Movies Like Uncle's Paradise

If you liked Uncle's Paradise (2006), a fantasy and drama movie directed by Shinji Imaoka, 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
The Clique (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama
A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.
2
Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and fantasy
An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical…
3
Family Weekend (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
4
Heavy Traffic (1973)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an…
5
The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral (2008)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and fantasy
Tomoe Enjou is attacked by bullies from his old school and saved by Shiki Ryougi. He asks her to hide him at her place and admits that he killed someone. Several days later, there are still no broadcasts about the…
6
Blade of the Immortal (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and drama
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a…
7
Somewhere in Queens (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama
Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it…
8
The Dirt (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and comedy
The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.
9
The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain (2008)
★ 7/10Also fantasy and drama
July 1998 - After a group of delinquents is found dead in their hangout place with all their limbs twisted and torn off, Aozaki Touko receives a request to find the murderer and asks Shiki for help. The main suspect is…
10
Kinds of Kindness (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
A triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman…
11
Fritz the Cat (1972)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
In late 1960s New York City, fed up with monotonous college life and police repression, free-spirited Fritz, an impenitent seducer and unrestrained party-animal, decides to explore the world. And just like that, as he…
12
O Lucky Man! (1973)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and fantasy
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.
13
Enter the Void (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasy and drama
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police…
14
Super (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions, though he lacks for heroic skills.
15
Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedy
Restless and unhappy, two couples get caught up in infidelity and deception. Barry is a sullen businessman married to Mary, a writer who is unsatisfied with their relationship. Mary begins an affair with Jerry, a smug…
16
Band Aid (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama
A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.
17
Happiness (1998)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and drama
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
18
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama
An all-girl rock band moves to Hollywood in the hope of achieving success, only to fall into a whirlpool of wickedness and decadence.
19
School Dance (2014)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and drama
High schooler Jason has found his dream girl—the gorgeous Anastacia. There’s just one problem: she doesn’t know he exists. If he can win a spot on the school’s hottest dance crew, Jason might have a shot. But before he…
20
The Big Kahuna (1999)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama
Three salesmen working for a firm that makes industrial lubricants are waiting in the company's "hospitality suite" at a manufacturers' convention for a "big kahuna" named Dick Fuller to show up, in hopes they can…