Sad and depressing movies from the 2000s about young people facing life's worst challenges. The characters seek to find a place of belonging but everything comes crashing down on them sooner or later.
Both movie follow students navigating life's horrors, struggling with exclusion, bullying, mental illness, death etc. Both films employ unique artistic direction.
Both employ a partially non-linear story line and are visually aesthetic. Theyre coming of age stories that explore dark themes and tackle topics such as mental health, death, su*ci*e etc. The characters only find solace in imagined places. These movies are sad and depressing.
Own voices gay stories following a couple in which one of them is not out to his family yet. Both have romantic and comedic elements. They share the same director and theres possibly a just friends refrence in made on the rooftop (the male lead says his landlord only likes him so much because he reminds her of her son whos in the military).
Both are calm, slow, lowkey japanese movies following characters arriving at a new place, meeting new people, forming new relationships after theyre hit with unexpected tragedy. They also both deal with grief and loss and depict some of the realities of life and moving on. Theyre quite hopeful. Both films also share the same director which explains the similar vibe.
Both films follow gay male leads navigating love and friendships. They have romantic and funny moments but theres also tragic elements and drama that partially also arises from one of the characters being in the closet. They share the same director as well.
Own voices mlm stories with cute romance and comedy bits. Theyre enjoyable and lighthearted and follow adult working men. Theres a couple with an age gap in both too.
Both movies were adapted from manga by the same mangaka. Theyre heavy, dramatic and kind of strange films with dark themes and imagery. There is a recurring character (Yoshikawa Kozue) that connects both stories.
Both are short wlw kdramas in which the characters meet because of a project at uni. Theres opposites attract, small height gap, kisses..
Rather low budget comedy scifi movies about time loops! They were made my the same director, so theyre ought to be similar.
Uni students dealing with love and friendship. The characters are film enthusiasts, particularly romance movie nerds, and reenact scenes from the romance classics, for example "love, actually".
Both are cute sapphic romance dramas, in which a romance blooms between two strangers. Really lovely and romantic with kiss scenes. However, both also tackle unrequited love as the best friend of the mc harbours a secret crush.
