Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like IKUSA

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

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#1
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#2
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

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

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

1973★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to IKUSA for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Me...

#4
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

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

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

#5
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

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

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ru...

#6
The Eel

The Eel

1997★ 6.9

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

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befrien...

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