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10 Best Movies Like A Design for Dying

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

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#1
Paradise Kiss

Paradise Kiss

2011★ 7.1

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

Hyasaka Yukari only wants one thing: to enter the college that her mom wants. One day, she meets an extravagant group that loves fashion. They were searching for a model and Yukari...

#2
It Feels So Good

It Feels So Good

2019★ 6.5

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

When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there ...

#3
Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder

1964★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Design for Dying 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
Radiance

Radiance

2017★ 6.5

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

The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world....

#5
Achilles and the Tortoise

Achilles and the Tortoise

2008★ 7.0

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

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, de...

#6
Dogwood Tree

Dogwood Tree

2010★ 7.5

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

A young girl tries to maintain a long-distance relationship with an aspiring fisherman....

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