Movies like Kitokito! (2007)
The best movies like Kitokito! (2007) are SubUrbia (1997), Family Weekend (2013) and Treasure (2024). If Kitokito! hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDon't Think Twice (2016)6.4/10 from 429 votes
- NewestStardom in Toyama 2026 Jun. (2026)Released 2026
- In JapaneseAchilles and the Tortoise (2008)Also in Japanese
SubUrbia (1997)
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFamily Weekend (2013)
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTreasure (2024)
A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she's eager to make sense of her family's past, her dad has an agenda of his own.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAchilles and the Tortoise (2008)
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSomewhere in Queens (2023)
Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIt Runs in the Family (2003)
This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Good Half (2024)
Renn Wheeland returns home to Cleveland for his mother's funeral. Once there, he forges new relationships while healing old ones, before confronting his problems and trying to face his grief.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCQ (2001)
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisIn the Soup (1992)
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOn Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDon't Think Twice (2016)
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHouse of D (2004)
In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression after the death of her husband, the young boy is left to his own devices. When Tom develops a crush on schoolmate Melissa, Pappass feels abandoned and begins behaving erratically.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
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 · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Own Love Song (2010)
A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAlmost Friends (2017)
A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine where they are in their lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLandline (2017)
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChloe and Theo (2015)
A young woman, Chloe, living by her wits on the streets of New York City, has a chance meeting with a wise Inuit Eskimo, Theo, who was sent to New York by his elders to provide a message to the people of the world – We either change our destructive was or be destroyed by them. Chloe, who has been searching for something to believe in, becomes inspired by Theo and , with the help of a kind lawyer, Monica, the three of them present Theo’s story to the United Nations in hopes of creating a better future for all of us.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSavage House (2026)
Against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – Sir Chauncey Savage and Lady Savage blindly pursue a better life. It's not without a tinge of irony that their family name is the Savages, for this is a Savage House indeed, filled with duels, decadence, and bloodshed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWildflower (2023)
The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite agree on the best way to help.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLady Windermere's Fan (1925)
A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStardom in Toyama 2024 (2024)
Stardom in Toyama 2024 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on June 9, 2024, at Wohlfahrt Toyama 2F Multipurpose Hall in Toyama, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Stardom in Toyama 2026 Jun. (2026)
Stardom in Toyama 2026 Jun. was a professional wrestling event produced by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on June 28, 2026, at the Toyama Industrial Exhibition Hall Techno Hall East Building in Toyama, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Stardom in Toyama (2023)
Stardom in Toyama was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on May 21, 2023 at Toyama Industry Exhibition Hall Techno Hall in Toyama, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Stardom in Toyama 2024 Oct. (2024)
Stardom in Toyama 2024 Oct. was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on October 14, 2024, at Wohlfahrt Toyama 2F Multipurpose Hall in Toyama, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Marigold Spring Victory Series 2026 ~ Day 9 (2026)
Marigold Spring Victory Series 2026 ~ Day 9 was a professional wrestling event promoted by Dream Star★Fighting Marigold. It took place on April 5, 2026 at Wohlfahrt Toyama 2F Multipurpose Hall in Toyama, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Stardom 5★STAR Grand Prix 2021 in Toyama (2021)
5★STAR Grand Prix 2021 in Toyama was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on September 23, 2021 at Wohlfahrt Toyama 2F Multipurpose Hall in Toyama, Japan. It served as the sixteenth and penultimate show for the company's annual round-robin singles tournament and included three remaining block matches from the field of 20 competitors.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Stardom in Toyama (2022)
Stardom in Toyama was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on October 8, 2022 at Wohlfahrt Toyama 2F Multipurpose Hall in Toyama, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Crossroads (2011)
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009)
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only by cave-ins and flooding, but by strife between management and the workers's union. Adding to Kitagawa's stress is the knowledge that as his attention is pulled inexorably toward the tunnel construction, his youngest daughter is dying from leukemia.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Kitokito!?
The closest matches to Kitokito! are SubUrbia (1997), Family Weekend (2013) and Treasure (2024). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Kitokito!?
Start with SubUrbia (1997), the closest match to Kitokito!.
What is the highest-rated movie like Kitokito!?
Don't Think Twice (2016), rated 6.4/10 by 429 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Kitokito!?
Stardom in Toyama 2026 Jun. (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Kitokito!?
Yes: Achilles and the Tortoise (2008), Stardom in Toyama 2024 (2024) and Stardom in Toyama 2026 Jun. (2026).
How are movies similar to Kitokito! chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Kitokito!, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.