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10 Best Movies Like Teacher and Stray Cat

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

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#1
Achilles and the Tortoise

Achilles and the Tortoise

2008★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Teacher and Stray Cat for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, de...

#2
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Teacher and Stray Cat for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#3
Landline

Landline

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Teacher and Stray Cat for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair....

#4
Memories of Matsuko

Memories of Matsuko

2006★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Teacher and Stray Cat for fans of Drama & 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....

#5
Sometimes Always Never

Sometimes Always Never

2019★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Teacher and Stray Cat for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body ...

#6
Glory to the Filmmaker!

Glory to the Filmmaker!

2007★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Teacher and Stray Cat for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project....

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