10 Best Movies Like Botchan
If you loved Botchan, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Detroit Metal City
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Botchan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal Cit...

Class Rank
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Botchan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Two high school misfits join forces in an attempt to overtake the local school board. Guided by their families, they enter the perilous word of politics and, in the process, learn ...

Thunderstruck
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Botchan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an imp...

Adventures in Public School
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Botchan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A socially-awkward, home-schooled kid forces his way into public school against his suffocating, but loving, mother's wishes....

Clear History
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Botchan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Nathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He plots revenge when his former ...

Mr. Bones
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Botchan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament....