Movies like Summer Ghost
If Summer Ghost's mix of slice of life, school and short film stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Summer Ghost's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2006 · Directed by Mamoru Hosoda · 98 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: slice of life, school · Also a Japanese fantasy 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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Your Name.
2016 · Directed by Makoto Shinkai · 106 min8.5
Why you'll like itWith Nobunaga Shimazaki · Shares: school · Also a Japanese animated film
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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Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
2019 · Directed by Haruka Fujita · 90 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: slice of life · Also a Japanese drama
Violet Evergarden, a former soldier returned from war, comes to teach at a women's academy and changes a young girl's life.
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BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-
2024 · Directed by Shunsuke Ishikawa · 91 min7.6
Why you'll like itWith Nobunaga Shimazaki · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2020s)
When apathetic gamer Nagi agrees to join his rich classmate Mikage in soccer, their partnership leads to the famous Blue Lock program — and to changes.
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Drifting Home
2022 · Directed by Hiroyasu Ishida · 121 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: slice of life · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2020s)
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.
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How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
2019 · Directed by Tim Johnson · 22 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and fantasy
It's been ten years since the dragons moved to the Hidden World, and even though Toothless doesn't live in New Berk anymore, Hiccup continues the holiday traditions he once shared with his best friend.
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Monster High: Haunted
2015 · Directed by Dan Fraga · 75 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: school · Also animation and fantasy
Lurk what's waiting for the Monster High ghouls when they bring their killer fashion to the howlways of the spooktacular Haunted High! When the ghouls of Monster High follow Spectra Vondergeist one day, they discover a…
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The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
2010 · Directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto · 162 min7.9
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion
2013 · Directed by Yukihiro Miyamoto · 117 min7.7
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese mystery
Following Madoka's rewriting of the universe, sacrificing herself and her happy normal days to save all magical girls from the cruel fate that awaited them by wiping witches out of existence, the despair still manifest…
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Angel's Egg
1985 · Directed by Mamoru Oshii · 71 min7.7
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
In the ruins of a strange city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms. She bonds with a boy who is searching for a bird he saw in a dream.
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Children Who Chase Lost Voices
2011 · Directed by Makoto Shinkai · 116 min7.2
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento.