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10 Best Movies Like Five and Half of Pale Joe

If you loved Five and Half of Pale Joe, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Disco Polo

Disco Polo

2015★ 5.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five and Half of Pale Joe for fans of Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Young wannabe musicians from the province decide to write hit song and gain the top of the charts in order to become legends of disco polo...

#2
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five and Half of Pale Joe 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....

#3
Late Spring

Late Spring

1949★ 8.0

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

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off ...

#4
Julieta

Julieta

2016★ 7.0

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

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madnes...

#5
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five and Half of Pale Joe for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...

#6
Buffalo '66

Buffalo '66

1998★ 7.1

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

Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will s...