Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Side Job

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

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#1
Fukushima 50

Fukushima 50

2020★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Side Job for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake...

#2
Black Rain

Black Rain

1989★ 7.6

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

Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic bombing, a tragedy that cruelly...

#3
Origin

Origin

2023★ 6.4

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

While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience....

#4
Himizu

Himizu

2012★ 7.0

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

Two 14-year-olds from troubled, abusive homes come together sharing misery and pain. In the aftermath of an earthquake, the classmates learn how to survive while relying on one ano...

#5
It Feels So Good

It Feels So Good

2019★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Side Job 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 ...

#6
Blood and Bones

Blood and Bones

2004★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Side Job 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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