that's life ≈ slice of life movies
You get the vibe: movies starring ordinary people, with ordinary problems, and ordinary romances. From my watchlist, order by date of release.
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![The Boys from Fengkuei]()
1. The Boys from Fengkuei
Taiwanese Movie - 1983
- Genres: slice of life, youth
- No Trigger Warnings
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![The Time to Live and the Time to Die]()
2. The Time to Live and the Time to Die
Taiwanese Movie - 1985
- Genres: coming of age, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![The Terrorizers]()
3. The Terrorizers
Taiwanese Movie - 1986
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![A Brighter Summer Day]()
4. A Brighter Summer Day
Taiwanese Movie - 1991
- Genres: coming of age, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Rebels of the Neon God]()
5. Rebels of the Neon God
Taiwanese Movie - 1992
- Genres: coming of age, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Chungking Express]()
6. Chungking Express
Hong Kong Movie - 1994
- Genres: drama, romance
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Happy Together]()
7. Happy Together
Hong Kong Movie - 1997
- Genres: romance, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Made in Hong Kong]()
8. Made in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Movie - 1997
- Genres: coming of age, romance
- No Trigger Warnings
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![License to Live]()
9. License to Live
Japanese Movie - 1998
- Genres: coming of age, slice of life
- No Trigger Warnings
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![April Story]()
10. April Story
Japanese Movie - 1998
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Yi Yi]()
11. Yi Yi
Taiwanese Movie - 2000
- Genres: coming of age, slice of life
- No Trigger Warnings
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![An Adolescent]()
12. An Adolescent
Japanese Movie - 2001
- Genres: coming of age, drama
- Trigger Warnings:
- graphic scenes
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![Dolls]()
13. Dolls
Japanese Movie - 2002
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Cafe Lumiere]()
14. Cafe Lumiere
Japanese Movie - 2004
- Genres: art-house, tribute film
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Swing Girls]()
15. Swing Girls
Japanese Movie - 2004
- Genres: coming of age, school
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Summer Time Machine Blues]()
16. Summer Time Machine Blues
Japanese Movie - 2005
- Genres: comedy, school
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Eternal Summer]()
17. Eternal Summer
Taiwanese Movie - 2006
- Genres: coming of age, romance
- No Trigger Warnings
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![A Long Walk]()
18. A Long Walk
Japanese Movie - 2006
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- Trigger Warnings:
- child abuse
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![Yellow Tears]()
19. Yellow Tears
Japanese Movie - 2007
- Genres: coming of age, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Departures]()
20. Departures
Japanese Movie - 2008
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Sweet Little Lies]()
21. Sweet Little Lies
Japanese Movie - 2010
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Little Forest: Summer & Autumn]()
22. Little Forest: Summer & Autumn
Japanese Movie - 2014
- Genres: documentary, cooking
- Trigger Warnings:
- cooked animals
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![Her Love Boils Bathwater]()
23. Her Love Boils Bathwater
Japanese Movie - 2016
- Genres: slice of life, family
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Weeds on Fire]()
24. Weeds on Fire
Hong Kong Movie - 2016
- Genres: coming of age, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![The Long Excuse]()
25. The Long Excuse
Japanese Movie - 2016
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Someone]()
26. Someone
Japanese Movie - 2016
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![If Cats Disappeared from the World]()
27. If Cats Disappeared from the World
Japanese Movie - 2016
- Genres: romance, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Angels Wear White]()
28. Angels Wear White
Chinese Movie - 2017
- Genres: drama, psychological
- Trigger Warnings:
- child abuse
- sexual abuse
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![Shoplifters]()
29. Shoplifters
Japanese Movie - 2018
- Genres: drama, family
- Trigger Warnings:
- child abuse
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![Blue Hour]()
30. Blue Hour
Japanese Movie - 2019
- Genres: drama, slice of life
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Little Nights, Little Love]()
31. Little Nights, Little Love
Japanese Movie - 2019
- Genres: drama, romance
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Love After Love]()
32. Love After Love
Chinese Movie - 2020
- Genres: slice of life, romance
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Pawn]()
33. Pawn
Korean Movie - 2020
- Genres: drama, slice of life
- Trigger Warnings:
- child abuse
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![The Asadas!]()
34. The Asadas!
Japanese Movie - 2020
- Genres: drama, family
- No Trigger Warnings
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![More Than Family]()
35. More Than Family
Korean Movie - 2020
- Genres: drama, family
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Sweet & Sour]()
36. Sweet & Sour
Korean Movie - 2021
- Genres: office, comedy
- No Trigger Warnings
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![We Couldn't Become Adults]()
37. We Couldn't Become Adults
Japanese Movie - 2021
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![Threads: Our Tapestry of Love]()
38. Threads: Our Tapestry of Love
Japanese Movie - 2020
- Genres: romance, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![We Made a Beautiful Bouquet]()
39. We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
Japanese Movie - 2021
- Genres: romance, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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![It's a Summer Film]()
40. It's a Summer Film
Japanese Movie - 2021
- Genres: coming of age, school
- No Trigger Warnings
