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10 Best Movies Like A Muse Never Drowns

If you loved A Muse Never Drowns, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Ocean Waves

Ocean Waves

1993★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Muse Never Drowns for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before...

#2
Harmonium

Harmonium

2016★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Muse Never Drowns for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Toshio hires Yasaka to work in his workshop. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life....

#3
April Story

April Story

1998★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Muse Never Drowns for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place....

#4
The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama

1983★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Muse Never Drowns 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 ...

#5
Look Back

Look Back

2024★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Muse Never Drowns for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant reclus...

#6
Norwegian Wood

Norwegian Wood

2010★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Muse Never Drowns for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori....

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