20 Japanese Romance Movies to Watch
A curated MovieDB guide to 20 titles selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
Rank 1Movie
Your Name.
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. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
Runner-up picks
2Movie
A Silent Voice: The Movie
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. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?
3Movie
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.
More rankings
4MovieLet Me Eat Your Pancreas
2017★ 7.0
5MovieWe Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021★ 7.7
6MovieThe 100th Love with You
2017★ 7.6
7MovieHeavenly Forest
2006★ 7.5
8MovieMy Tomorrow, Your Yesterday
2016★ 7.5
9MovieThe Last 10 Years
2022★ 7.2
10MovieDrawing Closer
2024★ 8.4
11MovieApril, Come She Will
2024★ 7.0
12MovieLove Like the Falling Petals
2022★ 8.0
13MovieOrange
2015★ 7.3
14MovieFrom Me to You
2010★ 7.2
15MovieClosest Love to Heaven
2017★ 7.6
16MovieThe Liar and His Lover
2013★ 7.6
17MovieMy Little Monster
2018★ 7.6
18MovieDaytime Shooting Star
2017★ 7.4
19MovieNo Longer Heroine
2015★ 6.6
20MovieCrying Out Love in the Center of the World
2004★ 7.3
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A curated MovieDB guide to 20 titles selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
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