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10 Best Movies Like The Usuke Boys

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

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#1
Café Lumière

Café Lumière

2004★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Usuke Boys 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...

#2
Mai Mai Miracle

Mai Mai Miracle

2009★ 7.0

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

Inspired by her grandfather's stories, young Shinko embarks on wild flights of fancy about the history of the little town she lives in. But dreams can't fend off the realities of g...

#3
The End of Summer

The End of Summer

1961★ 7.5

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

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth....

#4
Little Forest: Winter/Spring

Little Forest: Winter/Spring

2015★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Usuke Boys 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...

#5
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie

Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie

2012★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Usuke Boys for fans of Animation. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Sixteen years ago, a mysterious masked ninja unleashes a powerful creature known as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox on the Hidden Leaf Village Konoha, killing many people. In response, t...

#6
Little Forest: Summer/Autumn

Little Forest: Summer/Autumn

2014★ 7.8

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

Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the...

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