Best romantic Japanese movies on SonyLIV in India

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

13 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. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)

Movie · Japanese · 2h 9m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 8.2 (1.5L votes)

Slow-burnHeartwarming

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, torm

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3. Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 40m · A · Animation, Action · IMDb 8.3 (71.4K votes)

Visually stunningFast-pacedMatureTwisty

In a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into Denji's world, and he faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled by love in a world where survival knows no rules.

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4. 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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5. 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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6. The Garden of Words (2013)

Movie · Japanese · 46m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.4 (61.8K votes)

Slow-burnVisually stunningLow-stakesHeartwarming

Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open

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7. Voices of a Distant Star (2002)

Movie · Japanese · 25m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.0 (10.3K votes)

HeartwarmingSlow-burnSerious

It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru waits. The two lovers, worlds apart, desperately strive to remain connected as the

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8. The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 30m · Animation, Adventure · IMDb 6.8 (16.4K votes)

Visually stunningTwistySlow-burnSerious

In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tow

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9. 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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10. 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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11. Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden (2009)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 22m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (1.8K votes)

TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat

Takizawa prevented Japan's destruction - and then he vanished. Six months later, clues lead Saki to the Big Apple in search of her missing friend. Meanwhile, the remaining Selecao are plotting their final move. Some of them would prefer Takizawa dead and out of the way. Some might even be willing to help him achieve hi

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12. DAKAICHI - I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year - the Movie: Spain Arc (2021)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 18m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.1 (371 votes)

Low-stakesLight-heartedFunnyHeartwarming

Azumaya and Takato are set to star in "Blood Wedding," a two-person play that incorporates flamenco dancing; Takato decides to travel to Spain to learn about passion.

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13. Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 35m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.3 (5.1K votes)

Visually stunningEdge-of-seat

It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a young boy named Agito stumbles across a machine that glowed in a strange blue hue inside a forbidden san

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