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10 Best Movies Like An Autumn Afternoon

If you loved An Autumn Afternoon, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1952★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Autumn Afternoon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis....

#2
Early Summer

Early Summer

1951★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Autumn Afternoon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at ...

#3
Late Spring

Late Spring

1949★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Autumn Afternoon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off ...

#4
Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

1953★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Autumn Afternoon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their...

#5
Her Love Boils Bathwater

Her Love Boils Bathwater

2016★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Autumn Afternoon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Futaba resolves to spend her remaining time reuniting her broken family, reopening the long-closed bathhouse, and helping her shy dau...

#6
The Insect Woman

The Insect Woman

1963★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Autumn Afternoon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, intro...

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