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10 Best Movies Like Joe DeRosa: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

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Naruto OVA 10: Uchiha Madara vs Senju Hashirama

Naruto OVA 10: Uchiha Madara vs Senju Hashirama

2012★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joe DeRosa: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Naruto Shippūden Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations OVA Madara vs Hashirama is the tenth Naruto OVA. It is distributed as part of Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations....

#2
Naruto OVA 11: Sunny Side Battle

Naruto OVA 11: Sunny Side Battle

2013★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joe DeRosa: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Sunny Side Battle! is an OVA that was released with Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution. It features Itachi making breakfast for Sasuke in their old home....

#3
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding

A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding

2018★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joe DeRosa: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A year after Amber helped Richard secure the crown. The two are set to tie the knot in a royal Christmas wedding — but their plans are jeopardized when Amber finds herself second-g...

#4
Kamiusagi Rope x Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

Kamiusagi Rope x Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

2017★ 8.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joe DeRosa: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A 3-way collaboration between Kamiusagi Rope, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, and TOHO Cinemas. The purpose is to promote a new TOHO theater opening up in Ueno on November 4, 2017...

#5
Men

Men

1924★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joe DeRosa: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Cleo lives in Marseilles and works as a waitress in a waterfront dive. A stranger entices her into coming to Paris to take dancing lessons, but instead she is taken to a baron, who...

#6
Naruto OVA 6: The Cross Roads

Naruto OVA 6: The Cross Roads

2009★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joe DeRosa: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden for fans of Animation. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Naruto: The Cross Roads (Za Kurosurozu) is the sixth Naruto OVA. It uses the same CGI graphics as Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm and was released during Naruto: Shippuden. This OVA p...