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10 Best Movies Like Runin: Banished

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

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#1
Pigs and Battleships

Pigs and Battleships

1961★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Runin: Banished for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together....

#2
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Runin: Banished for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemp...

#3
Papillon

Papillon

1973★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Runin: Banished for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape....

#4
Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

1953★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Runin: Banished 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...

#5
Sansho the Bailiff

Sansho the Bailiff

1954★ 8.1

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

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brut...

#6
The Insect Woman

The Insect Woman

1963★ 7.2

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

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, intro...

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