Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 26, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Welcome to Japan

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

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#1
Welcome

Welcome

2007★ 6.8

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

Dubai-based criminal don Uday takes it upon himself to try and get his half-sister Sanjana married - in vain, as no one wants to be associated with a crime family. Uday's associate...

#2
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#3
The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

1985★ 7.7

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

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast...

#4
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Welcome to Japan for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#6
PK

PK

2014★ 7.7

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

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laugh...