Movies like Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020)

Name: Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Released: 2020

8 films to watch after Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.

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Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020)

Fit 75%

Shares Animation, Drama and Romance with Josee, the Tiger and the Fish.

As the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.
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5 Centimeters per Second (2007)

Fit 72%

Shares Animation, Romance and Drama with Josee, the Tiger and the Fish.

Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
3

Clannad: The Motion Picture (2007)

Fit 68%

Shares Animation, Drama and Romance with Josee, the Tiger and the Fish.

Plagued by a seemingly endless stream of haunting dreams, Tomoya drifts through life with an almost overwhelming sense of anger and emptiness. Then, one fateful day, he meets the mysterious and beautiful Nagisa, and his world begins to change. While helping Nagisa revive the defunct Drama Club at their high school, Tomoya discovers that she has the same dreams. Their story starts beneath the cherry blossoms, but where will fate lead them?
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Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (2021)

Fit 68%

Shares Animation, Romance and Drama with Josee, the Tiger and the Fish.

After meeting one day, a shy boy who expresses himself through haiku and a bubbly but self-conscious girl share a brief, magical summer.
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Me Before You (2016)

Fit 64%

Shares Drama and Romance with Josee, the Tiger and the Fish.

Lou Clark, a directionless 26-year-old from the English countryside, takes a job at the local castle as a caregiver and companion to a wealthy young banker, Will Traynor. Wheelchair-bound from an accident two years prior, the once adventurous Will has all but given up — that is until Lou determines to show him that life is worth living.
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Her Blue Sky (2019)

Fit 60%

Shares Animation and Romance with Josee, the Tiger and the Fish.

High school student Aoi Aioi lives with her elder sister, Akane, after a tragic accident took their parents away 13 years ago. Because Akane has since been taking care of her single-handedly, Aoi wants to move to Tokyo after her graduation to relieve her sister's burden and pursue a musical career, inspired by Akane's ex-boyfriend Shinnosuke "Shinno" Kanamuro. Shinno was part of a band until he left for Tokyo to become a professional guitarist after the sisters' parents passed away, and he was never to be seen again.
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Violet Evergarden: Recollections (2021)

Fit 59%

Shares Drama, Animation and Romance with Josee, the Tiger and the Fish.

An emotionally scarred former child soldier becomes a letter writer in this condensed recap of the moving, gorgeously animated award-winning series.
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The Last 10 Years (2022)

Fit 51%

Shares Drama and Romance with Josee, the Tiger and the Fish.

Twenty-year-old Matsuri Takabayashi learns that she only has ten years to live due to an incurable disease. She decides to not dwell on her life and not to fall in love—until she meets a man named Kazuto Manabe at a school reunion.