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10 Best Movies Like empty

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

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#1
Angel Guts: Red Classroom

Angel Guts: Red Classroom

1979★ 6.4

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

When Muraki, a porn magazine editor, watches a blue film depicting a gang rape in a school, he becomes obsessed with the lead actress. Quite by chance, whilst looking to reserve a ...

#2
Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

1955★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to empty 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...

#3
Romance Doll

Romance Doll

2020★ 7.1

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

It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a ...

#4
Street of Shame

Street of Shame

1956★ 7.7

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

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law....

#5
The Pillow Book

The Pillow Book

1995★ 6.4

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

Nagito has a fetish for calligraphy on the human body and meets her ideal soulmate Jerome, an English translator sent to Japan. However, once Nagiko's father's gay publisher rejoin...

#6
Tokyo Decadence

Tokyo Decadence

1992★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to empty 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...

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