
10 Best Movies Like The Only Son
If you loved The Only Son, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Kabei: Our Mother
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Only Son for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. His wife Kayo works franticall...

Tokyo Story
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Only Son for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their...

MOTHER
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Only Son 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...

An Autumn Afternoon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Only Son for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his li...

Nobody Knows
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Only Son for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning....

The Insect Woman
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Only Son for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, intro...