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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.

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#1
Radiance

Radiance

2017★ 6.5

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....

#2
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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...

#3
Memories of Matsuko

Memories of Matsuko

2006★ 7.8

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....

#4
Fire with Fire

Fire with Fire

1986★ 6.2

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, ...

#5
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

1973★ 7.3

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...

#6
Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder

1964★ 7.0

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....

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