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

Creepy
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penance for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as ...

In Order of Disappearance
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penance for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, Nils begi...

Wife of a Spy
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penance for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’...

Lovely Complex
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penance for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Koizumi Risa an unusually tall high school girl, meets the "vertically challenged" young man Otani Atsushi. They find common ground in height anxieties and interests. Risa, a tall ...

The Curious Boy
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penance for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Clement, nine, curious about everything, wants to understand life. Camera in hand, he walks the streets of his small provincial town, following and studying "grown-ups"....

Mr. Right
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penance for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him....