
Movies that feel like From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
If you loved From Up on Poppy Hill, the closest films we have are The Sea Inside (2004), After the Wedding (2006) and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013). All three share From Up on Poppy Hill's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.
If From Up on Poppy Hill hit the spot, these will too

The same preoccupation in both: romance

The same mix in both: stillness, then romance

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Animation with a pulse of romance, in both cases


Romantic animation in both cases

One thread runs through both: post war japan
The difference: Made in the 1950s, in a different era of the craft

The same two preoccupations: based on manga, and anime
The difference: Leans harder into romance than From Up on Poppy Hill does

Both are built on the same subject: period drama
The difference: Sits closer to history than From Up on Poppy Hill does


Both keep coming back to the same thing: anime

Both know what they want from drama
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