Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Black Current

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

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#1
Norwegian Wood

Norwegian Wood

2010★ 6.4

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

Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori....

#2
Harmonium

Harmonium

2016★ 6.6

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

Toshio hires Yasaka to work in his workshop. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life....

#3
Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

1955★ 7.7

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

A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she t...

#4
Memories of Matsuko

Memories of Matsuko

2006★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Black Current 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....

#5
Tokyo Family

Tokyo Family

2013★ 7.3

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

An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved....

#6
Blood and Bones

Blood and Bones

2004★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Black Current 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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