Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Ben-Joe

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

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#1
It Feels So Good

It Feels So Good

2019★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ben-Joe 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 ...

#2
To the Ends of the Earth

To the Ends of the Earth

2019★ 6.3

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

A young Japanese woman named Yoko finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show....

#3
Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

1955★ 7.7

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

A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she t...

#4
XX/XY

XX/XY

2002★ 5.8

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

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later....

#5
Radiance

Radiance

2017★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ben-Joe 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....

#6
Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight

Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight

2022★ 7.3

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

A high school girl wakes up each day with no memory of the day before. When she agrees to date a shy classmate, Toru, he begins to fall for her—despite her rule against falling in ...

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