15 Movies Like Midori: The Camellia Girl

Loved Midori: The Camellia Girl? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

On the Beach
#1

On the Beach

In a summer in Shonan village, Sumiko is the daughter of an important upper-class Shikishima family, she loves to paint pictures, is going through a cooling-off of an arranged marriage that did not work out. However, she feels attraction for Nishina a rough and obscene man ... On the other hand, the younger sister, Naomi Sumiko is envious of her sister for her beauty. Naomi feels ugly since all men seem to like Sumiko. Both sisters then become embroiled in a major problem in discovering the real intentions of Nishina, a man who hides behind a mask to rape women.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midori: The Camellia Girl.

Door II: Tokyo Diary
#2

Door II: Tokyo Diary

Ai is a call girl that makes good money for what she does but there’s always at risk no matter how good the money is.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midori: The Camellia Girl.

Door
#3

Door

Yasuko, a housewife, lives in an urban high-rise apartment with her husband Satoru and her son Takuto. Annoyed by spam calls and door-to-door salesmen, Yasuko slams the door on a salesman’s hand when he tries to squeeze a flyer through the apartment's chained front door. He leaves, but the next day, her nightmare starts.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midori: The Camellia Girl.

Your Name.
#4

Your Name.

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midori: The Camellia Girl.

Perfect Days
#5

Perfect Days

Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midori: The Camellia Girl.

Exit 8
#6

Exit 8

A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midori: The Camellia Girl.

Godzilla Minus One
#7

Godzilla Minus One

In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midori: The Camellia Girl.

Nun in Rope Hell
#8

Nun in Rope Hell

A woman gets caught by the wife of her lover which results in a stabbing. Feeling guilty she runs away and joins a nunnery. But she soon discovers that several nuns and a well known author have turned the place into their own personal S&M playground.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midori: The Camellia Girl.

Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment
#9

Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment

Masked thugs torture an innocent woman in increasingly brutal ways.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midori: The Camellia Girl.

A Silent Voice: The Movie
#10

A Silent Voice: The Movie

Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midori: The Camellia Girl.

Seven Samurai
#11

Seven Samurai

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midori: The Camellia Girl.

Lucky Sky Diamond
#12

Lucky Sky Diamond

At the clinic where her boyfriend Katayama, a young genius doctor, is the director, Yoko, a young girl who continues to suffer from eerie nightmares every day, is not getting better despite the care of her sister Sakurako and Katayama's treatment. Sakurako, the sister, is suspicious of Yoko's condition and confronts Katayama, who tells her that she suffers from a serious mental disorder and that the only way to cure it is to have brain surgery. Yoko, despite being persuaded by her sister and Katayama, agrees to the surgery, although she is skeptical...

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midori: The Camellia Girl.

Midori
#13

Midori

After losing her parents, young flower selling Midori is put up by a fairground group. She is abused and forced to slavery, until the arrival of an enigmatic magician of short stature, who gives her hope for a better future.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Midori: The Camellia Girl.

Dollhouse
#14

Dollhouse

After losing their child, a mother finds solace in a life-sized ancient doll she finds on the market. When a new daughter enters the family's life, strange things begin to happen and no matter how hard the family tries to get rid of it, the doll always finds its way back.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midori: The Camellia Girl.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
#15

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midori: The Camellia Girl.