Best feel-good Japanese movies on Netflix in India

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

41 movies on Netflix in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 7.1. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.

1. 

   1. Spirited Away (2001)

   Movie · Japanese · 2h 5m · Animation, Family · IMDb 8.6 (9.9L votes)

   Visually stunningTwistyFamily-friendlyHeartwarming

   A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

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2. 

   2. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

   Movie · Japanese · 1h 59m · Fantasy, Animation · IMDb 8.2 (5.2L votes)

   Visually stunningHeartwarmingTwisty

   Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.

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3. 

   3. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

   Movie · Japanese · 1h 26m · Fantasy, Animation · IMDb 8.1 (4.4L votes)

   HeartwarmingSlow-burnVisually stunningFamily-friendly

   Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.

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4. 

   4. Castle in the Sky (1986)

   Movie · Japanese · 2h 5m · Adventure, Fantasy · IMDb 8.0 (2.0L votes)

   Visually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-pacedFamily-friendly

   A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

   Netflix
5. 

   5. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

   Movie · Japanese · 1h 43m · Animation, Family · IMDb 7.8 (1.9L votes)

   HeartwarmingSlow-burnFamily-friendlyLight-hearted

   A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

   Netflix
6. 

   6. Whisper of the Heart (1995)

   Movie · Japanese · 1h 51m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.8 (85.3K votes)

   Slow-burnHeartwarmingFamily-friendlyLight-hearted

   Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: "Seiji Amasawa."

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   7. Ponyo (2008)

   Movie · Japanese · 1h 40m · Animation, Fantasy · IMDb 7.6 (1.9L votes)

   Visually stunningHeartwarmingFamily-friendlyLight-hearted

   When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return P

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8. 

   8. Arrietty (2010)

   Movie · Japanese · 1h 35m · Fantasy, Animation · IMDb 7.6 (1.2L votes)

   Visually stunningSlow-burnHeartwarmingFamily-friendly

   14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.

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9. 

   9. When Marnie Was There (2014)

   Movie · Japanese · 1h 43m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.6 (56.6K votes)

   TwistySlow-burnFamily-friendlyHeartwarming

   Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.

   Netflix
10. 

    10. Only Yesterday (1991)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 59m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.6 (43.3K votes)

    TwistySlow-burnHeartwarmingFamily-friendly

    In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.

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11. 

    11. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 31m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.4 (60.7K votes)

    Slow-burnFamily-friendlyVisually stunningHeartwarming

    Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to bloss

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12. 

    12. Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll (2019)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 30m · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 7.5 (9.1K votes)

    Slow-burnVisually stunningHeartwarmingLow-stakes

    Violet Evergarden, a former soldier returned from war, comes to teach at a women's academy and changes a young girl's life.

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13. 

    13. Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 34m · U · Animation, Adventure · IMDb 7.4 (11.5K votes)

    HeartwarmingVisually stunning

    Sewashi and Doraemon find themselves way back in time and meet Nobita. It is up to Doraemon to take care of Nobita or else he will not return to the present.

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14. 

    14. The Cat Returns (2002)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 15m · Adventure, Fantasy · IMDb 7.1 (74.0K votes)

    Visually stunningHeartwarmingFamily-friendlyLight-hearted

    Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.

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15. 

    15. Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 36m · Animation, Adventure · IMDb 7.5 (6.4K votes)

    TwistyHeartwarmingFamily-friendly

    Nobita travels to the future to show his beloved grandma his bride, but adult Nobita has fled his own wedding.

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16. 

    16. SPY x FAMILY CODE: White (2023)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 50m · UA · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 7.3 (10.1K votes)

    Visually stunningFunnyHeartwarming

    While under the guise of taking his family on a weekend winter getaway, Loid's attempt to make progress on his current mission Operation Strix proves difficult when Anya mistakenly gets involved and triggers events that threaten world peace.

    Netflix
17. 

    17. My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 44m · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 7.1 (18.1K votes)

    Slow-burnFamily-friendlyLow-stakesHeartwarming

    The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.

    Netflix
18. 

    18. Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2024)

    Movie · Japanese · 2h 1m · Documentary · IMDb 7.8 (1.5K votes)

    Slow-burnFamily-friendlyLow-stakesLight-hearted

    A documentary that chronicles the making of The Boy and the Heron, filmed with exclusive access to Studio Ghibli across an astonishing seven years.

    Netflix
19. 

    19. Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026)

    Movie · Japanese · 2h 21m · U/A 13+ · Animation, Fantasy · IMDb 7.1 (3.4K votes)

    Visually stunningHeartwarming

    Iroha's life gets knocked off its orbit when Kaguya, a carefree runaway from the Moon, moves in and convinces her to perform in a virtual world together.

    Netflix
20. 

    20. Mary and The Witch's Flower (2017)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 43m · Animation, Adventure · IMDb 6.8 (19.7K votes)

    Visually stunningFamily-friendlyLight-hearted

    Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.

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21. 

    21. 10DANCE (2025)

    Movie · Japanese · 2h 7m · A · Romance, Drama · IMDb 7.0 (4.4K votes)

    HeartwarmingLight-heartedLow-stakesStraightforward

    Two dancers, opposites in all but their art, agree to train together for a competition. At first, they clash, but soon become drawn to each other.

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22. 

    22. Asakusa Kid (2021)

    Movie · Japanese · 2h 3m · Drama · IMDb 7.1 (2.1K votes)

    Low-stakesStraightforwardSlow-burn

    Before he hit it big, Takeshi Kitano got his start apprenticing with comedy legend Fukami of Asakusa. But as his star rises, his mentor's declines.

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23. 

    23. Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (2021)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 28m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 6.8 (7.4K votes)

    Slow-burnHeartwarmingLow-stakesFamily-friendly

    After meeting one day, a shy boy who expresses himself through haiku and a bubbly but self-conscious girl share a brief, magical summer.

    Netflix
24. 

    24. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2022)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 48m · Animation, Fantasy · IMDb 6.9 (3.7K votes)

    Visually stunning

    A long-running conspiracy is swirling over a mysterious power wielded by the Queen in Raja, a small country west of Tempest. When a slime who evolved into a Demon Lord named Rimuru Tempest crosses paths with Hiiro, a survivor of the Ogre race, an incredible adventure packed with new characters begins. The power of bond

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25. 

    25. A Whisker Away (2020)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 44m · U/A 7+ · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.7 (18.8K votes)

    Slow-burnHeartwarmingVisually stunning

    A peculiar girl transforms into a cat to catch her crush's attention. But before she realizes it, the line between human and animal starts to blur.

    Netflix
26. 

    26. One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom (2008)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 53m · Action, Animation · IMDb 6.9 (2.3K votes)

    Visually stunningHeartwarmingLight-hearted

    When Nami falls ill, the Straw Hats seek medical care for her on Drum Island. There they meet reindeer doctor Tony Tony Chopper and the Wapol Pirates.

    Netflix
27. 

    27. The Imaginary (2023)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 48m · Animation, Adventure · IMDb 6.8 (2.5K votes)

    Visually stunningTwisty

    Amanda and her imaginary friend Rudger go on thrilling make-believe adventures. But when Rudger finds himself alone, he faces a mysterious threat.

    Netflix
28. 

    28. Ocean Waves (1993)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 12m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.6 (24.0K votes)

    Slow-burnTwistyLow-stakesHeartwarming

    At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that b

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29. 

    29. Haikyu!! the Movie: The End and the Beginning (2015)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 29m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.0 (770 votes)

    Family-friendlyLight-heartedHeartwarmingStraightforward

    Shouyou Hinata, after losing to Kitagawa Daiichi Junior High's setter Tobio Kageyama in his first official volleyball match, transfers to Karasuno High, intent on finally having a proper volleyball team and getting his revenge on Kageyama. Upon arrival at Karasuno, however, Hinata finds out Kageyama has also gone to Ka

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30. 

    30. Modest Heroes (2018)

    Movie · Japanese · 54m · Animation, Fantasy · IMDb 6.6 (3.6K votes)

    Visually stunningHeartwarmingFamily-friendlySlow-burn

    Two tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.

    Netflix