Most Similar Movies to The Makioka Sisters (1983)


If you are looking for movies like The Makioka Sisters (1983), you might like movies tagged with keyword : family drama, literary adaptation, sisterhood, traditional culture, social change, female perspective, period drama, emotional conflict, tradition vs modernity, family secrets, social norms, repressed emotions, japanese film, class differences, 1980s film, arranged marriage .


The Invisible Woman (2013), The Seagull's Laughter (2001), The Beautiful Person (2008), An Impossible Love (2018), Maedchen in Uniform (1931), Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954), A Promise (2013) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

The Invisible Woman (2013)

The Invisible Woman (2013)

6.1/10 Romance, Drama

At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.

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The Seagull's Laughter (2001)

The Seagull's Laughter (2001)

8.4/10 Drama, Comedy

In 1950s Iceland, a sassy widow named Freyja (Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir) arrives home from America with a newer, slimmer look and a mental list of grievances. Not one to stay single long, Freyja moves in with her aunt, uncle and shrewd young cousin, Agga (Ugla Egilsdóttir), and quickly begins looking for a new husband. She manages to charm a number of local bachelors, including Björn (Heino Ferch), but when men start turning up dead, Agga suspects Freyja of murder.

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The Beautiful Person (2008)

The Beautiful Person (2008)

6.7/10 Drama

Cute Junie starts at her cousin Matthias' high school and class after her mom's death. She meets his friends. The boys want to date her - even her handsome, young Italian teacher.

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An Impossible Love (2018)

An Impossible Love (2018)

10.0/10 Drama

A chronicle of the unconditional love between a mother and her daughter, from 1958 to the present day, which is endangered by an unsteady and manipulative father.

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Maedchen in Uniform (1931)

Maedchen in Uniform (1931)

10.0/10 Drama

A student (Hertha Thiele) falls in love with her teacher (Dorothea Wieck) at a strict Prussian girls school.

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Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)

Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)

10.0/10 Drama, History

An unforgiving man pursues his wife (Kyoko Kagawa) and her lover (Kazuo Hasegawa) in feudal 17th-century Japan.

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A Promise (2013)

A Promise (2013)

5.8/10 Romance, Drama

A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's protégé. Separated first by duties and then by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.

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The Truth (2019)

The Truth (2019)

8.8/10 Drama

A stormy reunion occurs between an actress and her daughter after the actress publishes her memoirs.

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Two English Girls (1971)

Two English Girls (1971)

8.7/10 Drama, Romance

A French writer (Jean-Pierre Léaud) falls in and out of love with sisters (Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter) of opposite virtue.

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The Earrings of Madame De ... (1953)

The Earrings of Madame De ... (1953)

8.0/10 Drama

When an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair.

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Personal Affair (1953)

Personal Affair (1953)

4.5/10 Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A British girl (Glynis Johns) disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife (Gene Tierney) of a Latin teacher (Leo Genn) she loves.

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Sense and Sensibility (1995)

Sense and Sensibility (1995)

7.6/10 Romance, Drama

Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the titular opposites.

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Since You Went Away (1944)

Since You Went Away (1944)

7.5/10 Drama

With her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife must care for their two daughters alone.

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Old Acquaintance (1943)

Old Acquaintance (1943)

7.5/10 Drama

Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit is a single, critically acclaimed author while married Millie writes popular pulp novels.

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Downton Abbey (2019)

Downton Abbey (2019)

7.4/10 Drama

The continuing story of the Crawley family, wealthy owners of a large estate in the English countryside in the early twentieth century.

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Testament of Youth (2014)

Testament of Youth (2014)

7.3/10 Biography, Drama, History, War

A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.

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The Age of Innocence (1993)

The Age of Innocence (1993)

7.2/10 Drama, Romance

A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

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Peyton Place (1957)

Peyton Place (1957)

7.2/10 Drama

A peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.

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