What movies are similar to Weathering with You?

Start with films such as Ride Your Wave, Your Name., The Boy and the Heron, The Garden of Words. Each title on this page is chosen to mirror the vibe, themes, and style that make Weathering with You memorable, with short explanations to help you pick where to begin.

What should I watch if I liked Weathering with You?

Use the ranked list above: it highlights 10 close cousins—similar tension, character dynamics, and storytelling ambition—so you can queue something tonight without endless browsing.

Are there movies with the same vibe as Weathering with You?

Yes. The recommendations here lean into overlapping moods and motifs, not just shared genre labels, so you get films that “feel” related in pacing, tone, and emotional payoff.

What should I watch after Weathering with You?

Try Ride Your Wave, Your Name., The Boy and the Heron—each shares DNA with Weathering with You while changing the setting enough to feel fresh.

What genre is Weathering with You?

Weathering with You (2019) is best described as Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance. Stores and algorithms use different labels, but that mix is what fans actually recognize on a rewatch.

Is Weathering with You worth revisiting?

Viewer scores sit around 8.0/10 on TMDB—high enough that replays are common for people who like this animation lane.

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Weathering with You (2019) works because audiences latched onto Weathering with You (2019) as a animation theatrical experience: big enough for a group watch, specific enough to reward a second viewing once you know where it's headed. The animation and drama blend is the engine: it lets the film shift registers without feeling like two different movies stitched together. The concrete hook is the summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo,, and that gives this guide a clear center of gravity. For movies like Weathering with You, we prioritized animation, drama, fantasy films that share animation, drama, fantasy, romance, crowd favorite without flattening everything into one broad genre bucket. The best follow-ups preserve the pressure, rhythm, and point of view before they worry about matching plot mechanics. That is why the list below separates close tonal cousins from looser genre neighbors. These 10 recommendations are ordered to keep the Weathering with You feeling intact while still giving you different characters, stakes, and endings.

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1.Ride Your Wave (2019)
★ 7.6 · Animation · Romance · Comedy · 1h 35m
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animation, drama, fantasy surface in both films, yet Ride Your Wave keeps the temperature a sharp, often funny tone, not a tonal echo of Weathering with You. Compare Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. against The summer of his high school freshman year,.
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2.Your Name. (2016)
★ 8.5 · Animation · Romance · Drama · 1h 46m
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High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. is the sharpest reason to queue Your Name. after Weathering with You: it refracts the same curiosity The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, stirred, with animation, drama, romance doing quieter parallel work underneath.
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3.The Boy and the Heron (2023)
★ 7.4 · Animation · Fantasy · Drama · 2h 4m
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A 2023 frame changes how While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from lands next to Weathering with You (2019) and its The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo,. animation, drama,.
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4.The Garden of Words (2013)
★ 7.6 · Animation · Drama · Romance · 46m
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The Garden of Words is pitched a bittersweet, emotionally layered tone, which is the first thing you feel beside Weathering with You. animation, drama, romance still braid the two films, but The Garden of Words leans on Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in.
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5.Suzume (2022)
★ 7.9 · Animation · Drama · Adventure · 2h 2m
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The afterglow from Suzume is an uplifting, hopeful tone: different residue than Weathering with You, even when animation, drama, fantasy read familiar. Trace the fork to The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, versus Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl..
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6.Only Yesterday (1991)
★ 7.4 · Animation · Drama · Romance · 1h 59m
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Only Yesterday handles In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders with a Animation bias that Weathering with You did not foreground in its Animation read of The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island.
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7.Ocean Waves (1993)
★ 6.4 · Animation · Drama · Romance · 1h 12m
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If The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, is what locked you into Weathering with You, Ocean Waves hands you At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. as the next jolt.
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8.Fireworks (2017)
★ 6.6 · Animation · Romance · Fantasy · 1h 30m
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Character pressure in Fireworks accumulates around Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over, echoing how Weathering with You tightened the screws with The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo,. The.
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9.The Lobster (2015)
★ 7.0 · Comedy · Drama · Romance · 1h 59m
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Weathering with You and The Lobster split at the plot: The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, on one side, In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The on the other.
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10.Drifting Home (2022)
★ 7.3 · Animation · Fantasy · Adventure · 2h 1m
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What actually breaks in the third act is not the same beat: Weathering with You pays off through The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo,, while Drifting Home pushes resolution toward One fateful summer, a group of elementary school kids set.
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Why You'll Love These Movies

Across these recommendations, you will see recurring fingerprints from Weathering with You: animation, drama, romance, fantasy, plus a bittersweet through-line that keeps scenes charged even when the plots diverge. The emotional appeal is consistent—films that ask for attention, then reward it with momentum, specificity, and a clear point of view. As a viewing experience, the list is built to feel like a guided night at the movies: enough variety to stay surprising, enough overlap to feel intentional, and pacing that respects how Weathering with You trained you to watch. If you want the same satisfaction you felt during Weathering with You—that mix of craft, stakes, and atmosphere—these picks are meant to land in the same neighborhood without repeating the same story.

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What movies are similar to Weathering with You?: Start with films such as Ride Your Wave, Your Name., The Boy and the Heron, The Garden of Words. Each title on this page is chosen to mirror the vibe, themes, and style that make Weathering with You memorable, with short explanations to help you pick where to begin.
What should I watch if I liked Weathering with You?: Use the ranked list above: it highlights 10 close cousins—similar tension, character dynamics, and storytelling ambition—so you can queue something tonight without endless browsing.
Are there movies with the same vibe as Weathering with You?: Yes. The recommendations here lean into overlapping moods and motifs, not just shared genre labels, so you get films that “feel” related in pacing, tone, and emotional payoff.
What should I watch after Weathering with You?: Try Ride Your Wave, Your Name., The Boy and the Heron—each shares DNA with Weathering with You while changing the setting enough to feel fresh.
What genre is Weathering with You?: Weathering with You (2019) is best described as Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance. Stores and algorithms use different labels, but that mix is what fans actually recognize on a rewatch.
Is Weathering with You worth revisiting?: Viewer scores sit around 8.0/10 on TMDB—high enough that replays are common for people who like this animation lane.

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1.Ride Your Wave (2019)

2.Your Name. (2016)

3.The Boy and the Heron (2023)

4.The Garden of Words (2013)

5.Suzume (2022)

6.Only Yesterday (1991)

7.Ocean Waves (1993)

8.Fireworks (2017)

9.The Lobster (2015)

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