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10 Best Movies Like Osaka Story

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

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#1
Tomie: Rebirth

Tomie: Rebirth

2001★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Osaka Story for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends...

#2
Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2

1999★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Osaka Story for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps...

#3
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

2018★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Osaka Story for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic an...

#4
People

People

2006★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Osaka Story for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

PEOPLE is a new collaboration of riders and filmers from Mack Dawg Productions. Directed by Pierre Minhondo and Justin Eeles. This newly formed collective combines the talents, at...

#5
Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

2012★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Osaka Story for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's ...

#6
Ace of Aces

Ace of Aces

1982★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Osaka Story for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; ...