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10 Best Movies Like Kids on the Slope

If you loved Kids on the Slope, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl

2019★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kids on the Slope for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his fi...

#2
Orange

Orange

2015★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kids on the Slope for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A girl mysteriously receives advice from her future self and as a result her group of friends, along with a newly arrived, troubled classmate, learn how to be better friends and a ...

#3
From Up on Poppy Hill

From Up on Poppy Hill

2011★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kids on the Slope for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the you...

#4
The Piano Forest

The Piano Forest

2007★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kids on the Slope for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Shuhei Amamiya transfers to Moriwaki Elementary filled with hope and ambition. But it doesn't take long before he gets picked on by the class bullies, and gets involved in a dare t...

#5
Blue Spring Ride

Blue Spring Ride

2014★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kids on the Slope for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In middle school, Futaba Yoshioka was madly in love with Tanaka Kou but he moves away with his mother. She is reunited with him later in life but he is not the same person anymore....

#6
Fruits Basket -prelude-

Fruits Basket -prelude-

2022★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kids on the Slope for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Kyoko, who couldn't believe anything in the world and lived a desolate life, meets Katsuya Honda, who has been assigned as an educational trainee. She is at the mercy of Katsuya, w...

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