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10 Best Movies Like The Izu Dancer

If you loved The Izu Dancer, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday

My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday

2016★ 7.5

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

Takatoshi Minamiyama majors in art at an university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all his courage...

#2
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#3
My Rainy Days

My Rainy Days

2009★ 7.4

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

Because of her past, 17-year-old Rio lives her days filling the emptiness in her heart with money—until one day, she meets a university professor named Kouki and falls in love....

#4
Close Range Love

Close Range Love

2014★ 7.5

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

A smart high school student falls in love with her English teacher after she receives one-on-one tutoring from him....

#5
Be with You

Be with You

2004★ 7.5

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

Takumi and his six-year-old son, Yuji, haven't come to terms with their wife and mother's death. One day, they meet a woman with an uncanny resemblance to her sheltering from the r...

#6
The Best of Me

The Best of Me

2014★ 7.5

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

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown....

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