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Movies: Best "slice of life" Movies


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Happy-Go-Lucky Days(2020)

2.6/5 (with 5 votes)

Love is love. Someday, the pain of being in love will be an endearing memory. No matter who the feelings are towards, no matter what form it takes, all love and lifestyles have the same value. An omnibus anime tells the stories of “The wedding of an ex”, “a student and a teacher at an all-boys’ school” and “childhood friends whose bodies and hearts change with adolescence.”.

A Whisker Away(2020)

4.0/5 (with 572 votes)

Miyo "Muge" Sasaki is a peculiar second-year junior high student who has fallen in love with her classmate Kento Hinode. Muge resolutely pursues Kento every day, but he takes no notice of her. Nevertheless, while carrying a secret she can tell no one, Muge continues to pursue Kento. Muge discovers a magic mask that allows her to transform into a cat named Tarō. The magic lets Muge get close to Kento, but eventually it may also make her unable to transform back to a human.

Directed by Junichi Sato

Weathering with You(2019)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 52min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love
4.0/5 (with 915 votes)

The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.

Directed by Makoto Shinkai

The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie(2022)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 16min | Animation, Comedy, Romance / Love
4.2/5 (with 102 votes)

When five lovely young girls who hate studying hire part-time tutor Futaro, he guides not only their education but also their hearts. Time spent has brought them all closer, with feelings growing within the girls and Futaro. As they finish their third year of high school and their last school festival approaches, they set their sights on what’s next. Is there a future with one of them and Futaro?

Directed by Masato Jinbo

Belle(2021)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 2min | Animation, Science Fiction, Kids & Family
3.9/5 (with 301 votes)

Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious, dragon-like figure appears before her.

Directed by Mamoru Hosoda

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish(2020)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 39min | Animation, Drama, Romance / Love
4.2/5 (with 159 votes)

With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.

Directed by Kōtarō Tamura

Violet Evergarden: The Movie(2020)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 20min | Animation, Fantasy, Romance / Love, Drama
4.2/5 (with 153 votes)

As the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.

Directed by Taichi Ishidate

The Stranger by the Shore(2020)

3.8/5 (with 36 votes)

Abandoned after coming out, Shun befriends Mio just before he has to move. Years later, Mio returns with a confession. How will Shun feel?

Violet Evergarden: Recollections(2021)

4.3/5 (with 33 votes)

An emotionally scarred former child soldier becomes a letter writer in this condensed recap of the moving, gorgeously animated award-winning series.

Call Me Chihiro(2023)

2h 11min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 35 votes)

An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.

Directed by Rikiya Imaizumi - With Kasumi Arimura, Hana Toyoshima, Ryuya Wakaba, Yui Sakuma, Itsuki Nagasawa, Miwako Ichikawa, ...

We Bare Bears: The Movie(2020)

3.9/5 (with 373 votes)

When Grizz, Panda, and Ice Bear's love of food trucks and viral videos get out of hand, the brothers are now chased away from their home and embark on a trip to Canada, where they can live in peace.

Directed by Daniel Chong

Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll(2019)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 31min | Drama, Fantasy, Animation
4.1/5 (with 145 votes)

Isabella, the daughter of the noble York family, is enrolled in an all-girls academy to be groomed into a dame worthy of nobility. However, she has given up on her future, seeing the prestigious school as nothing more than a prison from the outside world. Her family notices her struggling in her lessons and decides to hire Violet Evergarden to personally tutor her under the guise of a handmaiden. At first, Isabella treats Violet coldly. Violet seems to be able to do everything perfectly, leading Isabella to assume that she was born with a silver spoon. After some time, Isabella begins to realize that Violet has had her own struggles and starts to open up to her. Isabella soon reveals that she has lost contact with her beloved younger sister, whom she yearns to see again. Having experienced the power of words through her past clientele, Violet asks if Isabella wishes to write a letter to Taylor. Will Violet be able to help Isabella convey her feelings to her long-lost sister?

Directed by Haruka Fujita
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Summer Ghost(2021)

3.6/5 (with 39 votes)

An urban legend says that lighting fireworks at an abandoned airfield will beckon the "summer ghost," a spirit that can answer any question. Three teenagers, Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryo, each have their own reason to show up one day. When a ghost named Ayane appears, she reveals she is only visible to those "who are about to touch their death." Compelled by the ghost and her message, Tomoya begins regularly visiting the airfield to uncover the true purpose of her visits.

Directed by Loundraw

Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie(2022)

4.3/5 (with 50 votes)

Takagi and Nishikata are in their final year of middle school, and have both anxiety and hope for the future. During the summer of their final year, on the day before summer vacation starts, the two find a kitten that they name Hana. They decide to take care of the kitten themselves until they can find its mother.

Directed by Hiroaki Akagi

Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop(2021)

3.7/5 (with 104 votes)

After meeting one day, a shy boy who expresses himself through haiku and a bubbly but self-conscious girl share a brief, magical summer.

Directed by Kyōhei Ishiguro

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time(2006)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 38min | Fantasy, Animation, Drama, Science Fiction
3.9/5 (with 877 votes)

When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.

Directed by Mamoru Hosoda

Her Blue Sky(2019)

3.6/5 (with 49 votes)

High school student Aoi Aioi lives with her elder sister, Akane, after a tragic accident took their parents away 13 years ago. Because Akane has since been taking care of her single-handedly, Aoi wants to move to Tokyo after her graduation to relieve her sister's burden and pursue a musical career, inspired by Akane's ex-boyfriend Shinnosuke "Shinno" Kanamuro. Shinno was part of a band until he left for Tokyo to become a professional guitarist after the sisters' parents passed away, and he was never to be seen again.

Directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai

Ride Your Wave(2019)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 35min | Animation, Romance / Love, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
3.8/5 (with 128 votes)

Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love. Just as they become inseparable, Minato loses his life in an accident at sea. Hinako is so distraught that she can no longer even look at the ocean, but one day she sings a song that reminds her of their time together, and Minato appears in the water. From then on, she can summon him in any watery surface as soon as she sings their song, but can the two really remain together forever? And what is the real reason for Minato's sudden reappearance?

Directed by Masaaki Yuasa

Drifting Home(2022)

3.8/5 (with 99 votes)

One fateful summer, a group of elementary school kids set adrift on an abandoned apartment building must look within themselves to find a way back home.

Directed by Hiroyasu Ishida

Tamako Love Story(2014)

3.5/5 (with 68 votes)

Devoted to her family’s rice-cake–making business and the high school baton club, Tamako is a little slow when it comes to love. She’s oblivious to her childhood friend Mochizo’s affections, even though all their friends know. With graduation closing in and Mochizo leaving for Tokyo, will Tamako realise her feelings and tell him in time?

Directed by Naoko Yamada

Given(2020)

4.1/5 (with 172 votes)

The relationship between a band's bassist, their drummer, and the drummer’s roommate and ex-boyfriend, who is a professional violinist.

Directed by Hikaru Yamaguchi

Little Women(1949)

3.7/5 (with 98 votes)

Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord Mass in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the civil war, the sisters: Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother - a very outspoken women for her time. The story is of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world.

Goodbye, Don Glees!(2022)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 35min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

Teen misfits Roma, Toto, and Drop call themselves the “Don Glees,” an informal name for their backyard adventures. One day, when the trio gets blamed for a nearby forest fire, they set off into the woods to prove their innocence. As disaster strikes their expedition, tensions flare between the friends as they realize that growing up has taken them on wildly different paths in life.

Directed by Atsuko Ishizuka

The Informers(2008)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 38min | Drama
2.3/5 (with 90 votes)

A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly well-off characters who numb their sense of emptiness with casual sex, violence, and drugs.

Dou kyu sei – Classmates(2016)

4.2/5 (with 146 votes)

Rihito Sajo, an honor student with a perfect score on the entrance exam and Hikaru Kusakabe, in a band and popular among girls, would have never crossed paths. Until one day they started talking at the practice for their school’s upcoming chorus festival. After school, the two meet regularly, as Hikaru helps Rihito to improve his singing skills. While they listen to each other’s voice and harmonize, their hearts start to beat together.

Directed by Shōko Nakamura

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me(2018)

1h 34min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
4.0/5 (with 41 votes)

Yuuta and Rikka are in their third year of high school. One day in Spring, Touka declares that she will take Rikka to Italy with her, as her job has stabilized there and thinks they should migrate together as a family. Touka is also worried about Rikka not being competent enough to advance to universities in Japan. The gangs from the club suggested Yuuta, who doesn't want to be separated, to elope with Rikka!! A runaway drama throughout Japan begins.

Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara

K-ON! The Movie(2011)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 50min | Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure, Comedy, Music
4.0/5 (with 32 votes)

Graduation draws near for Yui, Ritsu, Mio and Tsumugi, the four 3rd-year students of the Light Music Club. They, together with Azusa, decide to go on a post-graduation trip. Their destination, decided by Lot, is London!

Directed by Naoko Yamada

Child of Kamiari Month(2021)

3.3/5 (with 21 votes)

A year after losing her mother, a young girl learns that she must journey across Japan to the annual gathering of gods in the sacred land of Izumo.

Directed by Takana Shirai

Urban Cowboy(1980)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 12min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 110 votes)

After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, where he falls in love with Sissy, a cowgirl who believes the sexes are equal. They eventually marry, but their relationship is turbulent due to Bud's traditional view of gender roles. Jealousy over his rival leads to their separation, but Bud attempts to win Sissy back by triumphing at Gilley's mechanical bull-riding competition.

Little Forest(2018)

1h 43min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 58 votes)

A young woman leaves the city to return to her hometown in the countryside. Seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, she becomes self-sufficient in a bid to reconnect with nature.

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