Movies like Love Live! The School Idol Movie (2015)
The best movies like Love Live! The School Idol Movie (2015) are Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow (2019), K-ON! The Movie (2011) and On-Gaku: Our Sound (2020). If Love Live! The School Idol Movie hooked you with its animation and music, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedKPop Demon Hunters (2025)8.0/10 from 3,364 votes
- NewestCosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026)Released 2026
- In JapaneseLove Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow (2019)Also in Japanese
Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow (2019)
After the idol group Aqours has won the final Love Live! contest, its remaining members prepare to enroll at a new school only to run into some unexpected trouble while the former members go missing on the way to their graduation trip. Separated, the girls begin to realize the value of their friendships as they attempt to find a solution to their various crises.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & animation
K-ON! The Movie (2011)
With graduation right around the corner, every member of the Light Music Club except for Azusa will be leaving for good. But the girls aren’t going to let something as silly as graduation tear them apart! For their final hurrah, the girls are going on the ultimate vacation tour— all the way to London! Their overseas journey will lead them on a trip of discovery and friendship as they take the stage one last time for their final encore together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisOn-Gaku: Our Sound (2020)
A bored trio of high school delinquents start a rock 'n' roll band together. They have no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, but are determined to jam out and impress their only friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWake Up, Girls! - Seven Idols (2014)
Green Leaves Entertainment is a tiny production company on the verge of going out of business in Sendai, Japan. The agency once managed the careers of magicians, photo idols, fortune-tellers, and other entertainers, but its last remaining client finally quit. Faced with having absolutely no one to represent, agency president Tange thinks up a plan to produce an idol group, forming the seven-girl group known as the "Wake Up, Girls".
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & music
BanG Dream! FILM LIVE 2nd Stage (2021)
BanG Dream! FILM LIVE 2nd Stage is the second animated live movie for the BanG Dream! franchise and the sequel to BanG Dream! FILM LIVE.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & music
Trapezium (2024)
High school student Yu Azuma will do whatever it takes to become an idol. Ready to make her dream a reality, she recruits three girls from the four corners of her prefecture. But the road to stardom hides unexpected trials.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & music
Aikatsu! The Movie (2014)
The story of the anime revolves around Ichigo, who was just a normal middle school student until she suddenly got involved in the world of idols. The film will center on Aikatsu!'s greatest "Super Live" concert yet, the Dai Star Miya Ichigo Matsuri. Ichigo prepares for the concert with press conferences, last-minute lessons, and more.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation
High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days (2015)
Middle school freshmen Haruka and Makoto join the school swim team, and have to join forces with their new teammates to win.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLiz and the Blue Bird (2018)
In their last year of high school, two girls in the brass band club perform a song inspired by a fairy tale that parallels their friendship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSing a Bit of Harmony (2021)
Satomi is fine being alone until an AI named Shion joins her class with a song and a promise to make her happy. While Shion’s musical numbers and princess gowns don’t quite pass as human, her antics bring Satomi closer to four other classmates. Together, they make memories worth saving, but even our most precious data can be erased.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTHE iDOLM@STER MOVIE: Beyond the Brilliant Future! (2014)
The idols of 765 Production continue on their neverending journey—towards a new stage, towards a bright and shiny future! The girls and their producer have gone through thick and thin, and have stood face to face with all kinds of difficulties. It's time again for the girls to foster their friendship, and through great discipline, they step forward to their starry future.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & music
Free!: Take Your Marks (2017)
This film consists of all-new stories that are direct continuations of the previous two films and are told in four episodic parts. The four short stories take place in March as Haruka Nanase is about to graduate from Iwatobi High School.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing (2025)
Ichika is a high school musician who can enter a mysterious place called “SEKAI,” where she and her friends express their innermost emotions through music alongside Hatsune Miku. One day after giving a live performance, Ichika meets a new Miku that she has never seen before. No matter how hard this new Miku tries to sing, she struggles connecting with the hearts of her listeners. Miku must rely on the help of others to find a way to sing again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & music
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisLove, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me (2018)
Yuuta and Rikka are in their third year of high school. One day in Spring, Touka declares that she will take Rikka to Italy with her, as her job has stabilized there and thinks they should migrate together as a family. Touka is also worried about Rikka not being competent enough to advance to universities in Japan. The gangs from the club suggested Yuuta, who doesn't want to be separated, to elope with Rikka!! A runaway drama throughout Japan begins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisZombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise (2025)
It’s an alien vs. zombie showdown! Zombie idol group Franchouchou is ready to rock the upcoming Saga Expo—until an alien spaceship appears and rains destruction. As if things couldn’t get any worse, the legendary Tae Yamada regains consciousness and announces her intention to go solo to stop the invasion. With Franchouchou scattered and Earth in peril, can the group reunite in time to save Saga?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Tamako Love Story (2014)
Devoted to her family’s rice-cake–making business and the high school baton club, Tamako is a little slow when it comes to love. She’s oblivious to her childhood friend Mochizo’s affections, even though all their friends know. With graduation closing in and Mochizo leaving for Tokyo, will Tamako realise her feelings and tell him in time?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMacross Delta: Passionate Walküre (2018)
Macross Delta is set in the year 2067, eight years after the events of Macross Frontier. The story focuses on Walküre, a team of talented idols and the Delta Squadron, a team of experienced Valkyrie pilots as they battle against the Var Syndrome, a mysterious phenomena that is consuming the galaxy, alongside the mysterious Aerial Knights Valkyrie fighter team of the Kingdom of Wind. This film recompiles scenes from the television anime with new scenes to tell a different story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & music
Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026)
Iroha's life gets knocked off its orbit when Kaguya, a carefree runaway from the Moon, moves in and convinces her to perform in a virtual world together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & music
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band (2016)
After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school, hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up surrounded by people with an interest in the brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some old friends, some new. However, in the band itself, chaos reigns supreme. Despite their intention to qualify for the national band competition, as they currently are, just competing in the local festival will be a challenge—unless new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & music
Is the Order a Rabbit?? Dear My Sister (2017)
Cocoa visits her family, in the mountains, after quite some time again after her sister Mocha wrote her, through a letter, to come back soon. Her friends will have to spend a week in the town without her, while Cocoa has time with her family that she hasn't seen for a long time. But Chino, Cocoa's self proclaimed little sister, wants to go watch, with Cocoa and all her friends, the fireworks in the fireworks festival, which is coming up in less than a week. Cocoa decides to return early as she misses them all, but will she arrive in time for the climax of the festival?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & animation
Pop in Q (2016)
The story begins the day before the graduation ceremony. Five middle school girls each are preoccupied with their real everyday lives. These girls meet each other in a fantasy world after being sent there through a sudden occurrence. There, they learn about the impending crisis that this world is facing. The way to avert this crisis is for the five to collaborate and bring their five hearts together as one through dance. However, the five cannot come to love the world, and cannot tell their true feelings to one another, so their hearts are unable to unite. The time limit is fast approaching. Can the dance of the five girls save the world? And will they be able to graduate?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & music
BanG Dream! FILM LIVE (2019)
Five bands all have their sights set on stardom as they take the stage in the first theatrical film of the Bang Dream series.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & music
Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest (2023)
Awaiting new club leader Kumiko is the Ensemble Contest, and the school's preliminary competition to determine the representative team to participate. Kumiko tries her best to make it to the preliminaries without incident, but the concert band club is so large that there seems to be no end to the problems. And as club leader, she finds herself busy consulting on all sorts of matters. While the other members are deciding on their teams, Kumiko herself hasn't even decided which she will join...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & music
Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1 (2017)
Too much tankery and not enough studying for her entrance exams has landed Momo in the hot seat! Luckily her friends won’t let her flunk out without a fight, and they’ve hatched a foxy plan to put her back on top. Miho’s stepping down to let Momo take up the mantle of commander, because if she can lead the team to victory in the Continuous Cup, Momo can retake her exams. The stakes have never been higher for the team as they fight for tank supremacy both on and off the combat field!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey aren't selling out stadiums, they're using their secret powers to protect their fans from supernatural threats.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSing (2016)
A koala named Buster recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by hosting a singing competition.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUglyDolls (2019)
In the adorably different town of Uglyville, weirdness is celebrated, strangeness is special and beauty is embraced as more than meets the eye. After traveling to the other side of a mountain, Moxy and her UglyDoll friends discover Perfection -- a town where more conventional dolls receive training before entering the real world to find the love of a child.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisArlo the Alligator Boy (2021)
Upon learning that he is from New York City, a wide-eyed boy, who is half human and half alligator, decides to leave his sheltered life in the swamp and search for his long lost father. A musical adventure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDoraemon the Movie: Nobita's Earth Symphony (2024)
When a malevolent entity intent on eradicating music from the world surfaces, Nobita and his friends must unite with supernatural companions to safeguard the planet.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrolls World Tour (2020)
Queen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery — there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, and their distinct differences create big clashes between these various tribes. When a mysterious threat puts all of the Trolls across the land in danger, Poppy, Branch, and their band of friends must embark on an epic quest to create harmony among the feuding Trolls to unite them against certain doom.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Love Live! The School Idol Movie?
The closest matches to Love Live! The School Idol Movie are Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow (2019), K-ON! The Movie (2011) and On-Gaku: Our Sound (2020). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Love Live! The School Idol Movie?
People who watched Love Live! The School Idol Movie most often go on to Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow (2019), K-ON! The Movie (2011) and On-Gaku: Our Sound (2020).
What is the highest-rated movie like Love Live! The School Idol Movie?
KPop Demon Hunters (2025), rated 8.0/10 by 3,364 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Love Live! The School Idol Movie?
Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Love Live! The School Idol Movie?
Yes: Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow (2019), K-ON! The Movie (2011) and On-Gaku: Our Sound (2020).
How are movies similar to Love Live! The School Idol Movie chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Love Live! The School Idol Movie, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.