10 Best Movies Like A Smiling Life
If you loved A Smiling Life, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Imprint
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Smiling Life for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her afte...

In the Realm of the Senses
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Smiling Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship....

Tokyo Decadence
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Smiling Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some s...

The Love Nest
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Smiling Life for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
In an attempt to forget his lost sweetheart, Buster takes a long trip at the sea when he's caught by pirates....

Midori
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Smiling Life for fans of Animation. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
After losing her parents, young flower selling Midori is put up by a fairground group. She is abused and forced to slavery, until the arrival of an enigmatic magician of short stat...

Sex and Fury
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Smiling Life for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, s...