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10 Best Movies Like April Story

If you loved April Story, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Love Letter

Love Letter

1995★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to April Story for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko record...

#2
A Story of Yonosuke

A Story of Yonosuke

2013★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to April Story for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, h...

#3
Ocean Waves

Ocean Waves

1993★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to April Story for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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...

#4
Closest Love to Heaven

Closest Love to Heaven

2017★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to April Story for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When Ninon found out that her neighbor and popular classmate Yuji only has one year to live. She decided to go out of her way and help him attain happiness on his remaining time....

#5
Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight

Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight

2022★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to April Story for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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 ...

#6
Radiance

Radiance

2017★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to April Story for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world....

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