Coming-of-Age / Liberating Dramas and Movies
A list of movies / dramas I'd recommend about growing up, and facing life head on +
Adult movies / dramas about liberating yourself and letting go.
2 similar themes lumped in 1 list.
[ranked in order; a list still in progress].
Feel free to recommend dramas / movies that I missed out :)
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![Perfect Days]()
1. Perfect Days
Japanese Movie - 2023
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![Sabishinbo]()
2. Sabishinbo
Japanese Movie - 1985
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![My Liberation Notes]()
3. My Liberation Notes
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
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![Unmet: Aru Nogekai no Nikki]()
4. Unmet: Aru Nogekai no Nikki
Japanese Drama - 2024, 11 episodes
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![Konto ga Hajimaru]()
5. Konto ga Hajimaru
Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
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![Suna no Utsuwa]()
6. Suna no Utsuwa
Japanese Drama - 2004, 11 episodes
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![Snow Prince]()
7. Snow Prince
Japanese Movie - 2009
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![Soratobu Kouhoushitsu]()
8. Soratobu Kouhoushitsu
Japanese Drama - 2013, 11 episodes
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![Love Letter]()
9. Love Letter
Japanese Movie - 1995
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![Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo]()
10. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
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![Skip Beat!]()
11. Skip Beat!
Taiwanese Drama - 2011, 15 episodes
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![Grace no Rireki]()
12. Grace no Rireki
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
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![Okaeri Mone]()
13. Okaeri Mone
Japanese Drama - 2021, 120 episodes
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![Bokura wa Kiseki de Dekite Iru]()
14. Bokura wa Kiseki de Dekite Iru
Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
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![Past Lives]()
15. Past Lives
Korean Movie - 2023
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![Better Days]()
16. Better Days
Chinese Movie - 2019
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![Koi Desu: Yankee-kun to Hakujou Garu]()
17. Koi Desu: Yankee-kun to Hakujou Garu
Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
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![In a Good Way]()
18. In a Good Way
Taiwanese Drama - 2013, 26 episodes
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![Nagi no Oitoma]()
19. Nagi no Oitoma
Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
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![You Are the Apple of My Eye]()
20. You Are the Apple of My Eye
Taiwanese Movie - 2011
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![Yumi's Cells]()
21. Yumi's Cells
Korean Drama - 2021, 14 episodes
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![Tremble All You Want]()
22. Tremble All You Want
Japanese Movie - 2017
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![Us and Them]()
23. Us and Them
Chinese Movie - 2018
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![Fujoshi, Ukkari Gei ni Kokuru]()
24. Fujoshi, Ukkari Gei ni Kokuru
Japanese Drama - 2019, 8 episodes
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![Glass Mask]()
25. Glass Mask
Japanese Drama - 1997, 11 episodes
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![Gomenne Seishun!]()
26. Gomenne Seishun!
Japanese Drama - 2014, 10 episodes
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![I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair!]()
27. I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair!
Japanese Special - 2012, 1 episode
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![Swing Girls]()
28. Swing Girls
Japanese Movie - 2004
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![Nemureru Mori no Jukujo]()
29. Nemureru Mori no Jukujo
Japanese Drama - 2012, 9 episodes
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![Mama Boy]()
30. Mama Boy
Taiwanese Movie - 2022
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![Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san]()
31. Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san
Japanese Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
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![35-sai no Shojo]()
32. 35-sai no Shojo
Japanese Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
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![Ho Goo's Love]()
33. Ho Goo's Love
Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
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![My Pretend Girlfriend]()
34. My Pretend Girlfriend
Japanese Movie - 2014
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![Boku Dake ga 17-sai no Sekai de]()
35. Boku Dake ga 17-sai no Sekai de
Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
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![Go]()
36. Go
Japanese Movie - 2001
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![More than Words]()
37. More than Words
Japanese Drama - 2022, 10 episodes
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![Our Times]()
38. Our Times
Taiwanese Movie - 2015
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![Hakusen Nagashi]()
39. Hakusen Nagashi
Japanese Drama - 1996, 11 episodes
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![Hold Me Back]()
40. Hold Me Back
Japanese Movie - 2020
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![Run On]()
41. Run On
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
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![Call It Love]()
42. Call It Love
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
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![Attention Please]()
43. Attention Please
Japanese Drama - 2006, 11 episodes
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![Nobuta wo Produce]()
44. Nobuta wo Produce
Japanese Drama - 2005, 10 episodes
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![Blue Gate Crossing]()
45. Blue Gate Crossing
Taiwanese Movie - 2002
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![1 Pound no Fukuin]()
46. 1 Pound no Fukuin
Japanese Drama - 2008, 9 episodes
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![Ugly Duckling Series: Perfect Match]()
47. Ugly Duckling Series: Perfect Match
Thai Drama - 2015, 9 episodes
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![Iguana no Musume]()
48. Iguana no Musume
Japanese Drama - 1996, 11 episodes
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![49]()
49. 49
Japanese Drama - 2013, 11 episodes
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![Suckseed]()
50. Suckseed
Thai Movie - 2011
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![An no Ririkku: Sakuragi An Haiku Hajimetemimashita]()
51. An no Ririkku: Sakuragi An Haiku Hajimetemimashita
Japanese Special - 2021, 2 episodes
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![Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac]()
52. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Japanese Movie - 2010
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![Promise Cinderella]()
53. Promise Cinderella
Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
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![Twenty Again]()
54. Twenty Again
Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
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![Halfway]()
55. Halfway
Japanese Movie - 2009
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![Tokyo Tarareba Musume]()
56. Tokyo Tarareba Musume
Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
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![Hana & Alice]()
57. Hana & Alice
Japanese Movie - 2004
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![Miao Miao]()
58. Miao Miao
Taiwanese Movie - 2008
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![Sixteen Shoukougun]()
59. Sixteen Shoukougun
Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
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![Hitorigurashi]()
60. Hitorigurashi
Japanese Drama - 1996, 10 episodes
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![Kuzu no Honkai]()
61. Kuzu no Honkai
Japanese Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
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![It's a Summer Film]()
62. It's a Summer Film
Japanese Movie - 2021
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![Kieta Hatsukoi]()
63. Kieta Hatsukoi
Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
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![17.3 About a Sex]()
64. 17.3 About a Sex
Japanese Drama - 2020, 9 episodes
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![You're Not Normal, Either!]()
65. You're Not Normal, Either!
Japanese Movie - 2021
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![School 2013]()
66. School 2013
Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes
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![Linda Linda Linda]()
67. Linda Linda Linda
Japanese Movie - 2005
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![The Cherry Orchard]()
68. The Cherry Orchard
Japanese Movie - 1990
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![Dream High]()
69. Dream High
Korean Drama - 2011, 16 episodes
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![Kahogo no Kahoko]()
70. Kahogo no Kahoko
Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
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![Asuko March!]()
71. Asuko March!
Japanese Drama - 2011, 9 episodes
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![April Story]()
72. April Story
Japanese Movie - 1998
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![Gakkou no Kaidan]()
73. Gakkou no Kaidan
Japanese Drama - 2015, 10 episodes
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![Ai to Iu Na no Moto ni]()
74. Ai to Iu Na no Moto ni
Japanese Drama - 1992, 12 episodes
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![Love & Pop]()
75. Love & Pop
Japanese Movie - 1998
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![Somewhere Only We Know]()
76. Somewhere Only We Know
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
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![A Brighter Summer Day]()
77. A Brighter Summer Day
Taiwanese Movie - 1991
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![All About Lily Chou Chou]()
78. All About Lily Chou Chou
Japanese Movie - 2001
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![Your Name Engraved Herein]()
79. Your Name Engraved Herein
Taiwanese Movie - 2020
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![Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy]()
80. Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy
Thai Movie - 2013
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![I Wish]()
81. I Wish
Japanese Movie - 2011
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![Our Little Sister]()
82. Our Little Sister
Japanese Movie - 2015
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![Summer Strike]()
83. Summer Strike
Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
