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10 Best Movies Like Only the River Flows

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

#1
The Glassworker

The Glassworker

2024★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only the River Flows for fans of Animation. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

A young glassworker-in-training living with his pacifist father finds his apprenticeship upended by an impending war and the arrival of an army colonel to their seaside town....

#2
Bushido

Bushido

2024★ 7.5

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

Kakunoshin Yanagida was a samurai, forced to leave the Han due to a false accusation. He then lived in poverty with his daughter Kinu....

#3
Kim's Video

Kim's Video

2023★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only the River Flows for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Since 1987, and for almost three decades, New York cinephiles had access to a vast treasure trove of rare films thanks to Kim's Video, a small empire run by Yongman Kim, an enigmat...

#4
My Worst Enemy

My Worst Enemy

2024★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only the River Flows for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Mojtaba, Hamzeh, Zar are among other individuals who have been thrown into prison and ideologically interrogated in Iran. In this documentary, the director wants them to interrogat...

#5
The Sunny Side of the Street

The Sunny Side of the Street

2023★ 7.1

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

A confrontation between two Hong Kong immigrants – one a cab driver from Mainland China, the other a lawyer and refugee from Pakistan – spells disaster for their families, especial...

#6
Black Tea

Black Tea

2024★ 5.9

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

Aya, a young Ivorian woman in her early thirties, says no on her wedding day, to everyone’s astonishment. After emigrating to Asia, she works in a tea export shop with Cai, a 45-ye...