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10 Best Movies Like Picnic

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

#1
Green Snake

Green Snake

1993★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Picnic for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A mischievous snake who assumes human form interferes with the romance between her reptilian sister and a hapless man....

#2
Love Letter

Love Letter

1995★ 7.8

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

Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko record...

#3
April Story

April Story

1998★ 7.2

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

In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place....

#4
MOTHER

MOTHER

2020★ 7.0

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

Shuhei is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving grandparents instead of going to sc...

#5
The Firemen's Ball

The Firemen's Ball

1967★ 7.0

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

The firemen of a provincial Czechoslovakian town throw a ball in honor of the old chief's retirement. There will be music and dancing, a beauty pageant and a raffle. The whole town...

#6
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

2018★ 7.2

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

The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; autho...