Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Yakuza

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

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#1
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

1973★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Yakuza for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Me...

#2
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Yakuza for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza....

#3
The Outsider

The Outsider

2018★ 6.2

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

A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka....

#4
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

1981★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Yakuza for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership....

#5
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

1974★ 7.2

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

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power....

#6
Late Autumn

Late Autumn

1960★ 7.7

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

A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband....

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