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10 Best Movies Like Ju Dou

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

#1
Red Sorghum

Red Sorghum

1988★ 7.2

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

An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and ...

#2
Maborosi

Maborosi

1995★ 7.4

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

A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world....

#3
Shanghai Triad

Shanghai Triad

1995★ 6.8

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

Shanghai, China, 1930. When young Shuisheng arrives from the countryside, his uncle Liushu puts him at the service of Bijou, the mistress of Laoda, supreme boss of the Tang Triad, ...

#4
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

2005★ 7.1

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

Takada, a Japanese fisherman has been estranged from his son for many years, but when the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer his daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospita...

#5
Viva Erotica

Viva Erotica

1996★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ju Dou for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Sing's last two films were flops, but he is given the helm on a Category III sex film and has to cope with a leading lady who won't do nude scenes, Triad backers, and a crumbling r...

#6
Deep

Deep

2021★ 6.4

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

Four insomniac med school students are lured into a neuroscience experiment that spirals out of control and must find a way out before it’s too late....