Movies like Ikiru
Ikiru (1952) is a drama movie directed by Akira Kurosawa. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Tokyo Story (1953)
★ 8.1 · 1,273 votes · Drama
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
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2. Lost in Translation (2003)
★ 7.4 · 8,369 votes · Drama, Comedy, Romance
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
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3. Brazil (1985)
★ 7.7 · 3,860 votes · Comedy, Sci-Fi
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
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4. The Seventh Seal (1957)
★ 8.1 · 3,483 votes · Fantasy, Drama
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
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5. The Apartment (1960)
★ 8.2 · 2,803 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
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6. The Double (2014)
★ 6.5 · 1,135 votes · Thriller, Drama
An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.
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7. American Beauty (1999)
★ 8.0 · 13,451 votes · Drama
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
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8. The Trial (1962)
★ 7.4 · 594 votes · Crime, Drama, Mystery
Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.
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9. Seven Samurai (1954)
★ 8.5 · 4,410 votes · Action, Drama
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
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10. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
★ 7.1 · 1,120 votes · Drama, Sci-Fi
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…
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11. The Life of Chuck (2025)
★ 7.3 · 1,327 votes · Drama, Fantasy
In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.
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12. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
★ 8.1 · 302 votes · War, Drama, History
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts and moves with his newlywed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
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13. All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
★ 7.5 · 327 votes · Drama, Crime
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.
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14. Drive My Car (2021)
★ 7.4 · 1,581 votes · Drama
Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.
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15. Nobody Knows (2004)
★ 8.0 · 692 votes · Drama
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
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16. Dog Pound (2010)
★ 7.2 · 417 votes · Drama
Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.
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