Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Ukabu

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

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#1
The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama

1983★ 7.5

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

In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their ...

#2
Child of Kamiari Month

Child of Kamiari Month

2021★ 6.5

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

A year after losing her mother, a young girl learns that she must journey across Japan to the annual gathering of gods in the sacred land of Izumo....

#3
Shara

Shara

2003★ 6.5

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

The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art s...

#4
Okko's Inn

Okko's Inn

2018★ 7.2

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

12-year-old Oriko Seki, who lost her parents in a car accident, ended up living in her grandmother's Onsen Ryokan "Haru no Ya." With the ghost "Uribou" cohabitating with her and al...

#5
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

2013★ 8.1

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

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who ...

#6
My Oni Girl

My Oni Girl

2024★ 7.2

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

A shy teenage boy's inability to say no is tested when a headstrong girl drags him on a mystical journey amid summer snow to find her missing mom....

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