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10 Best Movies Like SAUDADE

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

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#1
Over the Moon

Over the Moon

2020★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to SAUDADE for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Fueled by memories of her mother, resourceful Fei Fei builds a rocket to the moon on a mission to prove the existence of a legendary moon goddess....

#2
April Story

April Story

1998★ 7.1

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

In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place....

#3
The Pornographers

The Pornographers

1966★ 7.2

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

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time...

#4
Ocean Waves

Ocean Waves

1993★ 6.4

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

At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before...

#5
Fish Story

Fish Story

2009★ 7.1

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

A rock band writes a song called "Fish Story" that is foretold to save the world. The song exceeds the boundaries of space and time and ties people and their stories together....

#6
High Strung

High Strung

2016★ 7.0

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

When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip h...

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