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10 Best Movies Like Cry Cheerfully!

If you loved Cry Cheerfully!, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Imprint

Imprint

2006★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cry Cheerfully! 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...

#2
Tokyo Decadence

Tokyo Decadence

1992★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cry Cheerfully! 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...

#3
In the Realm of the Senses

In the Realm of the Senses

1976★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cry Cheerfully! 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....

#4
Sex and Fury

Sex and Fury

1973★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cry Cheerfully! 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...

#5
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

2013★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cry Cheerfully! for fans of Animation. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who ...

#6
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

1999★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cry Cheerfully! for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a...

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