Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like High and Low

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

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#1
The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress

1958★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to High and Low for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidde...

#2
Madadayo

Madadayo

1993★ 7.3

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

In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a rauco...

#3
Red Beard

Red Beard

1965★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to High and Low 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
Ikiru

Ikiru

1952★ 8.3

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

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life....

#5
Night and Fog

Night and Fog

1956★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to High and Low for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps....

#6
Le Plaisir

Le Plaisir

1952★ 7.5

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

Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale...