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Movies Like The Scent of Pheasant’s Eye: An Episode from the Tales of Flowers

If you liked The Scent of Pheasant’s Eye: An Episode from the Tales of Flowers (1935), a drama movie directed by Jirô Kawate, 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. 1The Human Voice

    The Human Voice (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him.

  2. 2Maborosi

    Maborosi (1995)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

  3. 3Helen

    Helen (2009)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her…

  4. 4Fathers and Daughters

    Fathers and Daughters (2015)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.

  5. 5The Thing with Feathers

    The Thing with Feathers (2025)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Following the death of his wife, a young father's hold on reality crumbles, and a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.

  6. 6Synecdoche, New York

    Synecdoche, New York (2008)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

  7. 7Hounddog

    Hounddog (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

  8. 8Laugh, Clown, Laugh

    Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but both fall in love with the same young woman.

  9. 9Killer's Kiss

    Killer's Kiss (1955)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The…

  10. 10Patriotism

    Patriotism (1966)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Two characters on a Noh stage dramatize the rite of love and death of Lieutenant Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko.

  11. 11Manji

    Manji (1964)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.

  12. 12Save the Tiger

    Save the Tiger (1973)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.

  13. 13Blackbird

    Blackbird (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.

  14. 14Intentions of Murder

    Intentions of Murder (1964)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.

  15. 15Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

    Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the…

  16. 16Uncle Frank

    Uncle Frank (2020)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.

  17. 17Drive My Car

    Drive My Car (2021)

    ★ 7.4/10Also 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…

  18. 18American Beauty

    American Beauty (1999)

    ★ 8/10Also 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.

  19. 19The Beaver

    The Beaver (2011)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his…

  20. 20The Safety of Objects

    The Safety of Objects (2002)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband…

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