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10 Best Movies Like SAYOUNARA

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

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#1
River's Edge

River's Edge

2018★ 6.1

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

High schooler Haruna befriends loner Yamada, then is drawn into the tangled relationship between him, a model and the girl who loves him unreasonably....

#2
Battle Royale

Battle Royale

2000★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to SAYOUNARA for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act....

#3
Look Back

Look Back

2024★ 8.1

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

Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant reclus...

#4
From Up on Poppy Hill

From Up on Poppy Hill

2011★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to SAYOUNARA 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...

#5
Orange

Orange

2015★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to SAYOUNARA 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 ...

#6
Confessions

Confessions

2010★ 7.6

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

Devastated at the death of her four-year-old daughter, a grieving middle school teacher is horrified to discover that her students aren't as innocent as she thinks....

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