Movies like Botchan
If Botchan's mix of coming of age, social injustice and teachers and students stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Botchan's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Monster
2023 · Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda · 125 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age · Also a Japanese drama
After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.
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Dead Poets Society
1989 · Directed by Peter Weir · 129 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age · From the same decade (1980s)
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern…
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Look Back
2024 · Directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama · 58 min8.2
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a…
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Tokyo Story
1953 · Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · 137 min8.1
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese drama
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo.
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Coach Carter
2005 · Directed by Thomas Carter · 136 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: teachers and students
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
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The Outsiders
1983 · Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 91 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age · From the same decade (1980s)
In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival…