Movies like Love Strikes!: 20 to watch next
If you loved Love Strikes! (2011) — a comedy, romance and drama film directed by Hitoshi One — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Love Strikes! most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like romcom, workplace and romance. 3 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku 2020★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Romance
An effervescent musical about one of the most unlikely couples seen on screen: two Otaku intent on hiding their nerdiness from their colleagues!
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Peach Girl 2017★ 7.1
Shares: Romance, Comedy
While everyone thinks that Momo is a wild party girl, the reality is that she is shy and lonely. Can Momo confess her love to her classmate, Toji, or will her best friend Sae steal him away? It's a bittersweet drama of growing up and fitting in.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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We Made a Beautiful Bouquet 2021★ 7.8
Shares: Romance, Drama
Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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No Longer Heroine 2015★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hatori Matsuzaki is a female high school student. She has a crush on her childhood friend Rita Terasaka and believes he will eventually choose her as her heroine, but Rita Terasaka begins dating Miho Adachi. Meanwhile, the most popular male student, Kosuke Hiromitsu takes an interest in Hatori Matsuzaki.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Story of Yonosuke 2013★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Romance, Comedy
The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and commutes to a university in the center of Tokyo.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Tokyo! 2008★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Romance Doll 2020★ 7.1
Shares: Romance, Drama
It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a secret that even the binds of matrimony cannot untie.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Which Brings Me to You 2023★ 6.3
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Two romantic burnouts, Jane and Will, are immediately drawn to each other at a mutual friend’s wedding. After a disastrous hookup in the coatroom, the two spend the next 24 hours together, trading candid confessions of messy histories and heartbreak, on the off chance that this fling might be the real thing.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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My Little Monster 2018★ 7.6
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Problem student Haru Yoshida sits next to the cold and studious Shizuku Mizutani in class. Without any other friends to turn to, both of them start to get to know each other and grow closer. Haru eventually develop feelings for Shizuku and confesses his feelings to her. Will Haru and Shizuku get their happily ever after?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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ReLIFE 2017★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Arata Kaizaki, a jobless adult, undergoes an experiment that makes him 10 years younger. He goes back to high school and falls in love with Chizuru Hishiro, who is more than she seems.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love in Taipei 2023★ 6.8
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
A young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei where she begins a new journey of self-discovery and romance.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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My Teacher, My Love 2018★ 7.4
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Ayuha Samaru is a high school student. She is honest and works hard at everything, no matter what. One day, she has trouble at a gyudon restaurant due to money. A man at the restaurant, Yoshitaka Hiromitsu, helps her out. The next day, she finds that Yoshitaka Hiromitsu has come to her school as a substitute teacher for her ill homeroom teacher. Ayuha Samaru now believes that Yoshitaka Hiromitsu is her fate in love. She keeps expressing her feelings to him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hitch 2005★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to Albert – now Allegra's boyfriend – it threatens to destroy both relationships.
Stream in India on Sony Liv, Sonyliv Amazon Channel
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Hold Me Back 2020★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Mitsuko Kuroda is 31 years old and single. She enjoys her life as a single woman. A big reason why she enjoys her single life is that she has counsellor "A" in her mind, which is her other self. Whenever she does not know what to do, "A" gives her the right answers. She believes her happy and peaceful single life with "A" will continue, but she falls in love with Tada-kun. He is a salesperson and younger than her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Night Is Short, Walk On Girl 2017★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Romance
As a group of university students go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as "The Girl with Black Hair" experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife – all the while unaware of the romantic longings of "Senpai", a senior student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her in an effort to win her heart.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Your Lie in April 2016★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
Arima Kousei won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kousei has been unable to hear the sound of his piano. He then meets Miyazono Kaori through childhood friend Sawabe Tsubaki. Kaori plays the violin and has a free sprit. Since meeting her, Kousei is able to face the piano again. Meanwhile, Kaori holds a secret.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ocean Waves 1993★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...
Stream in India on Netflix
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Fools Rush In 1997★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
After a one night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Gentle Breeze in the Village 2007★ 7.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Soyo, a student in a school with only six students, develops feelings for the new student, Hiromi, who has moved from Tokyo.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Given 2020★ 8.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now