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Movies Like The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor

If you liked The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor (2008), a history and drama movie directed by Hajime Hashimoto, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Chûshingura

    Chûshingura (1962)

    ★ 7.1/10Also history and drama

    After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

  2. 2Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

    Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also history and drama

    At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.

  3. 3Mr. Turner

    Mr. Turner (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10Also history and drama

    Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.

  4. 4The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

    The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and history

    A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.

  5. 5Taboo

    Taboo (1999)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and history

    Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering on a…

  6. 6Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

    Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)

    ★ 7.5/10Also history

    In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.

  7. 7Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

    Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left…

  8. 8A Month in the Country

    A Month in the Country (1987)

    ★ 6.5/10Also history and drama

    A destitute WWI veteran is hired to help carry out restoration work on a medieval mural in a rural Yorkshire church. While living in the quiet village, he forms a close friendship with an archaeologist and begins to…

  9. 9Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram

    Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram (2011)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    The Kingdom of the People of the Earth once ruled over the land, but now all that remains is the Sword of the Earth. in the city of Eindoak. Satoshi, Iris, and Dent arrive in Eindoak during a harvest festival's Pokémon…

  10. 10Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom

    Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom (2011)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    The Kingdom of the People of the Earth once ruled over the land, but now all that remains is the Sword of the Earth. in the city of Eindoak. Satoshi, Iris, and Dent arrive in Eindoak during a harvest festival's Pokémon…

  11. 11Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 1 Wandering; Agateram

    Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 1 Wandering; Agateram (2020)

    ★ 7/10Also history and drama

    The wandering knight, Bedivere, reaches the end of his journey. It is A.D. 1273 in Jerusalem. The Holy Land has been transformed into a massive desert and its people have been forced out of their homes as three major…

  12. 12Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

    Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)

    ★ 7.7/10Also history and drama

    In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.

  13. 13Kamui

    Kamui (2009)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.

  14. 14Beast

    Beast (2026)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal…

  15. 15Tenchu!

    Tenchu! (1969)

    ★ 7/10Also history and drama

    A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.

  16. 16Zatoichi

    Zatoichi (2003)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.

  17. 17BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-

    BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- (2024)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    When apathetic gamer Nagi agrees to join his rich classmate Mikage in soccer, their partnership leads to the famous Blue Lock program — and to changes.

  18. 18ICHI

    ICHI (2008)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and history

    Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters…

  19. 19Queen of the Ring

    Queen of the Ring (2025)

    ★ 6.8/10Also history and drama

    In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the country, a small town single mother embraces the danger to change culture as she dominates America's most masculine sport to become the first million…

  20. 20Buddha 2: The Endless Journey

    Buddha 2: The Endless Journey (2014)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama and history

    2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets a strange boy named Assaji, who can predict the future, a monk with only…

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