10 Best Movies Like Such is Life
If you loved Such is Life, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Radiance
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Such is Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world....

Babylon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Such is Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

Memories of Matsuko
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Such is Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy....

Fire with Fire
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Such is Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, ...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Such is Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Me...

Intentions of Murder
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Such is Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life....