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10 Best Movies Like Dodes'ka-den

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

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#1
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dodes'ka-den for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#2
The Isle

The Isle

2000★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dodes'ka-den for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love wi...

#3
Red Beard

Red Beard

1965★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dodes'ka-den for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic unde...

#4
Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

1957★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dodes'ka-den for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Was...

#5
Closely Watched Trains

Closely Watched Trains

1966★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dodes'ka-den for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance th...

#6
Mahler

Mahler

1974★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dodes'ka-den for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while traveling by train....