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10 Best Movies Like There Was Such a Thing Before

If you loved There Was Such a Thing Before, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Land of Hope

The Land of Hope

2012★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to There Was Such a Thing Before for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to...

#2
Fukushima 50

Fukushima 50

2020★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to There Was Such a Thing Before for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake...

#3
A Hen in the Wind

A Hen in the Wind

1948★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to There Was Such a Thing Before for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for treatment but has no way of paying. ...

#4
The Asadas!

The Asadas!

2020★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to There Was Such a Thing Before for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family....

#5
House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo

1955★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to There Was Such a Thing Before for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals....

#6
Barefoot Gen 2

Barefoot Gen 2

1986★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to There Was Such a Thing Before for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life....

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