
10 Best Movies Like Departures
If you loved Departures, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Castle of Sand
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Departures for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard....

Blue Giant
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Departures for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
High school student Dai Miyamoto has his life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. Picking up a saxophone and leaving his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of...

BECK
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Departures for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy. Together with Taira, Chiba, and...

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Departures for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Archeologist and avid puzzle solver Professor Layton and his assistant Luke are caught up in an adventure when a masked figure steals an entire opera house and forces those in atte...

If I Stay
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Departures for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow...

The Colors Within
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Departures for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Totsuko is a high school student with the ability to see the 'colors' of others. Colors of bliss, excitement, and serenity, plus a color she treasures as her favorite. Kimi, a clas...