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1. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Animation, Drama
A young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption.
Directors: Taichi Ishidate, Naoko Yamada | Stars: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yûki, Kenshô Ono
Votes: 101,352
2. Tag (2015)
85 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A girl's life cascades into chaos as everyone around her suffers a gruesome fate while she becomes less certain of who she is and her once-once normal.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano, Yuki Sakurai
Votes: 8,099
3. Lesson of the Evil (2012)
Unrated | 129 min | Horror, Thriller
A popular high school teacher concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Takehiro Hira, Hideaki Itô, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 6,793
4. Survival Family (2016)
117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
After a sudden worldwide power cut, a Tokyo family are caught up in the chaos as millions traverse the country in search of electricity.
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Fumiyo Kohinata, Eri Fukatsu, Yuki Izumisawa, Wakana Aoi
Votes: 3,013
5. Orange (2015)
139 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A girl mysteriously receives advice from her future self and as a result her group of friends, along with a newly arrived, troubled classmate, learn how to be better friends and a better community.
Director: Kôjirô Hashimoto | Stars: Tao Tsuchiya, Kento Yamazaki, Ryô Ryûsei, Hirona Yamazaki
Votes: 1,972
6. The Machine Girl (2008)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Maimed while seeking revenge, a girl becomes stronger than ever.
Director: Noboru Iguchi | Stars: Minase Yashiro, Asami, Nobuhiro Nishihara, Kentarô Shimazu
Votes: 10,699
7. Tokyo Revengers (2021)
TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A middle-aged loser travels in time to his school years, and, in order to save the love of his life from future doom, he must become the leader of a dreaded school gang.
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Yuki Yamada, Yôsuke Sugino, Keita Arai
Votes: 1,903
8. My Rainy Days (2009)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Seventeen year old high school student Rio Ozawa is always the center of attention due to her beauty. Yet Rio has never cared about anyone but herself due to her traumatic past. Her friends... See full summary »
Director: Yuri Kanchiku | Stars: Nozomi Sasaki, Shôsuke Tanihara, Hikaru Yamamoto, Mitsuki Ôishi
Votes: 2,387
9. Heroine Disqualified (2015)
112 min | Comedy, Romance
Hatori is in love with her childhood friend Rita, but when Rita gets himself a girlfriend Hatoris world turns upside down.
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Mirei Kiritani, Kento Yamazaki, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Towa Araki
Votes: 1,541
10. My Little Monster (2018)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Haru is a trouble maker absentee. Shizuku is a frigid study geek. They may be a weird combination, but Haru is eager to cling to Shizuku.
Director: Shô Tsukikawa | Stars: Masaki Suda, Tao Tsuchiya, Yûki Furukawa, Minami Hamabe
Votes: 797
11. Everyone Is Psychic! (2013– )
29 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
It happens that many inhabitants of Oita Prefecture in southern Japan have extrasensory powers. One student can read others' minds. he is not alone, however, and soon bands with others, who... See full summary »
Stars: Shôta Sometani, Kaho, Erina Mano, Makita Sports
Votes: 279
12. Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Not Rated | 156 min | Drama
Schoolteacher Hisako Oishi forms an emotional bond with her pupils and teaches them various virtues, while at the same time worrying about their future.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Hideko Takamine, Itsuo Watanabe, Makoto Miyagawa, Takeo Terashita
Votes: 2,831
13. Waterboys (2001)
91 min | Comedy, Sport
In a Japanese high school, a class of adolescent geeks joins the new synchronized swimming teacher and takes up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite of the mockeries of the "real sportsmen".
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Akifumi Miura, Kôen Kondô
Votes: 3,062
14. Sakura no sono (2008)
102 min | Drama
In this remake, in the setting of a private girls' school the drama club is putting on the play The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov. With drama on-stage, there is drama off-stage with ... See full summary »
Director: Shun Nakahara | Stars: Saki Fukuda, Saki Terashima, Anne Watanabe, Yûko Ôshima
Votes: 93
15. More Than Friends (2020)
70 min | Drama, Romance
A romantic drama about a man and a woman who, due to a misunderstanding, have held a crush on each other for over 10 years.
Stars: Ong Seong-wu, Shin Ye-eun, Ahn Eun-jin, Lucy Baik
Votes: 666
16. Tonde Saitama (2019)
106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In a world where people are discriminated based on their birthplace, a resident of the much-reviled Saitama Prefecture embarks on a revolutionary campaign to improve things for his home.
Director: Hideki Takeuchi | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Gackt, Yûsuke Iseya, Brother Tom
Votes: 849
17. Kiss Him, Not Me (2020)
90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Kae, a fan of gay romance novels, loses weight after the death of her favorite character. She becomes popular and attracts several cute boys at school.
Director: Norihisa Hiranuma | Stars: Hokuto Yoshino, Fûju Kamio, Nonoka Yamaguchi, Miu Tomita
Votes: 151
18. Real Girl (2018)
114 min | Comedy, Romance
Hikaru Tsutsui is a high school student. He enjoys animation and video games in the virtual world, but he doesn't enjoy his real life. People at his school don't even know he exists. One ... See full summary »
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Ayami Nakajô, Hayato Sano, Hiroya Shimizu, Yuri Tsunematsu
Votes: 352
19. Ima, ai ni yukimasu (2004)
119 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A young woman returns from the dead to her guilt-ridden husband and son, but she cannot remember them.
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Shidô Nakamura, Akashi Takei, Karen Miyama
Votes: 5,022
20. Time Traveller (2010)
Not Rated | 122 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.
Director: Masaaki Taniguchi | Stars: Riisa Naka, Akiyoshi Nakao, Munetaka Aoki, Anna Ishibashi
Votes: 1,721
21. Sundome (2007)
81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hideo Aiba is a virgin at high school. He has never had a girlfriend, is awe of women and mostly involved in his studies, school club and activities and his male friends. Kurumi Sahana has ... See full summary »
Director: Daigo Udagawa | Stars: Kazuki Hiro'oka, Mayuko Irie, Takatsugu Iwama, Takuma Matsuno
Votes: 95
22. Forget Me Not (2015)
94 min | Drama, Romance
A high school student falls in love, but must document their time together to prevent forgetting. What will happen next?
Director: Kei Horie | Stars: Nijirô Murakami, Akari Hayami, Chiharu, Mickey Curtis
Votes: 608
23. Narratage (2017)
140 min | Drama, Romance
Izumi is a sophomore university student when she hears from her former high school teacher and mentor Takashi. They were both involved in the school drama club. She liked him. He liked her.... See full summary »
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Yûtarô Furutachi, Mikako Ichikawa, Miki Kamioka
Votes: 325
24. Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets (2017)
114 min | Drama, Mystery
Hotaro Oreki was forced by his older sister to join the Classic Literature club. Upon joining, he met Eru Chitanda; who have great curiosity. When Eru is curious, the energy saving Hotaro just can't say no.
Director: Mari Asato | Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Alice Hirose, Nazuki Amano, Kanata Hongô
Votes: 256
25. The Girl in the Sun (2013)
128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A salesman named Kosuke Okuda happens to meet Mao Watarai, a friend from his middle school days. Back then Mao was bullied, but now she is an attractive woman. Kosuke and Mao fall in love and decide to marry, but Mao has a secret.
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Masaki Suda, Tôko Miura, Tetsuji Tamayama
Votes: 1,023
26. Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight (2019)
115 min | Comedy, Romance
A stern young girl who yearns for romance, finds herself involved with a celebrity whose image reveals a hidden persona.
Director: Takehiko Shinjô | Stars: Ryôta Katayose, Kanna Hashimoto, Gordon Maeda, Alissa Yagi
Votes: 300
27. Hatsuyuki no koi (2007)
102 min | Romance
Min is a Korean boy moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he meets Nanae, a beautiful Japanese girl with stunning eyes who is aspiring to be a painter. ... See full summary »
Director: Han Sang-hee | Stars: Lee Joon-gi, Aoi Miyazaki, Seon-Yeong Baek, Yeon-hui Gu
Votes: 971
28. Love and Lies (2017)
106 min | Drama, Romance
This live-action film is set in a modern Japan where the government combats a low birthrate by matching men and women dependent on an analysis of their DNA. With two men and a girl as the ... See full summary »
Director: Takeshi Furusawa | Stars: Aoi Morikawa, Takumi Kitamura, Kanta Satô, Nana Asakawa
Votes: 266
29. Pieta in the Toilet (2015)
120 min | Drama
Hiroshi is an art school graduate who abandoned his dream as an artist to work as a window cleaner. When he realizes he has only three months left in his life, he meets a high school ... See full summary »
Director: Daishi Matsunaga | Stars: Yôjirô Noda, Hana Sugisaki, Lily Franky, Kanji Furutachi
Votes: 302
30. The Tale of Iya (2013)
169 min | Drama
As a tunnel construction project threatens the natural order of one of Japan's last untouched regions, an old man and his granddaughter Haruna's humble lifestyle begins to influence the outlook of a man from Tokyo.
Director: Tetsuichirô Tsuta | Stars: Rina Takeda, Shima Ônishi, Min Tanaka, Hitoshi Murakami
Votes: 373
31. I'm Underage But I'm Not a Child (2017)
105 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Karin Oriyama is 16 years old. She is in high school and about to get married.
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Kento Nakajima, Yûna Taira, Yuri Chinen, Sylvia Grab
Votes: 248
32. We Were There: True Love (2012)
121 min | Drama, Romance
Nanami and Yano were in-love. But because of unavoidable circumstances, they cannot commit to their plans and promises. They can decided whether they want to live life as it is, or find a way back to each other's arms.
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Narumi Akizuki, Yumi Asô
Votes: 545
33. Too Young to Die! Wakakushite shinu (2016)
125 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Supernatural comedy about an unlucky high school student who dies in a bus crash during a school trip only to be press-ganged into a demonic rock band in Hell. Daisuke (Ryunosuke Kamiki) ... See full summary »
Director: Kankurô Kudô | Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Aoi Morikawa, Kenta Kiritani
Votes: 730
34. Chihayafuru Part III (2018)
128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The third part of the "Chihayafuru" trilogy that takes place 2 years after "Chihayafuru Part II". Chihaya is now a high school senior who is ready to enter another national competition alongside her friends.
Director: Norihiro Koizumi | Stars: Suzu Hirose, Shûhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi
Votes: 679
35. Dear Friends (2007)
115 min | Drama
Rina is the it girl. She is thin, has long hair, is flaunting and dresses attractively. Every man wants to be with her and every woman wants to be like her. She also happens to be ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuyuki Morosawa | Stars: Kentaro Arai, Avery Fane, Masaya Kikawada, Keiko Kitagawa
Votes: 444
36. Oppai barê (2009)
102 min | Comedy, Sport
A female teacher takes charge of a high school volleyball club and promises to show the students her breasts if they can win the next game.
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Munetaka Aoki, Tôru Nakamura, Seiji Fukushi
Votes: 725
37. Have a Song on Your Lips (2015)
132 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Yuri Kashiwagi was once known as a genius pianist. One day, she returns to her hometown in Goto Islands from Tokyo. There, she begins to work as a temporary teacher at a middle school and ... See full summary »
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Yui Aragaki, Fumino Kimura, Kenta Kiritani, Yuri Tsunematsu
Votes: 719
38. Saimon & Tada Takashi (2018)
83 min | Drama
Saimon is friends with Takashi. Both are juniors at the same high school. They will go their separate ways upon graduation. Saimon is destined for university. Takashi is headed to his ... See full summary »
Director: Manabu Oda | Stars: Itsuki Sakamoto, Kenta Suga, Yuki Mamiya, Kai Inowaki
Votes: 8
39. Ani ni aisaresugite komattemasu (2017)
30 min | Family, Romance
First comes the comic book and then follows the serial. There is a schoolgirl with so many schoolboys around her. She falls in love. She is rejected. She is accepted and it is all about ... See full summary »
Stars: Tao Tsuchiya, Ryôta Katayose, Yûdai Chiba, Takuya Kusakawa
Votes: 141
40. Kindaichi shonen no jikembo: Shanghai ningyo densetsu (1997)
116 min | Comedy, Horror, Crime
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Tsuyoshi Dômoto, Masato Furuoya, Satoshi Hashimoto, Pepe Hozumi
Votes: 108
41. Leaving on the 15th Spring (2013)
114 min | Drama
A minor island of Okinawa in Southern Japan has limited technology and no high school. When teenagers reach the age of 15, they have to decide to stay on the island or leave for higher education.
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshida | Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Toshihito Kokubo, Ayaka Miyoshi, Saori
Votes: 184
42. Seto and Utsumi (2016)
75 min | Drama
In a series of segments two different and contrasting high school students share experiences in their young lives as they idle away the extra time on their hands. One is serious and the ... See full summary »
Director: Tatsushi Ômori | Stars: Sôsuke Ikematsu, Motomi Makiguchi, Takuya Matsumoto, Ayami Nakajô
Votes: 826
43. Akko's Secret (2012)
120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Young Atsuko Kagami comes into possession of a magical mirror that lets her transform into anything she wishes. Atsuko Kagami then attempts to save a company which is about to be sold by ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuhiro Kawamura | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Ai Yoshikawa, Masaki Okada, Takeshi Kaga
Votes: 328
44. Solomon's Perjury (2015)
121 min | Thriller
A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death; if he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Ryôko Fujino, Mizuki Itagaki, Anna Ishii, Hiroya Shimizu
Votes: 604
45. Garasu no nô (1999)
100 min | Drama, Romance
"Wake up! I'm a Prince!" 'Sleeping Bride' or 'Glass Brain' is teenage love-story of a girl who sleeps for 17 years, her only hope, a young boy...
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Lisa Gotô, Hiroki Kohara, Takaaki Enoki, Yûko Natori
Votes: 210
46. Saki Achiga-hen episode of side-A (2018)
112 min | Drama
The mahjong club at the girl school is determined to win the national tournament. Following the TV serial where the club members win the tournament, the five students compete to reach the ... See full summary »
Director: Yûichi Onuma | Stars: Hiyori Sakurada, Momoka Itô, Yuri Tsunematsu, Koume Watanabe
Votes: 34
47. The Harimaya Bridge (2009)
TV-G | 120 min | Drama
After the sudden death of his estranged son in rural Japan, an American man must go there to claim some important family items. While there, he discovers some secrets his son left behind.
Director: Aaron Woolfolk | Stars: Bennet Guillory, Saki Takaoka, Misa Shimizu, Danny Glover
Votes: 222 | Gross: $0.05M
48. Ninkyo Gakuen (2019)
119 min | Comedy, Crime
A high school and its students are in shambles and far from anything anyone would describe as doing well. The thugs of the Akimotogumi yakuza decide to take the matter up and assert ... See full summary »
Director: Hisashi Kimura | Stars: Toshiyuki Nishida, Hidetoshi Nishijima
Votes: 77
49. Yôkô the Cherry Blossom (2015)
114 min | Drama
What is more symbolic of Japan than sakura, the cherry blossom? This is the story of Masaaki Takaoka, a mid-twentieth century rural high school teacher, who worked on creating a specimen ... See full summary »
Director: Gen Takahashi | Stars: Su-Yeon Gu, Naomi Hase, Kyôko Hayami, Gen Idemitsu
Votes: 28
50. Waruboro (2007)
109 min | Comedy
Ko-chan used to be an ordinary student, but a fight with another student changed all of that. He fights now, is in brawls, finds trouble and makes trouble and is a de facto gang member. He ... See full summary »
Director: Yasushi Sumida | Stars: Ryôhei Abe, Yui Aragaki, Seiji Fukushi, Katsutaka Furuhata
Votes: 121