10 Best Movies Like Mai
If you loved Mai, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Makioka Sisters
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifes...

One Million Yen Girl
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one know...

Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mai for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board....

April Story
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mai for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place....

The Garden of Words
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mai for fans of Animation. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, wi...

Clannad: The Motion Picture
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mai for fans of Animation. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Plagued by a seemingly endless stream of haunting dreams, Tomoya drifts through life with an almost overwhelming sense of anger and emptiness. Then, one fateful day, he meets the ...