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10 Best Movies Like GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka

If you loved GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Chico & Rita

Chico & Rita

2010★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka for fans of Animation. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition o...

#2
Suicide Club

Suicide Club

2001★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When the bizarre mass suicide of 54 high school girls throwing themselves in front of a subway train appears to instigate a string of suicides around the country, Detective Kuroda ...

#3
City Hunter

City Hunter

1993★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food....

#4
Stand and Deliver

Stand and Deliver

1988★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and t...

#5
GTO: The Graduation Special

GTO: The Graduation Special

2013★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The national university entrance examination is coming up and the students of Class 3/4, which Onizuka Eikichi (AKIRA) is in charge of, enter exam mode. Onizuka who conducts career...

#6
GTO: Fall Special

GTO: Fall Special

2012★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The special will be set several months after the events of the drama. "Onizuka" learns of the imminent closure of the "Smile Duck" orphanage ("White Swan" in the original manga) du...