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10 Best Movies Like Tokyo Notes

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

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#1
Giovanni's Island

Giovanni's Island

2014★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tokyo Notes for fans of Animation. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this...

#2
Tokyo Family

Tokyo Family

2013★ 7.3

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

An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved....

#3
Ocean Waves

Ocean Waves

1993★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tokyo Notes for fans of Animation. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before...

#4
The Teahouse of the August Moon

The Teahouse of the August Moon

1957★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tokyo Notes for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead....

#5
One Wonderful Sunday

One Wonderful Sunday

1947★ 7.2

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

Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as they chase housing, small pleasures, and a little hope....

#6
Shoplifters

Shoplifters

2018★ 7.8

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

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young ...

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