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Ranked by tone match
Movies like Look Back (2024)
6 films to watch after Look Back, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.
Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing.
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1Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
Fit 78%Shares Animation and Drama with Look Back.
In their last year of high school, two girls in the brass band club perform a song inspired by a fairy tale that parallels their friendship.
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2Whisper of the Heart (1995)
Fit 76%Shares Animation and Drama with Look Back.
Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: "Seiji Amasawa."
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3When Marnie Was There (2014)
Fit 71%Shares Animation and Drama with Look Back.
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
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4From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
Fit 68%Shares Animation and Drama with Look Back.
Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.
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5100 METERS (2025)
Fit 61%Shares Animation and Drama with Look Back.
A gifted runner trains a determined but unskilled classmate, unaware he's creating a rival who will challenge him on the track for years to come.
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6Boychoir (2015)
Fit 44%Shares Drama with Look Back.
A troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school after the death of his single mother. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who recognises a unique talent in this young boy as he pushes him to discover his creative heart and soul in music.
