Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Big in Japan

If you loved Big in Japan, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Kid Stays in the Picture

The Kid Stays in the Picture

2002★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big in Japan for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography....

#2
We Live in Public

We Live in Public

2009★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big in Japan for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In 1999, Internet entrepreneur Josh Harris recruits dozens of young men and women who agree to live in underground apartments for weeks at a time while their every movement is broa...

#3
Night Will Fall

Night Will Fall

2014★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big in Japan for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army and newsreel cameramen, revealing for the first time the full...

#4
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.

Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.

2018★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big in Japan for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions....

#5
In the Blood

In the Blood

2014★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big in Japan for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible....

#6
American Yakuza

American Yakuza

1993★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big in Japan for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The p...

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