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10 Best Movies Like Tokyo Idols

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

#1
Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter

1945★ 7.7

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

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their c...

#2
My Rainy Days

My Rainy Days

2009★ 7.4

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

Because of her past, 17-year-old Rio lives her days filling the emptiness in her heart with money—until one day, she meets a university professor named Kouki and falls in love....

#3
Romeo and Juliet Get Married

Romeo and Juliet Get Married

2005★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tokyo Idols for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The tomboyish, outgoing Julieta is the daughter of a member of the Palmeiras soccer club board. She is constantly frustrated by what she sees as institutional bias against women in...

#4
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

2000★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tokyo Idols for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through fo...

#5
City of Ghosts

City of Ghosts

2017★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tokyo Idols for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together ...

#6
Kiki to Lala no Habatake! Pegasus

Kiki to Lala no Habatake! Pegasus

1994★ 10.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tokyo Idols for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Kiki and Lala try to help a lost Pegasus get home. Pegasus keeps getting on Kiki's nerves with his foolishness and the journey becomes increasingly difficult....