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Movies Like The Girl in the Rumor

If you liked The Girl in the Rumor (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. 1Blue Jasmine

    Blue Jasmine (2013)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted…

  2. 2A Streetcar Named Desire

    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.

  3. 3Undercurrent

    Undercurrent (1946)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael…

  4. 4Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

    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.

  5. 5You Can Count on Me

    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.

  6. 6There Will Be Blood

    There Will Be Blood (2007)

    ★ 8.1/10Also drama

    Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable…

  7. 7Rachel Getting Married

    Rachel Getting Married (2008)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

  8. 8A Simple Plan

    A Simple Plan (1998)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small…

  9. 9The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

    The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

  10. 10The End of Summer

    The End of Summer (1961)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.

  11. 11Brother

    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.

  12. 12Cassandra's Dream

    Cassandra's Dream (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

  13. 13Shoplifters

    Shoplifters (2018)

    ★ 7.8/10Also drama

    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…

  14. 14The Tender Bar

    The Tender Bar (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    JR is a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie, is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined…

  15. 15The Nest

    The Nest (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban…

  16. 16Our Little Sister

    Our Little Sister (2015)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.

  17. 17The Indian Runner

    The Indian Runner (1991)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Two brothers cannot overcome their opposite perceptions of life. One brother sees and feels bad in everyone and everything, subsequently he is violent, antisocial and unable to appreciate or enjoy the good things which…

  18. 18Brothers

    Brothers (2009)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise…

  19. 19The Brothers Karamazov

    The Brothers Karamazov (1958)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant officer, always broke and at…

  20. 20Anemone

    Anemone (2025)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    Middle-aged Jem sets out from his suburban home on a journey into the woods, where he reconnects with his estranged hermit brother Ray. Bonded by a mysterious, complicated past, the men share a fraught, if occasionally…

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