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10 Best Movies Like The Taste of Tea

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

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#1
After Life

After Life

1999★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Taste of Tea for fans of Drama & Fantasy. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details...

#2
Survive Style 5+

Survive Style 5+

2004★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Taste of Tea for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one another eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances....

#3
Funky Forest: The First Contact

Funky Forest: The First Contact

2005★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Taste of Tea for fans of Comedy & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother....

#4
Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive

1999★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Taste of Tea for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down....

#5
Key of Life

Key of Life

2012★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Taste of Tea for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin....

#6
Sanctuary

Sanctuary

1995★ 5.7

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

Akira Hojo and Chiaki Asami live different lives in Tokyo, Japan: Hojo is the leader of a small but rising Yakuza clan, while Asami is a politician aiming to become the youngest me...