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10 Best Movies Like Small, Slow But Steady

If you loved Small, Slow But Steady, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Kids Return

Kids Return

1996★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Small, Slow But Steady for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a ...

#2
Radiance

Radiance

2017★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Small, Slow But Steady for fans of 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....

#3
All About Lily Chou-Chou

All About Lily Chou-Chou

2001★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Small, Slow But Steady for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūi...

#4
Journeyman

Journeyman

2018★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Small, Slow But Steady for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A boxer suffers a serious head injury during a fight, and must deal with the consequences....

#5
No Retreat, No Surrender

No Retreat, No Surrender

1986★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Small, Slow But Steady for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The mob is trying to strongarm local martial arts schools, forcing young Jason Stillwell and his family to move after his father is injured defending their dojo. With his father n...

#6
After the Rain

After the Rain

2018★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Small, Slow But Steady for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club. Working part-time at a restaurant, she finds herself inexplicably falling in...

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