Movies like Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015)
The best movies like Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015) are Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014), Little Forest (2018) and Sweet Bean (2015). If Little Forest: Winter/Spring hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedNobody Knows (2004)8.0/10 from 702 votes
- NewestLittle Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025)Released 2025
- In JapaneseLittle Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)Also in Japanese
- Same seriesLittle Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)Little Forest
Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)
Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for pickling and preserving fish and sweet potatoes, Ichiko begins reaping rice and recalls her departure five years before.
Why it matches: Same series: Little Forest · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLittle Forest (2018)
A young woman leaves the city to return to her hometown in the countryside. Seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, she becomes self-sufficient in a bid to reconnect with nature.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSweet Bean (2015)
The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMidnight Diner (2014)
A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and ruckus-raising Kenzo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOur Little Sister (2015)
After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUmami (2023)
Following a near-death experience France's leading chef throws himself into a quest seeking the flavor that has confounded his life since he was defeated by a Japanese chef's bowl of noodles as a young man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Perfect Days (2023)
Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMidnight Diner 2 (2016)
The Master's late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim, and a noodle delivery man struggling with love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEvery Day a Good Day (2018)
A university student attends a Japanese tea ceremony near her house with her cousin. There she has the Japanese tea ceremony in her life and it's there for her during moments when she is sad or happy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAfter the Storm (2016)
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKamome Diner (2006)
On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBunny Drop (2011)
Daikichi learns that his recently deceased grandfather has an illegitimate daughter with an unknown mother. The girl's name is Rin and she is just 6 years old. Everybody in Daikichi's family looks at the girl as an embarrassment and wants no part of her. Disgusted by his family's attitude, Daikichi decides to raise Rin by himself, even though he has no experience raising a child and is still single.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSuzaku (1997)
Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Economic recession and failed development plans cause tragedy in the family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLike Father, Like Son (2013)
Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNobody Knows (2004)
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisI Wish (2011)
Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Broken Mariko (2022)
Shiino one day finds out that her best friend Mariko has committed suicide. After snatching Mariko's urn from her abusive father, Shiino heads to Marigaoka Cape, a place Mariko always wanted to go.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhat Did You Eat Yesterday? (2021)
Kenji is overjoyed when his usually thrifty boyfriend takes him on a trip to Kyoto for his birthday, but the trip ends up uncovering a painful topic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Last Recipe (2017)
A famous chef who is tasked with tracking down a 70-year-old missing recipe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Ramen Shop (2018)
Masato is a young ramen chef in Japan. When he finds his late mother's journal after the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he takes it with him to her native country, Singapore, hoping to piece together the story of his family and his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBread of Happiness (2012)
A couple decide to relocate from Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido where they settle and establish a bakery and café called Mani. One cooks. The other bakes. Everyone walks out happy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaborosi (1995)
A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDistance (2001)
On the third anniversary of a cult's failed chemical attack on Tokyo and their subsequent mass suicide, family members of those affected gather at the cult's former base on the shores of a lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAfter the Rain (2018)
Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club. Working part-time at a restaurant, she finds herself inexplicably falling in love with her manager, a divorced 45-year-old man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTony Takitani (2004)
A reclusive illustrator falls in love with a young woman who addictively shops for clothing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAir Doll (2009)
A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLittle Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025)
The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family's housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature as well as the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family's idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisCall Boy (2018)
Ryo Morinaka is a university student and works part-time at a bar. He is bored with his daily life and exists in a state of torpor. One day, his friend Shinya Tajima brings the owner of a host bar over to the place where Ryo Morinaka works. Shizuka Mido is the owner of the host bar. Soon, Ryo Morinaka begins to work for Shizuka Mido at the members only host bar. He feels embarrassment initially, but he fulfills the desires of women and develops a sense of purpose.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDrive My Car (2021)
Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCafé Lumière (2004)
In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist composer of the 1930s. She is pregnant by a man she does not want to marry and has found a kindred spirit in a used bookstore owner who aids her research.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Little Forest: Winter/Spring?
The closest matches to Little Forest: Winter/Spring are Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014), Little Forest (2018) and Sweet Bean (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Little Forest: Winter/Spring?
People who watched Little Forest: Winter/Spring most often go on to Little Forest (2018), Sweet Bean (2015) and Midnight Diner (2014).
What is the highest-rated movie like Little Forest: Winter/Spring?
Nobody Knows (2004), rated 8.0/10 by 702 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Little Forest: Winter/Spring?
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Little Forest: Winter/Spring part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Little Forest, which includes Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014).
Are there Japanese movies like Little Forest: Winter/Spring?
Yes: Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014), Sweet Bean (2015) and Midnight Diner (2014).
How are movies similar to Little Forest: Winter/Spring chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Little Forest: Winter/Spring, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.