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

Proof
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Japanese Story for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Martin, a young blind photographer, is divided between his friendship with restaurant worker Andy and the exclusive love that Celia—who is terribly jealous of this new friendship—h...

Jesus Camp
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Japanese Story for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Jesus Camp is a Christian summer camp where children hone their "prophetic gifts" and are schooled in how to "take back America for Christ". The film is a first-ever look into an i...

The Man from Elysian Fields
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Japanese Story for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husb...

Deceptions
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Japanese Story for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Twin sisters -- one a European jet-setter, the other an unhappy New Jersey housewife -- impulsively decide to swap lives and identities for a week, with unforseen results....

Mario's War
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Japanese Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A court takes 9-year-old Mario away from his abusive family and entrusts him to a childless couple. For the three of them, living together is difficult and often painful, since the...

Babe
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Japanese Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mum, Ba...