Best family Japanese movies on SonyLIV in India

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

15 movies on SonyLIV in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 7.3. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.

1. Your Name. (2016)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 46m · U/A 13+ · Animation, Romance · IMDb 8.4 (4.1L votes)

TwistyVisually stunningHeartwarming

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.

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2. Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 57m · UA · Animation, Action · IMDb 8.2 (1.0L votes)

Visually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & grittyFast-paced

Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing

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3. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 45m · UA · Animation, Action · IMDb 7.8 (67.9K votes)

Visually stunningEdge-of-seatTwistyFast-paced

Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat curs

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4. Suzume (2022)

Movie · Japanese · 2h 2m · U/A 7+ · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.6 (66.8K votes)

Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seat

Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.

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5. Weathering with You (2019)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 52m · UA · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (73.1K votes)

Visually stunningSlow-burnHeartwarming

The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a free

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6. 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 3m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 7.4 (72.3K votes)

Slow-burnVisually stunningLow-stakesFamily-friendly

Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.

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7. Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: Last Game (2017)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 30m · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 7.7 (4.8K votes)

Fast-pacedVisually stunningLight-heartedFamily-friendly

Kuroko reunites with the "Generation of Miracles" when former rivals are humiliated in an exhibition game against a notorious street basketball team.

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8. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 40m · UA · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.1 (19.7K votes)

Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat

The Red Ribbon Army, an evil organization that was once destroyed by Goku in the past, has been reformed by a group of people who have created new and mightier Androids, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, and seek vengeance against Goku and his family.

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9. Love Life (2022)

Movie · Japanese · 2h 3m · Drama · IMDb 6.9 (2.1K votes)

Slow-burnLow-stakesHeartwarmingFamily-friendly

Taeko and her husband, Jirō, are living a peaceful existence with her young son, Keita, when a tragic accident brings the boy's long-lost father, Park, back into her life. To cope with the pain and guilt, Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man.

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10. To Every You I've Loved Before (2022)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 42m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (1.5K votes)

TwistyHeartwarmingVisually stunning

While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she and Koyomi are lovers. But in a reality where moving between dimensions is natural, could Koyomi be the

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11. To Me, the One Who Loved You (2022)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 38m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (1.5K votes)

TwistyVisually stunningHeartwarmingSerious

Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Traveling between dimensions is common in their world, but not without repercussions. Does a univer

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12. BOCCHI THE ROCK! Recap Part 1 (2024)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 30m · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 7.4 (293 votes)

FunnyLow-stakesLight-heartedHeartwarming

Hitori Gotoh, aka Bocchi-chan, plays guitar in hopes of joining a band. And while she's famous online, what's holding her back is that she's incredibly introverted. That is, until a desperate drummer gets Bocchi-chan out of her shell and onto the stage.

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13. BOCCHI THE ROCK! Recap Part 2 (2024)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 16m · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 7.3 (220 votes)

FunnyLow-stakesLight-heartedHeartwarming

Hitori Gotoh, aka Bocchi-chan, plays guitar in hopes of joining a band. And while she's famous online, what's holding her back is that she's incredibly introverted. That is, until a desperate drummer gets Bocchi-chan out of her shell and onto the stage.

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14. Twilight (2019)

Movie · Japanese · 52m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.1 (247 votes)

Slow-burnLow-stakesHeartwarmingFamily-friendly

Hakubo tells the story of two young people who live in rural Fukushima: Sachi Koyama, a girl who excels at playing the violin, and Yuusuke Kijinami, a boy who loves to paint. After an awkward, chance encounter, the two meet and begin to fall in love, but Yuusuke is still living in the shadow of the 2011 Tohoku earthqua

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15. Trapezium (2024)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 34m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.1 (227 votes)

Family-friendlyLight-heartedLow-stakes

High school student Yu Azuma will do whatever it takes to become an idol. Ready to make her dream a reality, she recruits three girls from the four corners of her prefecture. But the road to stardom hides unexpected trials.

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