Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like First Love

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

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#1
Bad City

Bad City

2022★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Love for fans of Crime & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Kensuke Sonomura directs the legendary Hitoshi Ozawa in this ultimate V-Cinema actioner. Kaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run fo...

#2
American Yakuza

American Yakuza

1993★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Love for fans of Crime & Action. 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...

#3
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

1999★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Love for fans of Crime & Action & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping...

#4
Showdown in Little Tokyo

Showdown in Little Tokyo

1991★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Love for fans of Crime & Action & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-Ame...

#5
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

1975★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Love for fans of Crime & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa....

#6
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

2013★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Love for fans of Crime & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. ...

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