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.

My Heart Goes Boom!
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Botchan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Spain, 1970s. While a cruel dictatorship rules an eternally grey country through fear, violence, repression and censorship, María, a young dancer, dreams of bringing bright colours...

The Most Beautiful Day in the World
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Botchan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Arturo Meraviglia is a struggling impresario who has to take care of Gioele and Rebecca, two children "inherited" by an old uncle. When he realizes that little Gioele has superpowe...

Sweet Family
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Botchan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A fat woman attempts to lose weight in order to use her mother's wedding dress with the help of her evil sisters and needy fiancé....

Bendita Suegra
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Botchan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Andrea, a successful veterinarian who loves her job and is in a relationship with Lucio, an up-and-coming lawyer who grew up in the country. Lucio has some news for Andrea: his mot...

The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Botchan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
The young Orthodox Jew, Motti Wolkenbruch, finds himself at a turning point. His beloved mother wants him to get married and presents one marriage candidate after the other. Unfort...

As If It Were the First Time
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Botchan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A man falls in love with a girl who has short-term memory loss....