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10 Best Movies Like Make-Believers

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

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#1
The Taste of Tea

The Taste of Tea

2004★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Make-Believers for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful mu...

#2
Your Lie in April

Your Lie in April

2016★ 7.0

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

Arima Kousei won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kousei...

#3
Memories of Matsuko

Memories of Matsuko

2006★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Make-Believers for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy....

#4
BECK

BECK

2010★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Make-Believers for fans of Music & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy. Together with Taira, Chiba, and...

#5
Save the Last Dance

Save the Last Dance

2001★ 6.5

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

After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better...

#6
Family Romance, LLC

Family Romance, LLC

2019★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Make-Believers for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 1...

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