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10 Best Movies Like Thermae Romae

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

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#1
The Hoax

The Hoax

2006★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thermae Romae for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s....

#2
The Little House

The Little House

2014★ 6.8

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

Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her ...

#3
Once in a Blue Moon

Once in a Blue Moon

2011★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thermae Romae for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Defence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering his wealthy wife, and his only alibi is a 421-year old ghost, Rokubei. At first Emi i...

#4
Thermae Romae II

Thermae Romae II

2014★ 6.3

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

In ancient Rome, bathhouse architect Lucius (Hiroshi Abe) becomes famous with designing the original "thermae" (bathhouse). He receives an order to build a thermae in the colosseum...

#5
Sakuran

Sakuran

2006★ 6.5

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

Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she lo...

#6
Rebirth

Rebirth

2011★ 7.6

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

After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the aut...