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10 Best Movies Like Yearning

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

#1
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

1960★ 7.9

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

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and livi...

#2
Street of Shame

Street of Shame

1956★ 7.7

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

The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law....

#3
Eat Drink Man Woman

Eat Drink Man Woman

1994★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Yearning for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in...

#4
The Man Who Stole the Sun

The Man Who Stole the Sun

1979★ 7.3

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

A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's buil...

#5
Cat Days

Cat Days

2018★ 7.0

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

Jiro, a little boy, feels sick. His father takes him to the doctor. She diagnoses a harmless condition, but it shakes the core of the boy's identity....

#6
Two in the Shadow

Two in the Shadow

1967★ 7.6

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

A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a la...