
Movies that feel likeOnly Yesterday (1991)
If you loved Only Yesterday, the closest films we have are House of Hummingbird (2019), 5 Centimeters per Second (2007) and The Straight Story (1999). All three share Only Yesterday's contemplative and wistful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Devdas (2002).
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If Only Yesterday hit the spot, these will too

One thread runs through both: growing up
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

The same preoccupation in both: slice of life
The difference: Leans harder into romance than Only Yesterday does

Two things both keep coming back to: family and nostalgic
The difference: Easier on the romance than Only Yesterday

Both keep coming back to the same thing: nostalgic
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

The same mix in both: stillness, then wistfulness


Both are built on the same subject: romance

From the 2010s, and it lands the same way


Romantic animation, and it commits to that


Animation with a pulse of stillness, in both cases
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