Coming-of-Age / Liberating Dramas and Movies

A list of movies / dramas I'd recommend about growing up, and facing life head on +

Adult movies / dramas about liberating yourself and letting go.

2 similar themes lumped in 1 list.

[ranked in order; a list still in progress].

Feel free to recommend dramas / movies that I missed out :)

chillingindoors Jul 12, 2024

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1. Perfect Days

Japanese Movie - 2023

10
2. Sabishinbo

Japanese Movie - 1985

10
3. Unmet: Aru Nogekai no Nikki

Japanese Drama - 2024, 11 episodes

10
4. Konto ga Hajimaru

Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

10
5. Snow Prince

Japanese Movie - 2009

10
6. Love Letter

Japanese Movie - 1995

10
7. Soratobu Kouhoushitsu

Japanese Drama - 2013, 11 episodes

10
8. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo

Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes

10
9. Grace no Rireki

Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes

9.5
10. Okaeri Mone

Japanese Drama - 2021, 120 episodes

9.5
11. Bokura wa Kiseki de Dekite Iru

Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes

9.5
12. Suna no Utsuwa

Japanese Drama - 2004, 11 episodes

9.5
13. Past Lives

Korean Movie - 2023

9.5
14. Better Days

Chinese Movie - 2019

9.5
15. Koi Desu: Yankee-kun to Hakujou Garu

Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

9.5
16. My Liberation Notes

Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes

9.0
17. 37 Seconds

Japanese Movie - 2019

9.0
18. In a Good Way

Taiwanese Drama - 2013, 26 episodes

9.0
19. Nagi no Oitoma

Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes

9.0
20. You Are the Apple of My Eye

Taiwanese Movie - 2011

9.0
21. Yumi's Cells

Korean Drama - 2021, 14 episodes

9.0
22. Tremble All You Want

Japanese Movie - 2017

9.0
23. Us and Them

Chinese Movie - 2018

9.0
24. Fujoshi, Ukkari Gei ni Kokuru

Japanese Drama - 2019, 8 episodes

9.0
25. Glass Mask

Japanese Drama - 1997, 11 episodes

9.0
26. Skip Beat!

Taiwanese Drama - 2011, 15 episodes

9.0
27. Gomenne Seishun!

Japanese Drama - 2014, 10 episodes

9.0
28. I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair!

Japanese Special - 2012, 1 episode

9.0
29. Swing Girls

Japanese Movie - 2004

9.0
30. Nemureru Mori no Jukujo

Japanese Drama - 2012, 9 episodes

9.0
31. Mama Boy

Taiwanese Movie - 2022

9.0
32. 35-sai no Shojo

Japanese Drama - 2020, 10 episodes

9.0
33. Ho Goo's Love

Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes

9.0
34. My Pretend Girlfriend

Japanese Movie - 2014

9.0
35. Boku Dake ga 17-sai no Sekai de

Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes

9.0
36. More than Words

Japanese Drama - 2022, 10 episodes

8.5
37. Go

Japanese Movie - 2001

8.5
38. Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san

Japanese Drama - 2024, 8 episodes

8.5
39. Our Times

Taiwanese Movie - 2015

8.5
40. Hakusen Nagashi

Japanese Drama - 1996, 11 episodes

8.5
41. Hold Me Back

Japanese Movie - 2020

8.5
42. Run On

Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes

8.5
43. Call It Love

Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes

8.5
44. Attention Please

Japanese Drama - 2006, 11 episodes

8.5
45. Nobuta wo Produce

Japanese Drama - 2005, 10 episodes

8.5
46. Blue Gate Crossing

Taiwanese Movie - 2002

8.5
47. 1 Pound no Fukuin

Japanese Drama - 2008, 9 episodes

8.5
48. Iguana no Musume

Japanese Drama - 1996, 11 episodes

8.5
49. Timeline

Thai Movie - 2014

8.5
50. 49

Japanese Drama - 2013, 11 episodes

8.5
51. Suckseed

Thai Movie - 2011

8.5
52. An no Ririkku: Sakuragi An Haiku Hajimetemimashita

Japanese Special - 2021, 2 episodes

8.5
53. Promise Cinderella

Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

8.5
54. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

Japanese Movie - 2010

8.5
55. Twenty Again

Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes

8.5
56. I Am What I Am

Japanese Movie - 2022

8.5
57. Soul Mate

Chinese Movie - 2016

8.5
58. Tokyo Tarareba Musume

Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes

8.5
59. Halfway

Japanese Movie - 2009

8.5
60. Ugly Duckling Series: Perfect Match

Thai Drama - 2015, 9 episodes

8.0
61. Hana & Alice

Japanese Movie - 2004

8.0
62. Miao Miao

Taiwanese Movie - 2008

8.0
63. Sixteen Shoukougun

Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes

8.0
64. Hitorigurashi

Japanese Drama - 1996, 10 episodes

8.0
65. Kuzu no Honkai

Japanese Drama - 2017, 12 episodes

8.0
66. It's a Summer Film

Japanese Movie - 2021

8.0
67. Kieta Hatsukoi

Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

8.0
68. 17.3 About a Sex

Japanese Drama - 2020, 9 episodes

8.0
69. You're Not Normal, Either!

Japanese Movie - 2021

8.0
70. School 2013

Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes

8.0
71. Linda Linda Linda

Japanese Movie - 2005

8.0
72. The Cherry Orchard

Japanese Movie - 1990

8.0
73. Dream High

Korean Drama - 2011, 16 episodes

8.0
74. Kahogo no Kahoko

Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes

8.0
75. Asuko March!

Japanese Drama - 2011, 9 episodes

8.0
76. April Story

Japanese Movie - 1998

7.5
77. Gakkou no Kaidan

Japanese Drama - 2015, 10 episodes

7.5
78. Ai to Iu Na no Moto ni

Japanese Drama - 1992, 12 episodes

7.5
79. Love & Pop

Japanese Movie - 1998

6.5
80. Somewhere Only We Know

Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes

6.0
81. A Brighter Summer Day

Taiwanese Movie - 1991
82. All About Lily Chou Chou

Japanese Movie - 2001
83. Your Name Engraved Herein

Taiwanese Movie - 2020
84. Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy

Thai Movie - 2013
85. I Wish

Japanese Movie - 2011
86. Our Little Sister

Japanese Movie - 2015
87. Summer Strike

Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes