Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Play Dead

If you loved Play Dead, 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 Play Dead 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
Penance

Penance

2013★ 7.3

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

The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never...

#3
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.5

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

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

#4
Be with You

Be with You

2004★ 7.5

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

Takumi and his six-year-old son, Yuji, haven't come to terms with their wife and mother's death. One day, they meet a woman with an uncanny resemblance to her sheltering from the r...

#5
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#6
It Feels So Good

It Feels So Good

2019★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Play Dead 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 ...

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