Movies Like Yes, No, or Maybe?

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The Stranger by the Shore

2020·59m·★ 7.1·Akiyo Ohashi

Themes: boys' love (bl), gay themeFans also likedAnimation & Romance & Drama

Dou kyu sei – Classmates

2016·1h 1m·★ 7.7·Shoko Nakamura

Themes: boys' love (bl), gay themeFans also likedRomance & Animation

Love, Simon

2018·1h 50m·★ 7.5·Greg Berlanti

Themes: boys' love (bl), gay themeFans also likedDrama & Romance

10DANCE

2025·2h 7m·★ 7.0·Keishi Otomo

Themes: boys' love (bl), gay themeFans also likedRomance & Drama

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

2012·1h 36m·★ 6.9·Hideaki Anno

Themes: boys' love (bl), gay themeFans also likedAnimation & Drama

Tethered Wings

2024·1h 29m·★ 6.7·Thierry Binisti

Themes: boys' love (bl), gay themeTMDB recommends

Taboo

1999·1h 40m·★ 6.8·Nagisa Ōshima

Themes: boys' love (bl), gay themeFans also liked

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

1999·1h 42m·★ 7.3·Hiroyuki Okiura

TMDB recommendsAnimation & Drama & Romance

Belle

2021·2h 1m·★ 7.0·Mamoru Hosoda

TMDB recommendsAnimation & Drama

Given

2020·1h·★ 7.7·Hikaru Yamaguchi

Fans also likedAnimation & Drama & Romance

The Anthem of the Heart

2015·1h 59m·★ 7.3·Tatsuyuki Nagai

Fans also likedAnimation & Drama & Romance

The Moment You Fall in Love

2016·1h 3m·★ 6.1·Tetsuya Yanagisawa

Fans also likedDrama & Animation & Romance

Clannad: The Motion Picture

2007·1h 34m·★ 7.3·Osamu Dezaki

Fans also likedAnimation & Drama & Romance

Over the Sky

2020·1h 35m·★ 5.5·Yoshinobu Sena

Fans also likedAnimation & Drama & Romance

Ocean Waves

1993·1h 12m·★ 6.6·Tomomi Mochizuki

Fans also likedAnimation & Drama & Romance

Twinless

2025·1h 40m·★ 7.3·James Sweeney

Themes: boys' love (bl), gay theme

Spirited Away

2001·2h 5m·★ 8.6·Hayao Miyazaki

TMDB recommends

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

1984·1h 57m·★ 8.0·Hayao Miyazaki

TMDB recommends

My Policeman

2022·1h 53m·★ 6.6·Michael Grandage

Fans also likedDrama & Romance

Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

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