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10 Best Movies Like Outsiders: Japan

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

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#1
Japan

Japan

★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Outsiders: Japan for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In the short film JAPAN I work through my long-term anxiety disorder. Divided into episodes, without a speaker, just by text inserts, I tell of striking events from my past....

#2
Chain Mail

Chain Mail

2015★ 3.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Outsiders: Japan for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A usual chain mail is forwarded to a group of people. Some pass it while others ignore. One dies and is followed by series of sudden and unexplainable deaths of others. Soon after,...

#3
The Waves Call You

The Waves Call You

2024★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Outsiders: Japan for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A Puerto Rican seamstress ponders leaving her island to go live with her daughter in the United States....

#4
Stand by Me

Stand by Me

2024★ 6.6

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

The movie is based on the true story of the "Stray Brothers" and focuses on the group of "Children in Difficult Social Situations". The film tells the story of the wandering journe...

#5
Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda

Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda

2014★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Outsiders: Japan for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the middle of a broadcast about Typhoon Yolanda's initial impact, reporter Jiggy Manicad was faced with the reality that he no longer had communication with his station. They we...

#6
13

13

2021★ 10.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Outsiders: Japan for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The film is a continuous time-lapse with multiple exposures of the sunset from the same angle and position on 16mm film. The shoot was done in a span of 5 years. The title 13 is be...