Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Kichiku

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

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#1
Glory to the Filmmaker!

Glory to the Filmmaker!

2007★ 6.3

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

Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project....

#2
Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder

1964★ 7.0

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

The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life....

#3
Double Suicide

Double Suicide

1969★ 6.9

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

Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely c...

#4
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#5
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#6
XX/XY

XX/XY

2002★ 5.8

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

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later....

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