Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Rice

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

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#1
Suzaku

Suzaku

1997★ 7.3

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

Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Econ...

#2
An Autumn Afternoon

An Autumn Afternoon

1962★ 7.9

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

Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a...

#3
Equinox Flower

Equinox Flower

1958★ 7.4

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

Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a coworker and is adamant to live life her own way, in...

#4
The Makioka Sisters

The Makioka Sisters

1983★ 7.4

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

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifes...

#5
Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

1955★ 7.7

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

A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she t...

#6
Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

1953★ 8.2

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

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their...

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