Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Perfect Days

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

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#1
Child of Kamiari Month

Child of Kamiari Month

2021★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Perfect Days for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A year after losing her mother, a young girl learns that she must journey across Japan to the annual gathering of gods in the sacred land of Izumo....

#2
Every Day a Good Day

Every Day a Good Day

2018★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Perfect Days for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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 ...

#3
The Brave Little Toaster

The Brave Little Toaster

1987★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Perfect Days for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'....

#4
Café Lumière

Café Lumière

2004★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Perfect Days for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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 pregna...

#5
Little Forest: Winter/Spring

Little Forest: Winter/Spring

2015★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Perfect Days for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her...

#6
Ikiru

Ikiru

1952★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Perfect Days for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life....

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