# Movies like River Returns

> Films most similar to River Returns (2025) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/river-returns-2025/>

## 12 films in this list

- **[Kamen Rider Zi-O NEXT TIME: Geiz, Majesty](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/kamen-rider-zi-o-next-time-geiz-majesty-2020/)** (2020) — ★ 6.7 · 12 votes · cozy, playful
- **[My Beloved Stranger](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/my-beloved-stranger-2025/)** (2025) — ★ 6.7 · 13 votes
- **[Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 1 Wandering; Agateram](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/fate-grand-order-the-movie-divine-realm-of-the-round-table-camelot-1-wandering-a/)** (2020) — ★ 7.1 · 74 votes · epic
- **[Poupelle of Chimney Town](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/poupelle-of-chimney-town-2020/)** (2020) — ★ 6.6 · 73 votes · bittersweet, cozy, tender
- **[Over the Sky](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/over-the-sky-2020/)** (2020) — ★ 6.9 · 56 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[The Deer King](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-deer-king-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 6.7 · 98 votes · gut-punch, outsider, slow-burn
- **[My Happy Marriage](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/my-happy-marriage-2023/)** (2023) — ★ 7.2 · 48 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender
- **[The House of the Lost on the Cape](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-house-of-the-lost-on-the-cape-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 6.6 · 28 votes · bittersweet, outsider, slow-burn
- **[1st Kiss](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/1st-kiss-2025/)** (2025) — ★ 7.1 · 25 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/natsume-s-book-of-friends-the-waking-rock-and-the-strange-visitor-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 7.0 · 20 votes · bittersweet, slow-burn, tender
- **[Secret: A Hidden Score](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/secret-a-hidden-score-2024/)** (2024) — ★ 7.4 · 11 votes
- **[Farewell to the Ark](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/farewell-to-the-ark-1984/)** (1984) — ★ 6.9 · 25 votes · bittersweet, outsider, surreal

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