Drifting Home (2022)
Kernel Score: 84% · 325 TMDB ratings · Rated PG
Genres: Animation, Fantasy, Adventure
Released: 2022-09-09
Runtime: 121 minutes
Where to watch Drifting Home
- Stream: Netflix
US availability, updated 2026-11-12.
Overview
One fateful summer, a group of elementary school kids set adrift on an abandoned apartment building must look within themselves to find a way back home.
Drifting Home parents' guide: ages 6+
Parents need to know that Drifting Home is a PG animated fantasy about elementary schoolers adrift in an abandoned building who must rely on friendship and inner strength to get home.
- Violence & scariness: A little — The supernatural adventure includes mild peril from being adrift, but is not violent.
Fresh Kernels AI-assessed from the official PG rating, publicly documented content. A guide for families, not an official rating.
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Director
Hiroyasu Ishida
Cast
- Mutsumi Tamura as Kosuke Kumagaya (voice)
- Asami Seto as Natsume Tonai (voice)
- Ayumu Murase as Noppo (voice)
- Daiki Yamashita as Yuzuru Tachibana (voice)
- Yumiko Kobayashi as Taishi Koiwai (voice)
- Inori Minase as Reina Haba (voice)
- Kana Hanazawa as Juri Ando (voice)
- Bin Shimada as Yasuji Kumagaya (voice)
- Rikako Aikawa as Yasuko Kumagaya (voice)
- Nana Mizuki as Satoko Tonai (voice)
Drifting Home FAQ
Is Drifting Home good?
Drifting Home has an 84% Kernel Score on Fresh Kernels, our own critic-informed editorial score.
Where can I watch Drifting Home?
In the US you can stream Drifting Home on Netflix.
Is Drifting Home OK for kids?
Drifting Home is rated PG. Fresh Kernels suggests ages 6+. Parents need to know that Drifting Home is a PG animated fantasy about elementary schoolers adrift in an abandoned building who must rely on friendship and inner strength to get home.
What movies are like Drifting Home?
If you liked Drifting Home, try Children Who Chase Lost Voices, Patema Inverted, The Boy and the Beast and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond.