Most Similar Movies to Ikiru (1952)


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Wild Strawberries (1957), An Autumn Afternoon (1962), Magnolia (1999), After Life (1998), My Life Without Me (2003), Tokyo Story (1953), Late Spring (1949) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

Wild Strawberries (1957)

Wild Strawberries (1957)

9.5/10 Drama

An old Swedish professor (Victor Sjöström) sees his life pass by in a series of nightmarish flashbacks.

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An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

8.1/10 Drama

An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.

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Magnolia (1999)

Magnolia (1999)

8.0/10 Drama

An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.

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After Life (1998)

After Life (1998)

7.6/10 Drama

After death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.

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My Life Without Me (2003)

My Life Without Me (2003)

7.5/10 Romance, Drama

A young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before.

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Tokyo Story (1953)

Tokyo Story (1953)

10.0/10 Drama

An elderly Japanese couple (Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama) visit their busy children but are not treated with respect.

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Late Spring (1949)

Late Spring (1949)

10.0/10 Drama

A widowed professor (Chishû Ryû) fakes an impending marriage to spur his adult daughter (Setsuko Hara) to get on with her life.

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The Hero (2017)

The Hero (2017)

6.5/10 Drama

An ailing movie star comes to terms with his past and mortality.

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Foxtrot (2017)

Foxtrot (2017)

9.4/10 Drama

A knock on the door leads to unfathomable grief as a man and his wife learn that their son died in the line of duty as a soldier.

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What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

7.8/10 Drama

After his father's death, Gilbert has to care for his mentally-disabled brother, Arnie, and his morbidly obese mother. This situation is suddenly challenged though, when love unexpectedly walks into his life.

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Scarred Hearts (2016)

Scarred Hearts (2016)

7.8/10 Drama, History

Emanuel is committed to a sanatorium for treatment of his bone tuberculosis. Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the limitations of his new life, he discovers that inside the sanatorium there is still a life to be lived to the fullest.

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Okaasan (1952)

Okaasan (1952)

7.6/10 Drama

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

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Facing Windows (2003)

Facing Windows (2003)

7.3/10 Drama, Romance

Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for the Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her ...

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Beginners (2010)

Beginners (2010)

7.2/10 Comedy, Romance, Drama

A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.

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Family Diary (1962)

Family Diary (1962)

7.2/10 Drama

A man recollects the life of his late younger brother.

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No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)

No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)

10.0/10 Drama

Yukie (Setsuko Hara) is a young woman living in 1930s Japan, blissfully unaware of the tumultuous political changes occurring around her. She is shocked into reality, though, when her father, a college professor, is forced to resign after preaching anti-fascist views. As she becomes more aware of the world around her, Yukie falls in love with one of her father's students who shares his radical views, even as the government seeks to crush anyone who openly opposes it.

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Virgin Mountain (2015)

Virgin Mountain (2015)

9.2/10 Drama

Fusi, a 43-year-old man who still lives with his mother, goes about his monotonous routine until he meets Alma and Hera.

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Middle of Nowhere (2012)

Middle of Nowhere (2012)

8.8/10 Romance, Drama

A med student (Emayatzy Corinealdi) considers leaving her long-imprisoned husband (Omari Hardwick) for a charming bus driver (David Oyelowo).

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