Little Forest: Winter/Spring

2015

Japanese

7.6

♡ 10

Jun'ichi Mori Director

Yôichi Nukumizu as

Takahiro Miura as

Ai Hashimoto as Ichiko

Mayu Matsuoka as Kikko

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 absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to think of leaving Komori behind again.

Spy x Family Code: White

2023

Japanese

7.3

♡ 35

94%

Kazuhiro Furuhashi Director

Atsumi Tanezaki as Anya Forger

Masafumi Kobatake as Captain

Ayane Sakura as Fiona Frost

Saori Hayami as Yor Forger

While under the guise of taking his family on a weekend winter getaway, Loid's attempt to make progress on his current mission Operation Strix proves difficult when Anya mistakenly gets involved and triggers events that threaten world peace.

The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie

2022

Japanese

7.4

♡ 11

92%

Masato Jinbo Director

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Fuutarou Uesugi

Kana Hanazawa as Ichika Nakano

Ayumi Mano as (voice)

Ayane Sakura as Yotsuba Nakano

When five lovely young girls who hate studying hire part-time tutor Futaro, he guides not only their education but also their hearts. Time spent has brought them all closer, with feelings growing within the girls and Futaro. As they finish their third year of high school and their last school festival approaches, they set their sights on what’s next. Is there a future with one of them and Futaro?

Colorful

2010

Japanese

7.3

♡ 7

adult animation

Animation

based on novel or book

Keiichi Hara Director

Rina Hidaka as Classmate

Emily Neves as Hiroka Kuwahara / Kids at Snack Store / Classmate

Greg Ayres as Makoto Kobayashi

Luci Christian as Pura Pura

Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kobayashi Makoto, who has just committed suicide. Watched over by a neutral spirit named Purapura, the soul must figure out what his greatest sin and mistake in his former life was, before his time limit in Makoto's body runs out. He also has a number of other lesser duties he must complete, such as understanding what led Makoto to commit suicide in the first place and learning how to enjoy his second chance at life.

Slam Dunk

1994

Japanese

7.1

♡ 8

Nobutaka Nishizawa Director

Akiko Hiramatsu as Akagi Haruko

Kiyoyuki Yanada as Akagi Takenori

Hideyuki Tanaka as Kogure Kiminobu

Hideyuki Umezu as Mayuzumi

Sakuragi and the Shohoko team takes on Oda and Takezono High School. This is Sakuragi's second match as he faces Oda, a basketball player who went to the same junior high.

Her Blue Sky

2019

Japanese

6.8

♡ 27

Tatsuyuki Nagai Director

Atsumi Tanezaki as Chika Otaki

Ryûichi Kijima as Ito

Ryô Yoshizawa as Shinnosuke Kanomura / Shinno

Mitsuru Ogata as (voice)

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.

Slam Dunk: Hoero Basketman Tamashii! Hanamichi to Rukawa no Atsuki Natsu

1995

Japanese

7.2

♡ 7

Masayuki Akehi Director

Akira Ishida as

Kiyoyuki Yanada as

Akiko Hiramatsu as

Ryôtarô Okiayu as

Ichiro Mizusawa, a player from Rukawa's old junior high school, Tomigoaka, is diagnosed with a crippling leg condition and wants to play one last game with Rukawa. Hanamichi sets out to help the boy and fulfill his wish.

Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window

2023

Japanese

7.6

♡ 7

Animation

based on memoir or autobiography

based on novel or book

Shinnosuke Yakuwa Director

Anne Watanabe as Cho Kuroyanagi

Karen Takizawa as Miss Oishi

Shun Oguri as Moritsuna Kuroyanagi

Kôji Yakusho as Sôsaku Kobayashi

This engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. The school had old railroad cars for classrooms and was run by an extraordinary man – its founder and headmaster, Sōsaku Kobayashi – who deeply valued children's independence, and who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity.

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

2020

Japanese

7.6

♡ 36

100%

97%

Animation

based on novel or book

Kôtarô Tamura Director

Kaya Kiyohara as Joze

Yume Miyamoto as Ninomiya Mai

Taishi Nakagawa as Suzukawa Tsuneo

Kengo Kawanishi as Yukichi

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.

Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch

2021

Japanese

6.8

♡ 4

Seiki Takuno Director

Ryôko Shiraishi as Junpei Onda

Ryôta Ôsaka as Kaoru Takei

Shion Wakayama as Sawa Echizen

Koki Uchiyama as Tetsuji Yamada

14-year-old Nozomi Onda has only one thing on her mind: playing beautiful soccer. There's just one problem: no matter how much she longs to participate in official matches, she'd have physically superior boys as opponents. But when a boy from her past confronts her on the street, she decides she can't wait any longer.

The Makioka Sisters

1983

Japanese

7.2

♡ 8

100%

70%

Action

based on novel or book

Kon Ichikawa Director

Akemi Negishi as Mrs. Shimozuma

Yoshiko Sakuma as Sachiko Makioka

Jun Hashizume as Soldier on train

Sayuri Yoshinaga as Yukiko Makioka

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.

To the Forest of Firefly Lights

2011

Japanese

7.8

♡ 53

Takahiro Ômori Director

Ayane Sakura as Hotaru Takegawa

Hiroki Gotô as (voice)

Shinpachi Tsuji as (voice)

Asami Imai as (voice)

One hot summer day a little girl gets lost in an enchanted forest of the mountain god where spirits reside. A young boy appears before her, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear. And so a wondrous adventure awaits...

A Summer at Grandpa's

1984

Chinese

7.6

♡ 5

Hsiao-Hsien Hou Director

Edward Yang as

Hsiu-Ling Lin as

Cheng-Kuo Yen as A kid

Nai-Chu Ting as Tung-Tung's mother

A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.

Little Forest

2018

Korean

7.3

♡ 25

84%

Soon-rye Yim Director

Tae-ri Kim as Hye-won

So-Ri Moon as Hye-won's Mother

Jun-yeol Ryu as Jae-ha

Won-sang Park as Mailman

A young woman leaves the city to return to her hometown in the countryside. Seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, she becomes self-sufficient in a bid to reconnect with nature.

Funny Ha Ha

2002

English

6.4

♡ 1

Andrew Bujalski Director

Christian Rudder as Alex

Rachel Knutton as Extra

Justin Rice as Jed

Susan Garibotto as Restaurant Customer

Unsure of what to do next, 23-year-old Marnie tries her best to navigate life after college. Still partying like there's no tomorrow, Marnie drags herself out of bed for her miserable temp job and can't decide whether she's wasting her time going after best buddy Alex, who doesn't seem to be interested.

Leave It to Beaver

1997

English

5.2

♡ 4

22%

32%

Action

american football team

based on tv series

brother brother relationship

Andy Cadiff Director

Bill McAdams Jr. as Assistant Football Coach

Barbara Billingsley as Aunt Martha

Geoff Pierson as Coach Gordon

Grace Phillips as Miss Landers

The Cleavers are an all-American family living in Ohio – wise father Ward, loving mother June, teenage son Wally, and 8-year-old Theodore, better known as 'Beaver'. Beaver hopes to get a bike as a gift from his father and to please him tries out for his school football team and he makes it, only to be embarrassed. The bike he gets is quickly stolen. Meanwhile, Wally is trying to help his friend Eddie Haskell to get the heart of pretty classmate Karen, but Karen seems to like Wally more, and that leads to tensions between the friends.

The Life of Chuck

2024

English

7.3

♡ 48

80%

Mike Flanagan Director

Mark Hamill as Albie Krantz

Matt Biedel as Doctor Winston

Matthew Lillard as Gus

Violet McGraw as Iris

Carla Gugino as News and Commercial Voice

In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

2006

Japanese

7.6

♡ 42

87%

Mamoru Hosoda Director

Trevor Devall as Additional Voices

Mark Hildreth as Additional Voices

Fumihiko Tachiki as Fukushima-sensei

Mitsuki Tanimura as Kaho Fujitani

When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.

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Little Forest: Winter/Spring

Spy x Family Code: White

The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie

Colorful

Slam Dunk

Her Blue Sky

Slam Dunk: Hoero Basketman Tamashii! Hanamichi to Rukawa no Atsuki Natsu

Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch

The Makioka Sisters

To the Forest of Firefly Lights

A Summer at Grandpa's

Little Forest

Funny Ha Ha

Leave It to Beaver

The Life of Chuck

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time