naruse be able to convey the anthem of her heart?
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From Up on Poppy Hill
2011 · Directed by Goro Miyazaki · 91 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: high school, romance · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
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…
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BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-
2024 · Directed by Shunsuke Ishikawa · 91 min7.6
Why you'll like itWith Nobunaga Shimazaki · Also a Japanese animated film
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.