Movies Like Phèdre
If you liked Phèdre (2021), a movie directed by Tamiya Kuriyama, 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.
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Scaramouche (1952)
★ 7/10In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
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Kokuho (2025)
★ 7.9/10Nagasaki, 1964: Following the death of his Yakuza father, 15-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wings of a famous Kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor’s only son, he decides to dedicate himself to this…
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American Ninja (1985)
★ 6/10Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in the Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his…
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Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (2007)
★ 6.5/10The Isle of Koumi, a beautiful island in the Pacific Ocean. On the island, people pass an old legend down from generation to generation that there was the Seabed Palace, an ancient ruin at the bottom of the sea, where…
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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
★ 7.8/10In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that the praise he receives is only due to his status as his father's heir…
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Love Me Tonight (1932)
★ 6.6/10A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess living there.
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Tokyo Mater (2008)
★ 6.3/10A routine tow lands Mater in Tokyo, where he is challenged to a drift-style race against a nefarious gang leader and his posse of ninjas. With the help of his friend, 'Dragon' Lightning McQueen, and some special…
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Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013)
★ 6.6/10A widowed professor living in Paris develops a special relationship with a younger French woman.
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Koati (2021)
★ 7.1/10Three unlikely heroes - Nachi, a free-spirited coati; Xochi, a fearless monarch butterfly and Pako, a hyperactive glass frog - embark on an adventure to stop wicked coral snake Zaina from destroying their rain forest…
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Cyrano (2021)
★ 6.3/10A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a…
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Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011)
★ 6.6/10Summoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows tired of fighting and refuses to continue.
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The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
★ 7.1/10The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
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The Pornographers (1966)
★ 7.3/10A former Buddhist monk turned erotic filmmaker, Subuyan lives with hairdresser Haru and her two teenage children. Shooting two skin flicks per day, he somehow manages to stay out of the clutches of the yakuza, but real…
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Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (2004)
★ 7.1/10Once again, Kaitou Kid crosses swords with Conan Edogawa in this annual installment of the Detective Conan movie franchise. After receiving a letter from the thief, famous actress Juri Maki seeks the help of private…
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Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (2003)
★ 7.7/10Inuyasha and his brother, Sesshomaru, each inherited a sword from their father after his death. However, their father had a third sword, named Sounga, that he sealed away. Seven hundreds years after his death, Sounga…
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Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black (2008)
★ 7.1/10A strange disturbance in the World of the Living sends Ichigo and Kon to the Soul Society, where the Seireitei has been devastated by an explosion of reishi and Rukia is missing. Stranger still, none of the Soul…
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Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter (2017)
★ 6.5/10Bombing case at Nichiuri TV in autumn. The Satsuki Cup, which crowns the winner of Japan's Hyakunin Isshu, is currently being filmed inside the facility. The incident results in a big commotion and, while the building…
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
★ 7.1/10Isolated in the bell tower of Notre Dame, Quasimodo longs to experience the world beyond the cathedral walls, despite the wishes of his stern guardian, the Judge of Paris Claude Frollo. His first venture into the city…
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Love & Pop (1998)
★ 7.7/10Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an…
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The Pagemaster (1994)
★ 6.4/10Rich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the…