Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 15, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Funeral

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

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#1
Battle Royale

Battle Royale

2000★ 7.3

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

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act....

#2
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#3
Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder

1964★ 7.0

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

The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life....

#4
Norman

Norman

2010★ 6.1

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

A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness....

#5
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

#6
Penance

Penance

2013★ 7.3

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

The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never...

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