Movies like Groper Train: Wait Until It Leaves (1985)
The best movies like Groper Train: Wait Until It Leaves (1985) are Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express - the Movie (2026), Mai Mai Miracle (2009) and A Thousand and One Nights (1969). If Groper Train: Wait Until It Leaves hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Groper Train: Wait Until It Leaves
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSherlock Jr. (1924)8.0/10 from 1,239 votes
- NewestMilky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express - the Movie (2026)Released 2026
- In JapaneseMilky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express - the Movie (2026)Also in Japanese
Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express - the Movie (2026)
Six delinquents are tasked with cleaning a train as part of a community service program. But when the train suddenly takes off, chaos ensues.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisMai Mai Miracle (2009)
Inspired by her grandfather's stories, young Shinko embarks on wild flights of fancy about the history of the little town she lives in. But dreams can't fend off the realities of growing up.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Thousand and One Nights (1969)
Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Brave Little Toaster (1987)
A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRobin Robin (2021)
A bird raised by mice begins to question where she belongs and sets off on a daring journey of self-discovery.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Christmas Train (2017)
Forced to take the intercontinental trip to Los Angeles by train, and determined to chronicle his adventure, disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon finds himself westbound with a variety of characters. While all passengers on the Christmas train appear to be headed for the same destination, Tom has no idea that the rugged locomotives taking him across America will instead detour straight into his heart.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSnoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin (2024)
Franklin is new to town and hoping to make friends, but his usual tactics don't work on the Peanuts gang. When the Soap Box Derby arrives, he's sure it's a chance to impress new pals and teams up with the only other unpartnered kid: Charlie Brown.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCars 3 (2017)
Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen finds himself pushed to the brink—and suddenly, the champion who once ruled the track is fighting just to stay in the race. With his career hanging in the balance, McQueen must turn to an ambitious young race technician with a plan of her own, draw strength from the legacy of the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and risk everything on one last shot at glory.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMind Game (2004)
Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPrep & Landing (2009)
Wayne gets a new rookie partner, Lanny, after his previous partner got the promotion he wanted. Lanny has to remind Wayne of the Spirit of Christmas and the importance of being an elf in Santa's Prep and Landing elite unit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHer Blue Sky (2019)
High school student Aoi Aioi lives with her elder sister, Akane, after a tragic accident took their parents away 13 years ago. Because Akane has since been taking care of her single-handedly, Aoi wants to move to Tokyo after her graduation to relieve her sister's burden and pursue a musical career, inspired by Akane's ex-boyfriend Shinnosuke "Shinno" Kanamuro. Shinno was part of a band until he left for Tokyo to become a professional guitarist after the sisters' parents passed away, and he was never to be seen again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Polar Express (2004)
When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999)
Mickey, Minnie, and their famous friends Goofy, Donald, Daisy and Pluto gather together to reminisce about the love, magic and surprises in three wonder-filled stories of Christmas past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFlying Home (2014)
Colin, an ambitious young American businessman, has a deal with a potential client, a rich Arab sheikh who is a passionate pigeon fancier. The sheikh has tried several times to buy a champion pigeon, but the owner continues to stubbornly refuse his offer. In an attempt to gain the trust of the Sheikh, Colin offers him a deal: if he manages to convince the owner to sell the champion pigeon, the sheikh will agree to do business with Colin's company. But when Colin meets Jos, the grumpy owner of the pigeon, and Isabella, his granddaughter, he realizes that this mission will not be as easy as he had hoped.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisOlaf's Frozen Adventure (2017)
Olaf is on a mission to harness the best holiday traditions for Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisReal Women Have Curves (2002)
In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)
Kazuko Yoshiyama is a third-year junior-high-school student. One day, while cleaning the lab, she smells lavender and faints. From then on, she has the power to travel through time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSherlock Jr. (1924)
A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meager skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Last Song (2010)
A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWanda (1970)
After a string of abusive relationships, Wanda abandons her family and seeks solace in the company of a petty criminal.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUniform Experience Trio: I Am Ripe (1981)
Three high school student girls are on their spring break. They are expecting to get some sex of course. One becomes an adult magazine model. The second one nets a boyfriend. The third one is a little shy and needs helps from her friends. This last girl has fallen in love so her friends take her to his window and, by chance, arrive when mother is performing fellatio on son. The shy and pure third girl is in awe of a mother 'eating' genitalia and wants to give a similar performance.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Jun Marumo's Slut Legend (1984)
A woman frustrated by her fiancé's reluctance for premarital sex sends her on a round of boozing and remembrances of bad sexual encounters. Meanwhile someone is drugging young men late at night and doing unspeakable things to them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Anne's Lullaby (1982)
A single woman has a series of messy relationships while feeling that her maternal clock is running out.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Prey (1990)
An eighteen year old beautiful and restless girl runs away from home to find freedom which she much dreamed of. She come across, instead, is the unsavory characters that start on the road to prostitution.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
First Experience of Passionate Extrovert Woman (2024)
Yeon-joo, a fitness trainer-turned-sexy adult actress who has been strengthened by exercise! Her straightforward, bold story and secret sex life, where men are constantly attracted, begin!
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Gangnam Daughter-in-law (2019)
Ah-yeong, who wants to free herself from poverty and live in Gangnam, coincidentally meets the rich Man-soo, who introduces her to his son, Tae-min. Not long after they start dating, the contract on the house Ah-yeong lives in is terminated and she moves in with Tae-min and Man-soo, just a few months before they get married. However, Ah-yeong starts feeling more attracted to Man-soo, who truly cares for her, instead of Tae-min, who’s incompetent and abusive.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
A Kind Affair (2017)
A housewife who has presenile Alzheimer's feels romance with a young man. She has hot intercourse with him and not her husband who embraces her rachet sex life and holds her with dear love. She feels physical pleasure and delight during intercourse that she's never felt with her husband before! Her affair with the young man starts like that.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Beastie Girls (2017)
About the life in the celebrity and prostitution world. Only those who have been there know what it's like with the relationships with people, misunderstandings, conflicts, worries and sadness.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Unfaithful Wife: In Front of Her Husband's Eyes (1994)
Mayumi Hirose lived with her husband Yasuhiro and younger sister Miki. Her girlfriend Yasuhiro, who was in the prime of his career, was busy every day, had many business trips overseas, and often returned home late at night. One day, my cousin Tadao came to Tokyo from his hometown. Tadao, who lost his family, ends up staying at Mayumi's house.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
A Female Teacher's Dangerous Lust (1996)
Yuko becomes a teacher at an all-boys school. She just spends her days going back and forth between her home and school in vain. And then there was her 30th birthday, which she celebrated alone. At a boutique she stops at to relieve her loneliness, she meets Seiichi, a young clerk. Coincidentally, she is revealed to be the lover of Hideko's younger sister, and before she knows it, they begin to spend sweet nights together.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Groper Train: Wait Until It Leaves?
The closest matches to Groper Train: Wait Until It Leaves are Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express - the Movie (2026), Mai Mai Miracle (2009) and A Thousand and One Nights (1969). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Groper Train: Wait Until It Leaves?
Start with Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express - the Movie (2026), the closest match to Groper Train: Wait Until It Leaves.
What is the highest-rated movie like Groper Train: Wait Until It Leaves?
Sherlock Jr. (1924), rated 8.0/10 by 1,239 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Groper Train: Wait Until It Leaves?
Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express - the Movie (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Groper Train: Wait Until It Leaves?
Yes: Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express - the Movie (2026), Mai Mai Miracle (2009) and A Thousand and One Nights (1969).
How are movies similar to Groper Train: Wait Until It Leaves chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Groper Train: Wait Until It Leaves, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.