
10 Best Movies Like Madadayo
If you loved Madadayo, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Dreams
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madadayo for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a...

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madadayo for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint....

Late Autumn
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madadayo for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband....

Katie Tippel
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madadayo for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In the late 19th-century, the Tippel family moves to rural Stavoren in search of greener pastures. However, their dreams are quickly shattered, as teenage Katie is terrorized by a ...

The Munekata Sisters
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madadayo for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both of them failed to propose when Hiroshi l...

Fantômas
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madadayo for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A French silent film serial which follows the exploits of the archvillain Fantômas, who commits crimes while eluding Inspector Juve's tireless persecution....