that's life ≈ slice of life movies
You get the vibe: movies starring ordinary people, with ordinary problems, and ordinary romances. From my watchlist, order by date of release.
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1. The Boys from Fengkuei
Taiwanese Movie - 1983
- Genres: slice of life, youth
- No Trigger Warnings
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2. The Time to Live and the Time to Die
Taiwanese Movie - 1985
- Genres: coming of age, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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3. The Terrorizers
Taiwanese Movie - 1986
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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4. A Brighter Summer Day
Taiwanese Movie - 1991
- Genres: coming of age, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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5. Rebels of the Neon God
Taiwanese Movie - 1992
- Genres: coming of age, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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6. Chungking Express
Hong Kong Movie - 1994
- Genres: drama, romance
- No Trigger Warnings
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7. Happy Together
Hong Kong Movie - 1997
- Genres: romance, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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8. Made in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Movie - 1997
- Genres: coming of age, romance
- No Trigger Warnings
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9. Permissão Para Viver
Japanese Movie - 1998
- Genres: coming of age, slice of life
- No Trigger Warnings
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10. April Story
Japanese Movie - 1998
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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11. Yi Yi
Taiwanese Movie - 2000
- Genres: coming of age, slice of life
- No Trigger Warnings
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12. An Adolescent
Japanese Movie - 2001
- Genres: coming of age, drama
- Trigger Warnings:
- graphic scenes
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13. Dolls
Japanese Movie - 2002
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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14. Cafe Lumiere
Japanese Movie - 2004
- Genres: art-house, tribute film
- No Trigger Warnings
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15. Garotas do Balanço
Japanese Movie - 2004
- Genres: coming of age, school
- No Trigger Warnings
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16. Summer Time Machine Blues
Japanese Movie - 2005
- Genres: comedy, school
- No Trigger Warnings
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17. Eternal Summer
Taiwanese Movie - 2006
- Genres: coming of age, romance
- No Trigger Warnings
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18. A Long Walk
Japanese Movie - 2006
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- Trigger Warnings:
- child abuse
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19. Yellow Tears
Japanese Movie - 2007
- Genres: coming of age, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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20. A Partida
Japanese Movie - 2008
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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21. Sweet Little Lies
Japanese Movie - 2010
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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22. Little Forest: Summer & Autumn
Japanese Movie - 2014
- Genres: documentary, cooking
- Trigger Warnings:
- cooked animals
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23. Seu Amor Ferve ao Ponto de Ebulição
Japanese Movie - 2016
- Genres: slice of life, family
- No Trigger Warnings
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24. Weeds on Fire
Hong Kong Movie - 2016
- Genres: coming of age, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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25. The Long Excuse
Japanese Movie - 2016
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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26. Somebody
Japanese Movie - 2016
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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27. Se os Gatos Desaparecessem do Mundo
Japanese Movie - 2016
- Genres: romance, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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28. Angels Wear White
Chinese Movie - 2017
- Genres: drama, psychological
- Trigger Warnings:
- child abuse
- sexual abuse
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29. Assunto de Família
Japanese Movie - 2018
- Genres: drama, family
- Trigger Warnings:
- child abuse
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30. Blue Hour
Japanese Movie - 2019
- Genres: drama, slice of life
- No Trigger Warnings
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31. Little Nights, Little Love
Japanese Movie - 2019
- Genres: drama, romance
- No Trigger Warnings
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32. Amor Após Amor
Chinese Movie - 2020
- Genres: slice of life, romance
- No Trigger Warnings
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33. Colateral
Korean Movie - 2020
- Genres: drama, slice of life
- Trigger Warnings:
- child abuse
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34. The Asada Family
Japanese Movie - 2020
- Genres: drama, family
- No Trigger Warnings
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35. Mais Que Família
Korean Movie - 2020
- Genres: drama, family
- No Trigger Warnings
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36. Doce e Amargo
Korean Movie - 2021
- Genres: office, comedy
- No Trigger Warnings
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37. Bokutachi wa Minna Otona ni Narenakatta
Japanese Movie - 2021
- Genres: slice of life, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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38. Meadas — Nossa Tapeçaria do Amor
Japanese Movie - 2020
- Genres: romance, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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39. Fizemos um Belo Buquê
Japanese Movie - 2021
- Genres: romance, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
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40. Summer Film ni Notte
Japanese Movie - 2021
- Genres: coming of age, school
- No Trigger Warnings