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10 Best Movies Like Osaka Story

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

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#1
Nobody Knows

Nobody Knows

2004★ 8.0

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

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning....

#2
Family Romance, LLC

Family Romance, LLC

2019★ 6.2

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

Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 1...

#3
Good Morning

Good Morning

1959★ 7.7

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

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaki...

#4
Bunny Drop

Bunny Drop

2011★ 7.1

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

Daikichi learns that his recently deceased grandfather has an illegitimate daughter with an unknown mother. The girl's name is Rin and she is just 6 years old. Everybody in Daikich...

#5
Shoplifters

Shoplifters

2018★ 7.8

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

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young ...

#6
Fireworks

Fireworks

2017★ 6.6

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

Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set o...

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