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

Kagemusha
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ran for fans of Action & Drama & History. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When...

Yojimbo
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ran for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the n...

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Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ran for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Uppe...

Ikiru
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ran for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life....

Throne of Blood
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ran for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Was...

Louis C.K.: Shameless
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ran for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Louis C.K. is back on HBO in an ALL-NEW hour of raw no-holds-barred stand-up comedy! The creator and star of the 2006 comedy series Lucky Louie, performs in front of a live audienc...