Movies Like Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

If you liked Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935), a drama movie directed by Mikio Naruse, 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
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
2
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
★ 7.8/10Also drama
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us…
3
Out of the Furnace (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.
4
The Color Purple (1985)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing…
5
Love Streams (1984)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
Two closely-bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.
6
King Creole (1958)
★ 6.4/10Also drama
Delinquent Danny Fisher flunks out of high school, quits his job as a nightclub busboy, and one night gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at…
7
You Can Count on Me (2000)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town.
8
The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
★ 5.9/10Also drama
Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer who asks his brother David, a radio personality from Philadelphia, to help him build a paradise on a Pacific Island…
9
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.
10
Brother (2000)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.
11
Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
12
Deadfall (2012)
★ 6/10Also drama
A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.
13
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with…
14
Sharky's Machine (1981)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he…
15
Brotherly Love (2015)
★ 7/10Also drama
West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.
16
Sister Cities (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also drama
Based on the internationally-acclaimed play by Colette Freedman, the story of 4 estranged sisters who reunite for their mother’s alleged suicide.
17
The Eel (1997)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
18
The Client (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the…
19
Siberian Education (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against…
20
Finestkind (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
Two brothers from opposite sides of the tracks are reunited as adults. Desperate circumstances force them into a deal with an organized crime syndicate in Boston, and a young woman gets caught in the middle.