Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Manji

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

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#1
It Feels So Good

It Feels So Good

2019★ 6.5

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

When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there ...

#2
Radiance

Radiance

2017★ 6.5

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

The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world....

#3
Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

1955★ 7.7

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

A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she t...

#4
Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder

1964★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Manji 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....

#5
Shara

Shara

2003★ 6.4

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

The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art s...

#6
The Sleeping Dictionary

The Sleeping Dictionary

2003★ 6.4

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

In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lov...

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