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10 Best Movies Like Messy

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

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#1
Radiance

Radiance

2017★ 6.5

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

#2
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

#3
Love Strikes!

Love Strikes!

2011★ 7.6

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

Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to s...

#4
One Million Yen Girl

One Million Yen Girl

2008★ 7.1

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

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one know...

#5
Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder

1964★ 7.0

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

#6
My Rainy Days

My Rainy Days

2009★ 7.4

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

Because of her past, 17-year-old Rio lives her days filling the emptiness in her heart with money—until one day, she meets a university professor named Kouki and falls in love....

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