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10 Best Movies Like Only Yesterday

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

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#1
Tamako Love Story

Tamako Love Story

2014★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only Yesterday for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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 a...

#2
The Hunchback

The Hunchback

1997★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only Yesterday for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on Victor Hugo's famed novel, the story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame, and his unrequited love for the gypsy girl, Esmeralda....

#3
Hana Yori Dango: Final

Hana Yori Dango: Final

2008★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only Yesterday for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Four years have passed since that emotional marriage proposal at Tsukushi Makino's high-school prom, and Tsukasa Dōmyōji announced his engagement to Tsukushi to the entire world. A...

#4
Chie the Brat

Chie the Brat

1981★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only Yesterday for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Chie Takemoto is a dependable girl who struggles to help her troublesome father run a small tavern in Osaka. Unbeknown to her dad, she occasionally visits her mother who left him n...

#5
Memories of Matsuko

Memories of Matsuko

2006★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only Yesterday for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy....

#6
Lovestruck: The Musical

Lovestruck: The Musical

2013★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only Yesterday for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Harper was one of the best dancers to hit Broadway, but an injury caused her to leave the spotlight, become a choreographer, and raise her daughter Mirabella. When Mirabella decide...

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