Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Ikiru

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

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#1
Perfect Days

Perfect Days

2023★ 7.8

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

Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through ...

#2
Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

1953★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ikiru 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...

#3
Plan 75

Plan 75

2022★ 6.7

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

In a Japan of the near future, the government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means o...

#4
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959★ 8.1

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

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemp...

#5
Hereafter

Hereafter

2010★ 6.1

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

Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways....

#6
An Autumn Afternoon

An Autumn Afternoon

1962★ 7.9

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

Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his li...

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