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10 Best Movies Like Tokyo Drifter

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

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#1
Youth of the Beast

Youth of the Beast

1963★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tokyo Drifter for fans of Thriller & Crime & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence....

#2
Computer Chess

Computer Chess

2013★ 6.0

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

At the American Computer Chess Convention, enthusiasts gather to pit their programs against other computer chess programs and human players in a tournament for a grand prize of $75...

#3
Dr. Knock

Dr. Knock

1951★ 7.4

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

Saint-Maurice, an ordinary peaceful village, lived healthily so much so that the local doctor's practice was scant. But that was before Dr. Parpalaid retired and was replaced by a ...

#4
Vital

Vital

2004★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tokyo Drifter for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young man awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a textbook full of drawings of dissections, Hiroshi is drawn to medical school. There he catch...

#5
The Idiot

The Idiot

1951★ 7.0

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

A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a volatile tangle of love and pity between the disgraced Taeko Nasu, the proud Ayako...

#6
The Great Kidnapping

The Great Kidnapping

1973★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tokyo Drifter for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In early seventies Italy, plagued by criminality and political terrorism, a fearless police commissioner is sent to restore law and order in a northern industrial town devastated b...