Best Music Drama

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Best 1 Maestro
Maestro

Martin Scorsese's 'Maestro' is a biographical drama that chronicles the life and career of Leonard Bernstein, a legendary American composer and conductor. The film focuses on his complex relationship...

9.82 Brilliant
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2 Moonlight
Moonlight

Barry Jenkins Moonlight is a profoundly moving and poetic coming-of-age story about a young black man grappling with his identity and sexuality. The films exquisite cinematography, evocative soundtrac...

9.72 Brilliant
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3 Hospital Playlist (Season 2)
Hospital Playlist (Season 2)

This continuation deepens the bond between five long-time friends who are also doctors. Season 2 excels by balancing high-stakes medical emergencies with deeply personal character moments. It masterfu...

9.64 Brilliant
4 Kono Oto Tomare!
Kono Oto Tomare!

Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the "Koto" (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takez...

9.18 Brilliant
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5 Nana
Nana

Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's...

9.18 Brilliant
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6 Whiplash
Whiplash

A high-intensity drama about a young jazz drummer and his abusive instructor. The film captures the grueling nature of artistic perfectionism with visceral intensity. It functions almost like a psycho...

8.90 Excellent
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7 Sound! Euphonium 3
Sound! Euphonium 3

With the ensemble contest behind them, the members of the Kitauji High School concert band now aim to win a gold medal at the national competition. For third-year club president Kumiko Oumae and her f...

8.60 Excellent
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8 Revue Starlight: The Movie
Revue Starlight: The Movie

The stage emulates life and compresses it, setting free skills learned over lifetimes in brief but dazzling displays for the amusement and judgment of others. For the performers, it is the ultimate ri...

8.58 Excellent
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9 Your Lie in April
Your Lie in April

Kousei Arima is a child prodigy known as the "Human Metronome" for playing the piano with precision and perfection. Guided by a strict mother and rigorous training, Kousei dominates every competition...

8.51 Excellent
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10 Nana
Nana

Departing from their respective hometowns, two young women with identical names are brought together in their pursuit of new beginnings. With their hearts set on going to Tokyo, Nana Komatsu dreams ab...

8.46 Excellent
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11 Alien Stage
Alien Stage

Humans once lived like Earth was the center of the universe. Some people embraced religion and believed that God would deliver them from suffering. After humanity was enslaved by aliens, no one spoke...

8.45 Excellent
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12 given
given

Tightly clutching his Gibson guitar, Mafuyu Satou steps out of his dark apartment to begin another day of his high school life. While taking a nap in a quiet spot on the gymnasium staircase, he has a...

8.40 Excellent
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13 Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life Season 2
Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life Season 2

The Tokise High School Koto Club has courageously pushed through their fractured and unsynchronized performance at the Kanto Region Traditional Japanese Music Festival. Club members Chika Kudou, Satow...

8.31 Excellent
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14 BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!
BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!

In their last year of middle school, the five band members of CRYCHIC went their separate ways after an unpleasant disbandment. Each wrestling with their own regrets, the girls enrolled in different h...

8.25 Excellent
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15 Sound! Euphonium 2
Sound! Euphonium 2

Following their success in the qualifying round for the Kansai regional competition, the members of the Kitauji High School concert band set their sights on the next upcoming performance. Utilizing th...

8.24 Excellent
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16 Girls Band Cry
Girls Band Cry

Everyone yearns to find their true purpose in life. This is also true for Nina Iseri, a 17-year-old girl looking to enroll in a good university, but the world always seems to work against her. On her...

8.23 Excellent
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17 IDOLiSH7 Third BEAT! Part 2
IDOLiSH7 Third BEAT! Part 2

IDOLiSH7 is more successful than ever, but no one is smiling because a new threat has taken the stage: the debuting idol group ŹOOĻ. Managed by the nefarious entertainment executive Ryou Tsukumo, they...

8.21 Excellent
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18 Liz and the Blue Bird
Liz and the Blue Bird

Liz's days of solitude come to an end when she meets a blue bird in the form of a young girl. Although their relationship blossoms, Liz must make a heart-wrenching decision in order to truly realize h...

8.17 Excellent
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19 Sound! Euphonium
Sound! Euphonium

Now that Kumiko Oumae has enrolled in Kitauji High School, she hopes to forget about her past. Despite her desire for a fresh start, she gets dragged into the school's band club by her new friends—Sap...

8.16 Excellent
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20 Kids on the Slope
Kids on the Slope

Introverted classical pianist and top student Kaoru Nishimi has just arrived in Kyushu for his first year of high school. Having constantly moved from place to place since his childhood, he abandons a...

8.15 Excellent
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21 Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad

Fourteen-year-old Yukio "Koyuki" Tanaka is a dispirited young boy with no goals in life. However, this all changes when Koyuki saves a strange-looking dog named Beck from being harassed by a group of...

8.11 Excellent
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22 IDOLISH7 Third BEAT!
IDOLISH7 Third BEAT!

Nearing their first debut anniversary and with their popularity still on the rise, IDOLiSH7 set a date for a live tour to express their gratitude toward their fans. Meanwhile, the Black or White event...

8.10 Excellent
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23 Interstella5555: The 5tory of The 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
Interstella5555: The 5tory of The 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

This musical film is the visual realization of "Discovery", an album by Daft Punk. It tells the story of a band of four extraterrestrial musicians who are kidnapped and brought back to Earth by an evi...

8.09 Excellent
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24 given The Movie
given The Movie

The band "given"—comprised of Ritsuka Uenoyama, Mafuyu Satou, Haruki Nakayama, and Akihiko Kaji—has advanced to the final screening of the Countdown-fes Amateur Contest, in which they will be judged o...

8.08 Excellent
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25 IDOLiSH7 Second BEAT!
IDOLiSH7 Second BEAT!

Following their performance at the Black or White event, the idol group IDOLiSH7 is at the height of its popularity, with offers for various concerts and work coming in every day, much to the joy of t...

8.04 Excellent
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26 Ave Mujica: The Die is Cast
Ave Mujica: The Die is Cast

The day Sakiko Togawa's privileged life crumbled, she painfully broke her vow to CRYCHIC and left the band behind—an act that tore her heart in two. As days fade into nights, she struggles to make end...

8.03 Excellent
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27 given - on the other hand
given - on the other hand

Since the night of "given's" first live performance, the relationship between Mafuyu Satou and Ritsuka Uenoyama has been smooth sailing. Their shared love of music reinforces their bond, and every mom...

7.96 Very Good
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28 Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life
Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life

Gen Kudou, a koto maker, believes that his delinquent grandson Chika would never understand the profoundness of the traditional musical instrument. In an attempt to make up for his naivety and underst...

7.93 Very Good
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29 Sound! Euphonium: Our Promise: A Brand New Day
Sound! Euphonium: Our Promise: A Brand New Day

A new year signifies a new beginning, and that seems to be the case for Kitauji High School’s concert band. Following the graduation of the third-year seniors comes the entrance of the first-year juni...

7.85 Very Good
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30 Carole & Tuesday
Carole & Tuesday

It has been 50 years since mankind began its migration to the terraformed Mars, where they live in comfort due to advancements in AI. Carole lives in the metropolis of Alba City, working part-time by...

7.84 Very Good
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