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Movies Like Film Noir

If you liked Film Noir (2000), a movie directed by Masahiro Kobayashi, 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. 1Imprint

    Imprint (2006)

    ★ 6.8/10

    An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.

  2. 2The Grudge

    The Grudge (2004)

    ★ 5.9/10

    An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.

  3. 3Shoplifters

    Shoplifters (2018)

    ★ 7.8/10

    In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence…

  4. 4Tokyo Decadence

    Tokyo Decadence (1992)

    ★ 6/10

    A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that…

  5. 5Audition

    Audition (2000)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of…

  6. 6Antiporno

    Antiporno (2017)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Kyôko, a traumatized young Japanese girl, finds herself struggling with her self-confidence in her adult life. Growing up in a family without her mother and her sister, she constantly questions the rationale of sex and…

  7. 7964 Pinocchio

    964 Pinocchio (1991)

    ★ 6/10

    While wandering around Japan, defective sex cyborg Pinocchio encounters Kyoko, another amnesiac burdened with a terrible secret tied to her amnesia. Together, they strive to rebuild their lives in a world where memory…

  8. 8My Neighbors the Yamadas

    My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)

    ★ 7/10

    The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope…

  9. 9A Page of Madness

    A Page of Madness (1926)

    ★ 7.3/10

    An elderly man visits his mentally ill wife in a psychiatric hospital. Years earlier, she had tried to drown their child and then take her own life. Crushed by guilt and powerless to change what has happened, he…

  10. 10The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

    ★ 7.7/10

    In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the…

  11. 11High and Low

    High and Low (1963)

    ★ 8.4/10

    A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

  12. 12Gintama

    Gintama (2017)

    ★ 6.8/10

    In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, a young samurai finds work however he can.

  13. 13Society

    Society (1990)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Bill Whitney is worried that he is different to his sister and parents. They mix with other upper-class people while Bill is more down to earth. Even his girlfriend seems a bit odd. All is revealed when Bill returns…

  14. 14Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare

    Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)

    ★ 6.8/10

    On a dark night, the Japanese police is raided by a spy. Different countries' intelligence agencies - such as England's MI6, Germany's BDN, and America's CIA - as well as the FBI's secret files are going to be taken…

  15. 15Under the Silver Lake

    Under the Silver Lake (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to…

  16. 16Survive Style 5+

    Survive Style 5+ (2004)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one another eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.

  17. 17Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)

    ★ 8.1/10

    A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even…

  18. 18Ichi the Killer

    Ichi the Killer (2001)

    ★ 7/10

    As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.

  19. 19The Little Shop of Horrors

    The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Seymour works in a skid row florist shop and is in love with his beautiful co-worker, Audrey. He creates a new plant that not only talks but cannot survive without human flesh and blood.

  20. 20House

    House (1977)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip with her friends to visit her aunt's ancestral house in the countryside. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than…

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