Movies like Haikara Girl (2007)
The best movies like Haikara Girl (2007) are Radiance (2017), Not Easily Broken (2009) and His Motorbike, Her Island (1986). If Haikara Girl hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedGabriel's Inferno: Part III (2020)8.3/10 from 1,097 votes
- NewestLife in a Year (2020)Released 2020
- In JapaneseRadiance (2017)Also in Japanese
Radiance (2017)
The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNot Easily Broken (2009)
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHis Motorbike, Her Island (1986)
Ko, a motorbike enthusiast from the city wandering the Japanese countryside, falls for the carefree local Miyo and teaches her how to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy, Ko begins to fear she's destined to crash.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFire with Fire (1986)
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn the Realm of the Senses (1976)
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLife in a Year (2020)
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisRevenge Porn: PAIN OF LOVE (2019)
Rei is a college student in the midst of finding a job. She confesses her love to Mikio, a senior whom she admires. Mikio soon demands that she perform perverted acts.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisI Give My First Love to You (2009)
Takuma knows that his life is shorter than the others and he feels that his demise is getting near. He chose to stay away from the girl that he loves so that she can easily move on. What he didn't know is that he is under-estimating her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDouble Suicide (1969)
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMaria's Lovers (1984)
A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAshes in the Snow (2018)
The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her drawings.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGabriel's Inferno: Part III (2020)
The final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Duke of Burgundy (2015)
Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale, Cynthia yearns for something more conventional, while Evelyn tries to push their taboos even further.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Brilliant Career (1979)
A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGO (2001)
Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLove Everlasting (2016)
Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Tomorrow, Your Yesterday (2016)
Takatoshi Minamiyama majors in art at an university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all his courage, he speaks to her. They begin to date and enjoy happy days together, but Emi reveals her secret to him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRaising Victor Vargas (2003)
Victor, a Lower East Side teenager, as he deals with his eccentric family, including his strict grandmother, his bratty sister, and a younger brother who completely idolizes him. Along the way he tries to win the affections of Judy, who is very careful and calculating when it comes to how she deals with men.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies 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 · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRapist in Uniform: A Sexual Demon (1986)
A high school girl and a teacher form a relationship but the man was arrested on suspicion of indecent conduct. Three years later, the man quit his job as a teacher, worked as a salesman for a general company, had a girlfriend, and was about to get engaged. Then, one day, in town, the two of them had a fateful reunion...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance
Cabaret Diary (1982)
The story of lovers in "Miss Nippon" cabaret in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, where a strict, almost martial, code is followed among employees to bring the business to the top. Workers must follow the rules and a "no relations between workers" policy that's tightly enforced.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Wife's Sexual Fantasy: Before Husband's Eyes (1980)
After a married businessman has his way with a young prostitute he takes good soak in the bath. When he returns to the bedroom he discovers her bloody body. Suddenly two men enter the room with cameras proceed to blackmail him. At first they just want money but when they find out the businessman has a sexy wife she becomes part of the payment.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Lewd Family: Stepmother's Bedroom (1991)
Wataru, a young, nerdy man who also narrates the film's story, uses some of his time to peep on his parents having sex, as well as on his sister, and is often seen masturbating to a porn magazine.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Madame O (1967)
After being brutally gang-raped, a young girl grows into a woman with a double life: She's a well-to-do doctor by day and, by night, a revenge-driven streetwalker who uses sex as a weapon. That all changes when she finally falls in love and begins a new life with her husband -- only to discover that he has a troubling secret of his own.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Sigh of Roses (1972)
Depicting female karma and sexual sorrow in the midst of revenge and immorality, a woman betrayed by her lover plans to take revenge on him by seducing his only son and dragging him into a sensual trap, but before long she too is writhing in delight and falling in love with him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
High School Female Teacher: Defiled Sex (2001)
One day, Sayoko is raped by a masked man after school, but afterwards, she asks her student Takao, who enters the classroom, to keep it a secret. A few days later, Sayoko finds an envelope containing a threatening letter. Sayoko confides in Takao and goes with him to the meeting place, but no one shows up. Terrified, Sayoko calls her husband, Koichi, but it's his mistress, Yuki, who answers the phone. Takao gently comforts the wounded Sayoko, and they finally sleep together...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Me and Daddy (1999)
Naoya has just started working and living on his own. He has never dated a girl, and he's never been in love. Naoya's father is a very busy and talented editor. One day, Naoya happens to see his father in the city. His father kisses the man he was waiting for and disappears into the hotel district. Naoya is shocked to find out that his father is gay...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Death Penalty: Female Prisoner SAORI (2004)
Saori, who was sentenced to death, has escaped from prison! Detectives Narita and Yamazaki are in pursuit of Saori. As Narita tries to handcuff her, she slashes his arm with a hatchet hidden on her back, then escapes again. As she continues on the run, Saori continues to commit murder. Where is she headed? And what is her true purpose...?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Haikara Girl?
The closest matches to Haikara Girl are Radiance (2017), Not Easily Broken (2009) and His Motorbike, Her Island (1986). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Haikara Girl?
Start with Radiance (2017), the closest match to Haikara Girl.
What is the highest-rated movie like Haikara Girl?
Gabriel's Inferno: Part III (2020), rated 8.3/10 by 1,097 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Haikara Girl?
Life in a Year (2020) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Haikara Girl?
Yes: Radiance (2017), His Motorbike, Her Island (1986) and In the Realm of the Senses (1976).
How are movies similar to Haikara Girl chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Haikara Girl, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.