Movies like Memory Drawers
If Memory Drawers's mix of diary and memory stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Memory Drawers's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
2018 · Directed by Shinichiro Ushijima · 108 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: diary · 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.
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When Marnie Was There
2014 · Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi · 103 min7.9
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may…
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Whisper of the Heart
1995 · Directed by Yoshifumi Kondo · 111 min7.9
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: "Seiji Amasawa."
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Only Yesterday
1991 · Directed by Isao Takahata · 119 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
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Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon
1995 · Directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto · 51 min7.3
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
The Z Warriors discover an unopenable music box and are told to open it with the Dragon Balls. The contents turn out to be a warrior named Tapion who had sealed himself inside along with a monster called Hildegarn.
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Mirai
2018 · Directed by Mamoru Hosoda · 98 min7.2
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2010s)
Four-year-old Kun struggles with jealousy after his newborn sister, Mirai, begins receiving most of his family’s attention. Retreating to the garden, he encounters Mirai as a teenager from the future and embarks on…
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Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black
2008 · Directed by Noriyuki Abe · 94 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
A strange disturbance in the World of the Living sends Ichigo and Kon to the Soul Society, where the Seireitei has been devastated by an explosion of reishi and Rukia is missing.
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Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns
2001 · Directed by Masamitsu Hidaka · 63 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
The Team Rocket leader, Giovanni, has found Mewtwo in a remote area of the Johto region. As Giovanni tries to re-capture Mewtwo, Ash and his friends are kidnapped by Domino, a new Team Rocket member, while trying to…
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The Barbie Diaries
2006 · Directed by Kallan Kagan · 70 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: diary
Barbie is disheartened when Todd breaks her heart and goes back to his former girlfriend. But things change when she comes across a diary, which makes her wishes come true.