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10 Best Movies Like Sad Angel

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

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#1
Tokyo Decadence

Tokyo Decadence

1992★ 6.0

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

A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some s...

#2
It Feels So Good

It Feels So Good

2019★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sad Angel 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 ...

#3
7th & Union

7th & Union

2021★ 7.6

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

Ex-fighter Raymundo forms an unlikely bond with a disgruntled man whose life and relationship with his daughter are unraveling. The men join forces to win a fight that could very w...

#4
Home Run

Home Run

2013★ 6.2

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

A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties f...

#5
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

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

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

#6
Blood and Bones

Blood and Bones

2004★ 6.6

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

In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kama...

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