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

The Karate Kid Part II
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ceremony for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of his youth, and Sato, his form...

The Ballad of Narayama
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ceremony for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year...

Equinox Flower
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ceremony for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a coworker and is adamant to live life her own way, in...

Shoplifters
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ceremony for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young ...

An Autumn Afternoon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ceremony for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a...

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ceremony for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis....