Movies like Orange: Future
If Orange: Future's mix of depression, high school and suicide stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Orange: Future's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Your Name.
2016 · Directed by Makoto Shinkai · 106 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: high school, time travel, romance · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers.
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A Silent Voice: The Movie
2016 · Directed by Naoko Yamada · 129 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: high school, suicide, school · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion.
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Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl
2019 · Directed by Soichi Masui · 90 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: tragedy, school, school life · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara.
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2006 · Directed by Mamoru Hosoda · 98 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: high school, time travel, school · Also a Japanese animated film
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps.
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The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
2022 · Directed by Tomohisa Taguchi · 83 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: high school, time travel, tragedy · Also a Japanese animated film
Urashima Tunnel – Once you enter that tunnel, you can get whatever you want, but at a price. Kaoru Tohno, who seems to have an elusive personality and traumatic past, and Anzu Hanashiro, who is struggling to reconcile…
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Dou kyu sei – Classmates
2016 · Directed by Shoko Nakamura · 61 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: high school, school life · Also a Japanese romance · From the same decade (2010s)
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.
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Given
2020 · Directed by Hikaru Yamaguchi · 60 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: high school, tragedy · Also a Japanese animated film
Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.
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The Anthem of the Heart
2015 · Directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai · 119 min7.6
Why you'll like itWith Makoto Furukawa · Shares: high school · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. Will Naruse be able to convey the anthem of her heart?
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From Up on Poppy Hill
2011 · Directed by Goro Miyazaki · 91 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: high school, romance · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off…
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Stand by Me Doraemon
2014 · Directed by Takashi Yamazaki · 94 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: time travel, school · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
Sewashi and Doraemon find themselves way back in time and meet Nobita. It is up to Doraemon to take care of Nobita or else he will not return to the present.
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Colorful
2010 · Directed by Keiichi Hara · 127 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: suicide, school life · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kobayashi Makoto, who has just committed…
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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
2018 · Directed by Shinichiro Ushijima · 108 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: tragedy · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.