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10 Best Movies Like The Grand Master

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

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#1
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 The Grand Master 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...

#2
Shogun's Samurai

Shogun's Samurai

1978★ 6.9

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

Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and...

#3
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

1945★ 5.9

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

A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline against an American prizefighter and later facing vengeful karate brothers. As ...

#4
Taboo

Taboo

1999★ 6.5

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

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in t...

#5
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

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

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

#6
Samurai Rebellion

Samurai Rebellion

1967★ 8.2

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

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to rescue her....

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