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10 Best Movies Like A Dobugawa Dream

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

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#1
Achilles and the Tortoise

Achilles and the Tortoise

2008★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Dobugawa Dream for fans of Comedy & 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...

#2
Fat Kid Rules The World

Fat Kid Rules The World

2012★ 6.7

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

A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band....

#3
Memories of Matsuko

Memories of Matsuko

2006★ 7.8

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

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy....

#4
Landline

Landline

2017★ 6.1

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

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair....

#5
Just Buried

Just Buried

2007★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Dobugawa Dream for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A young man inherits a nearly bankrupt funeral home from his estranged father. He falls in love with the alluring young mortician, only to find out she's offing people to keep the ...

#6
CQ

CQ

2001★ 5.9

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

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a n...

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