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1. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Animation, Drama
A young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption.
Directors: Taichi Ishidate, Naoko Yamada | Stars: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yûki, Kenshô Ono
Votes: 101,383
2. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)
Not Rated | 109 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A high school student discovers one of his classmates, Sakura Yamauchi, is suffering from a terminal illness. This secret brings the two together, as she lives out her final moments.
Directors: Jun'ichi Fujise, Tomoyuki Itamura, Masaharu Tomoda, Shin'ichirô Ushijima, Daisuke Yoshida, Fumihiro Yoshimura | Stars: Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Yukiyo Fujii, Yuma Uchida
Votes: 24,276 | Gross: $0.28M
3. Tag (2015)
85 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A girl's life cascades into chaos as everyone around her suffers a gruesome fate while she becomes less certain of who she is and her once-once normal.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano, Yuki Sakurai
Votes: 8,102
4. Norwegian Wood (2010)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama, Romance
Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.
Director: Anh Hung Tran | Stars: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara, Kengo Kôra
Votes: 12,465 | Gross: $0.01M
5. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
TV-PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Ayami Kakiuchi
Votes: 70,885
6. Love Letter (1995)
PG | 117 min | Drama, Romance
When exchanging letters two women discover new things about a man they knew.
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Miho Nakayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Bunjaku Han, Katsuyuki Shinohara
Votes: 11,009
7. Lesson of the Evil (2012)
Unrated | 129 min | Horror, Thriller
A popular high school teacher concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Takehiro Hira, Hideaki Itô, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 6,796
8. Survival Family (2016)
117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
After a sudden worldwide power cut, a Tokyo family are caught up in the chaos as millions traverse the country in search of electricity.
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Fumiyo Kohinata, Eri Fukatsu, Yuki Izumisawa, Wakana Aoi
Votes: 3,014
9. Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Ryu Yamada is kissing his normal life goodbye after he ends up in a bizarre body swap with honor student Urara Shiraishi!
Stars: Ryôta Ôsaka, Saori Hayami, Toshiki Masuda, Maaya Uchida
Votes: 2,583
10. Orange (2015)
139 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Kôjirô Hashimoto | Stars: Tao Tsuchiya, Kento Yamazaki, Ryô Ryûsei, Hirona Yamazaki
Votes: 1,972
11. Tokyo Revengers (2021)
TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A middle-aged loser travels in time to his school years, and, in order to save the love of his life from future doom, he must become the leader of a dreaded school gang.
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Yuki Yamada, Yôsuke Sugino, Keita Arai
Votes: 1,905
12. My Rainy Days (2009)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Seventeen year old high school student Rio Ozawa is always the center of attention due to her beauty. Yet Rio has never cared about anyone but herself due to her traumatic past. Her friends... See full summary »
Director: Yuri Kanchiku | Stars: Nozomi Sasaki, Shôsuke Tanihara, Hikaru Yamamoto, Mitsuki Ôishi
Votes: 2,387
13. Everyone Is Psychic!: The Movie (2015)
114 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
After receiving a cosmic blast while masturbating, a virginal teenager gains psychic powers and joins a group of ESP virgins in order to defend the world from evil psychics.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Mika Akizuki, Tokio Emoto, Motoki Fukami, Mizuki Hoshina
Votes: 1,090
14. Heroine Disqualified (2015)
112 min | Comedy, Romance
Hatori is in love with her childhood friend Rita, but when Rita gets himself a girlfriend Hatoris world turns upside down.
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Mirei Kiritani, Kento Yamazaki, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Towa Araki
Votes: 1,541
15. My Little Monster (2018)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Haru is a trouble maker absentee. Shizuku is a frigid study geek. They may be a weird combination, but Haru is eager to cling to Shizuku.
Director: Shô Tsukikawa | Stars: Masaki Suda, Tao Tsuchiya, Yûki Furukawa, Minami Hamabe
Votes: 798
16. Missing (2021)
124 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Depressed and in debt, Satoshi tells his young daughter that he's going to find an infamous serial killer and collect a reward. However, when Satoshi disappears without a trace, she starts to fear the worse and begins searching for him.
Director: Shinzô Katayama | Stars: Jirô Satô, Aoi Itô, Hiroya Shimizu, Misato Morita
Votes: 985
17. Everyone Is Psychic! (2013– )
29 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
It happens that many inhabitants of Oita Prefecture in southern Japan have extrasensory powers. One student can read others' minds. he is not alone, however, and soon bands with others, who... See full summary »
Stars: Shôta Sometani, Kaho, Erina Mano, Makita Sports
Votes: 279
18. Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Not Rated | 156 min | Drama
Schoolteacher Hisako Oishi forms an emotional bond with her pupils and teaches them various virtues, while at the same time worrying about their future.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Hideko Takamine, Itsuo Watanabe, Makoto Miyagawa, Takeo Terashita
Votes: 2,831
19. August in the Water (1995)
117 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Rena Komine, Shinsuke Aoki, Reiko Matsuo, Masaaki Takarai
Votes: 781
20. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)
104 min | Romance, Sci-Fi
A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Tomoyo Harada, Ryôichi Takayanagi, Toshinori Omi, Toshie Negishi
Votes: 954
21. Waterboys (2001)
91 min | Comedy, Sport
In a Japanese high school, a class of adolescent geeks joins the new synchronized swimming teacher and takes up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite of the mockeries of the "real sportsmen".
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Akifumi Miura, Kôen Kondô
Votes: 3,062
22. Sakura no sono (2008)
102 min | Drama
In this remake, in the setting of a private girls' school the drama club is putting on the play The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov. With drama on-stage, there is drama off-stage with ... See full summary »
Director: Shun Nakahara | Stars: Saki Fukuda, Saki Terashima, Anne Watanabe, Yûko Ôshima
Votes: 93
23. It's a Summer Film! (2020)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A schoolgirl, underwhelmed by the rom-com being made by the Film Club, sets out with her friends to make a samurai film to compete with it. First step: convince a mysterious stranger to play the lead.
Director: Sôshi Masumoto | Stars: Marika Itô, Daichi Kaneko, Yumi Kawai, Kilala Inori
Votes: 1,217
24. Tonde Saitama (2019)
106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In a world where people are discriminated based on their birthplace, a resident of the much-reviled Saitama Prefecture embarks on a revolutionary campaign to improve things for his home.
Director: Hideki Takeuchi | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Gackt, Yûsuke Iseya, Brother Tom
Votes: 849
25. Kiss Him, Not Me (2020)
90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Kae, a fan of gay romance novels, loses weight after the death of her favorite character. She becomes popular and attracts several cute boys at school.
Director: Norihisa Hiranuma | Stars: Hokuto Yoshino, Fûju Kamio, Nonoka Yamaguchi, Miu Tomita
Votes: 151
26. After the Rain (2018)
TV-PG | 112 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club. Working part-time at a restaurant, she finds herself inexplicably falling in love with her manager, a divorced 45-year-old man.
Director: Akira Nagai | Stars: Nana Komatsu, Yô Ôizumi, Nana Seino, Hayato Isomura
Votes: 1,562
27. Perfect World (2018)
102 min | Drama, Romance
Kawana Tsugumi works at an interior design company. She happens to meet her first love Ayukawa Itsuki from her high school days. He is now an architect and in a wheelchair because of an accident.
Director: Kenji Shibayama | Stars: Hana Sugisaki, Sei Ashina, Takanori Iwata, Aya Ohmasa
Votes: 201
28. Sky of Love (2007)
120 min | Drama, Romance
Mika is a fresh high school student who starts texting a mysterious boy. She is shocked when he reveals who he is - Hiro, a delinquent attending her school. What she doesn't know is that Hiro isn't as bad as he seems.
Director: Natsuki Imai | Stars: Yui Aragaki, Haruma Miura, Yûko Asano, Yôsuke Asari
Votes: 3,763
29. Time Traveller (2010)
Not Rated | 122 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.
Director: Masaaki Taniguchi | Stars: Riisa Naka, Akiyoshi Nakao, Munetaka Aoki, Anna Ishibashi
Votes: 1,721
30. Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)
125 min | Drama
A strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her tasks in that short time frame.
Director: Ryôta Nakano | Stars: Rie Miyazawa, Hana Sugisaki, Aoi Itô, Yukiko Shinohara
Votes: 2,471
31. Sundome (2007)
81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hideo Aiba is a virgin at high school. He has never had a girlfriend, is awe of women and mostly involved in his studies, school club and activities and his male friends. Kurumi Sahana has ... See full summary »
Director: Daigo Udagawa | Stars: Kazuki Hiro'oka, Mayuko Irie, Takatsugu Iwama, Takuma Matsuno
Votes: 95
32. Forget Me Not (2015)
94 min | Drama, Romance
A high school student falls in love, but must document their time together to prevent forgetting. What will happen next?
Director: Kei Horie | Stars: Nijirô Murakami, Akari Hayami, Chiharu, Mickey Curtis
Votes: 608
33. Girl Gun Lady (2021)
Action
Tachibana Koharu is a shy and lonely schoolgirl whose rare hobby is to make model toys. She is seemingly beckoned by a model toy box at a shop and is persuaded by the shopkeeper to pick up the models and the gun that goes with it.
Stars: Sei Shiraishi, Anna Ishii, Natsuki Deguchi, Yuno Ohara
Votes: 59
34. Narratage (2017)
140 min | Drama, Romance
Izumi is a sophomore university student when she hears from her former high school teacher and mentor Takashi. They were both involved in the school drama club. She liked him. He liked her.... See full summary »
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Yûtarô Furutachi, Mikako Ichikawa, Miki Kamioka
Votes: 325
35. Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets (2017)
114 min | Drama, Mystery
Hotaro Oreki was forced by his older sister to join the Classic Literature club. Upon joining, he met Eru Chitanda; who have great curiosity. When Eru is curious, the energy saving Hotaro just can't say no.
Director: Mari Asato | Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Alice Hirose, Nazuki Amano, Kanata Hongô
Votes: 256
36. Violence at Noon (1966)
99 min | Crime, Drama
Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering rapist.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Saeda Kawaguchi, Akiko Koyama, Kei Satô, Rokkô Toura
Votes: 1,192
37. The Girl in the Sun (2013)
128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A salesman named Kosuke Okuda happens to meet Mao Watarai, a friend from his middle school days. Back then Mao was bullied, but now she is an attractive woman. Kosuke and Mao fall in love and decide to marry, but Mao has a secret.
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Masaki Suda, Tôko Miura, Tetsuji Tamayama
Votes: 1,023
38. Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight (2019)
115 min | Comedy, Romance
A stern young girl who yearns for romance, finds herself involved with a celebrity whose image reveals a hidden persona.
Director: Takehiko Shinjô | Stars: Ryôta Katayose, Kanna Hashimoto, Gordon Maeda, Alissa Yagi
Votes: 300
39. Hatsuyuki no koi (2007)
102 min | Romance
Min is a Korean boy moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he meets Nanae, a beautiful Japanese girl with stunning eyes who is aspiring to be a painter. ... See full summary »
Director: Han Sang-hee | Stars: Lee Joon-gi, Aoi Miyazaki, Seon-Yeong Baek, Yeon-hui Gu
Votes: 971
40. A Hole in My Panty (2011)
Comedy, Romance
Three aimless kids at a seaside high school have just one goal this summer break: to shed the virgin tag. One day, they rescue a pretty girl named Narumi by chance. Immediately smitten, ... See full summary »
Director: Toshiyuki Morioka | Stars: Renya Kishida, Saku Mihama, Aki Morita, Kazuhiro Nakahara
Votes: 98
41. Pieta in the Toilet (2015)
120 min | Drama
Hiroshi is an art school graduate who abandoned his dream as an artist to work as a window cleaner. When he realizes he has only three months left in his life, he meets a high school ... See full summary »
Director: Daishi Matsunaga | Stars: Yôjirô Noda, Hana Sugisaki, Lily Franky, Kanji Furutachi
Votes: 302
42. I'm Underage But I'm Not a Child (2017)
105 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Karin Oriyama is 16 years old. She is in high school and about to get married.
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Kento Nakajima, Yûna Taira, Yuri Chinen, Sylvia Grab
Votes: 248
43. Kyôkasho ni nai! (2016)
Comedy, Romance
The romantic comedy and drama follows the manga of the same name and follows the adventures of cute and coquettish schoolgirl Shirabaka Aya and nerd of a man Tairaku Arihiko. There is a ... See full summary »
Director: Shota Sasaki | Stars: Ayaka Morikawa, Ryôma Baba, Moemi Katayama, Yurisa
Votes: 40
44. Seven Days: Monday - Thursday (2015)
66 min | Comedy, Romance
Toji is a popular high school boy who is easy to get, but difficult to keep. He will date anyone who asks him on a Monday, but is done with the person by the end of the week. Fellow student... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Yokoi | Stars: Tomoki Hirose, Yûki Hiyori, Rin Ishikawa, Itsuki Sagara
Votes: 633
45. Sundome New (2017)
78 min | Drama, Romance
A teenage boy is a virgin at high school. He has never had a girlfriend so females are a mystery to him. He focuses on his courses, male friends and club activities instead. When a new girl... See full summary »
Director: Kazuhiro Yokoyama | Stars: Chiaki Hiratsuka, Maori Hoshino, Ryô Kawai, Aya Kawasaki
Votes: 42
46. We Were There: True Love (2012)
121 min | Drama, Romance
Nanami and Yano were in-love. But because of unavoidable circumstances, they cannot commit to their plans and promises. They can decided whether they want to live life as it is, or find a way back to each other's arms.
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Narumi Akizuki, Yumi Asô
Votes: 545
47. Too Young to Die! Wakakushite shinu (2016)
125 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Supernatural comedy about an unlucky high school student who dies in a bus crash during a school trip only to be press-ganged into a demonic rock band in Hell. Daisuke (Ryunosuke Kamiki) ... See full summary »
Director: Kankurô Kudô | Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Aoi Morikawa, Kenta Kiritani
Votes: 730
48. Hanii (2018)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Nao is normally shy at school. It is a surprise when Taiga propositions her for a date and eventual marriage. Nao means to say 'no,' but says 'yes' instead not knowing how to reject such a ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shintoku | Stars: Shô Hirano, Yûna Taira, Nana Asakawa, Kaho Mizutani
Votes: 403
49. Chihayafuru Part III (2018)
128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The third part of the "Chihayafuru" trilogy that takes place 2 years after "Chihayafuru Part II". Chihaya is now a high school senior who is ready to enter another national competition alongside her friends.
Director: Norihiro Koizumi | Stars: Suzu Hirose, Shûhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi
Votes: 679
50. Jigoku sensei Nube (1996–1997)
24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
A new teacher who also happens to be an exorcist with a demon hand finds his new school is a hotbed of paranormal and must balance his teaching duties with protecting his students and friends from all manner of supernatural threats.
Stars: Toshiyuki Morikawa, Ryôtarô Okiayu, Hikaru Midorikawa, Mîna Tominaga
Votes: 112