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10 Best Movies Like The Japanese Belly Button

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

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#1
Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

2012★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Japanese Belly Button for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an imp...

#2
A Song Is Born

A Song Is Born

1948★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Japanese Belly Button for fans of Music & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Hon...

#3
Taylor Tomlinson: Look at You

Taylor Tomlinson: Look at You

2022★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Japanese Belly Button for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Breakups. Therapy. Bangs. Taylor's gone through some stuff since her quarter-life crisis, and she spins her mental health journey into insightful comedy....

#4
Dave Chappelle: The Closer

Dave Chappelle: The Closer

2021★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Japanese Belly Button for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

As he closes out his slate of comedy specials, Dave takes the stage to try and set the record straight — and get a few things off his chest....

#5
Noises Off...

Noises Off...

1992★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Japanese Belly Button for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Hired to helm an Americanized take on a British play, director Lloyd Fellowes does his best to control an eccentric group of stage actors. With a star actress quickly passing her p...

#6
Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Follies

1945★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Japanese Belly Button for fans of Music & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style....

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