Movies like The Sex Outpatient Clinic 21: Up Close with the "Idol Nurse" — the Hospital's Most Charming Sumire-san (2023)
The best movies like The Sex Outpatient Clinic 21: Up Close with the "Idol Nurse" — the Hospital's Most Charming Sumire-san (2023) are Cactus Flower (1969), Carry On Doctor (1967) and Dying Young (1991). If The Sex Outpatient Clinic 21: Up Close with the "Idol Nurse" — the Hospital's Most Charming Sumire-san hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

Quick picks
- Highest ratedOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)8.4/10 from 11,970 votes
- NewestDrawing Closer (2024)Released 2024
- In JapaneseDrawing Closer (2024)Also in Japanese
Cactus Flower (1969)
A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCarry On Doctor (1967)
Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDying Young (1991)
After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOperation Petticoat (1959)
A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPatch Adams (1998)
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWoman of Straw (1964)
Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrescription for Love (2019)
Claire’s life as a nurse in a busy hospital is complicated by a supervisor who is intent on making her miserable with tedious and extra tasks. Claire’s only relief is the patients she treats, and even that is not always a picnic. On a rare night off, she attends a dance performance and gets trapped in an elevator with a charming man. There is an instant connection between them, but as they are “rescued” from the elevator, they are pulled away from each other before they can exchange names and numbers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBritannia Hospital (1982)
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEverything, Everything (2017)
A teenager who's lived a sheltered life because she's allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves in next door.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPearl Harbor (2001)
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBridal Wave (2015)
With her wedding day rapidly approaching, an anxious bride-to-be has doubts about her pending marriage. At a romantic island resort, she encounters a handsome kindred spirit and must now decide if her "perfect" fiancé is really her true love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Disorderly Orderly (1964)
Poor Jerome Littlefield. He wants to be a doctor – but that's not exactly the perfect career choice when you're hopelessly squeamish. So he settles for the job of orderly at the Whitestone Sanitarium, a career move that's guaranteed to keep the patients – and viewers – in stitches!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCarry On Again Doctor (1969)
Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSecretary (2002)
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisDrawing Closer (2024)
With only a year left to live, 17-year-old Akito finds new meaning in life by bringing joy to a terminally ill girl who has just six months remaining.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisRed Angel (1966)
In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. She has to assist the surgeon Dr. Okabe with an incredible number of amputations. In the crowded wards, she gives sympathy to some of the soldiers, including sexually servicing one who has lost both arms and has no hope of returning home. She falls in love with Dr. Okabe, and follows him to the front, even though he is impotent from his morphine addiction.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Girl Missing (2019)
Ichiko works as a private nurse for a family she almost became a part of. While Ichiko cares for the grandmother, she is also a confidant to Motoko, the eldest sister. But one day, Motoko’s younger sister disappears. And the media soon reveal the kidnapper to be Ichiko’s own nephew.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisClover (2014)
Saya Suzuki is an ordinary employee working at a hotel. She falls in love with her elite boss Susumu Tsuge. Through their romance, Saya Suzuki grows as a person.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJust Go with It (2011)
While romancing Palmer, a much younger schoolteacher, plastic surgeon Danny Maccabee enlists his loyal assistant Katherine to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, Katherine's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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What are the best movies like The Sex Outpatient Clinic 21: Up Close with the "Idol Nurse" — the Hospital's Most Charming Sumire-san?
The closest matches to The Sex Outpatient Clinic 21: Up Close with the "Idol Nurse" — the Hospital's Most Charming Sumire-san are Cactus Flower (1969), Carry On Doctor (1967) and Dying Young (1991). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Sex Outpatient Clinic 21: Up Close with the "Idol Nurse" — the Hospital's Most Charming Sumire-san?
Start with Cactus Flower (1969), the closest match to The Sex Outpatient Clinic 21: Up Close with the "Idol Nurse" — the Hospital's Most Charming Sumire-san.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Sex Outpatient Clinic 21: Up Close with the "Idol Nurse" — the Hospital's Most Charming Sumire-san?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), rated 8.4/10 by 11,970 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Sex Outpatient Clinic 21: Up Close with the "Idol Nurse" — the Hospital's Most Charming Sumire-san?
Drawing Closer (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like The Sex Outpatient Clinic 21: Up Close with the "Idol Nurse" — the Hospital's Most Charming Sumire-san?
Yes: Drawing Closer (2024), Red Angel (1966) and A Girl Missing (2019).
How are movies similar to The Sex Outpatient Clinic 21: Up Close with the "Idol Nurse" — the Hospital's Most Charming Sumire-san chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Sex Outpatient Clinic 21: Up Close with the "Idol Nurse" — the Hospital's Most Charming Sumire-san, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.



















