Movies Like A Story of Floating Weeds

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

An Inn in Tokyo

1935·1h 20m·★ 7.4·Yasujirō Ozu

3 shared cast incl. Takeshi Sakamoto & Chōko Iida2 shared crewDir. Yasujirō Ozu

Tokyo Chorus

1931·1h 31m·★ 7.1·Yasujirō Ozu

4 shared cast incl. Emiko Yagumo & Chōko Iida2 shared crewDir. Yasujirō Ozu

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

1932·1h 26m·★ 6.9·Yasujirō Ozu

2 shared crewBoth star Takeshi Sakamoto & Chōko IidaDir. Yasujirō Ozu

Days of Youth

1929·1h 43m·★ 6.3·Yasujirō Ozu

2 shared crewBoth star Chōko Iida & Takeshi SakamotoDir. Yasujirō Ozu

Floating Weeds

1959·1h 55m·★ 7.9·Yasujirō Ozu

12 shared themes: family abandonment, unknown father, paternity revealed...Dir. Yasujirō OzuFans also liked

Dragnet Girl

1933·1h 40m·★ 6.9·Yasujirō Ozu

2 shared crewDir. Yasujirō OzuDP: Hideo Shigehara

The Only Son

1936·1h 27m·★ 7.7·Yasujirō Ozu

3 shared cast incl. Chōko Iida & Yoshiko TsubouchiDir. Yasujirō OzuFans also liked

Woman of Tokyo

1933·47m·★ 7.0·Yasujirō Ozu

2 shared crewDir. Yasujirō OzuDP: Hideo Shigehara

Fighting Friends

1929·15m·★ 6.0·Yasujirō Ozu

2 shared crewDir. Yasujirō OzuDP: Hideo Shigehara

There Was a Father

1942·1h 33m·★ 7.5·Yasujirō Ozu

3 shared cast incl. Takeshi Sakamoto & Seiji NishimuraDir. Yasujirō Ozu

Passing Fancy

1933·1h 41m·★ 7.2·Yasujirō Ozu

5 shared cast incl. Takeshi Sakamoto & Tomio AokiDir. Yasujirō Ozu

What Did the Lady Forget?

1937·1h 11m·★ 7.0·Yasujirō Ozu

3 shared cast incl. Takeshi Sakamoto & Chōko IidaDir. Yasujirō Ozu

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

1947·1h 12m·★ 7.7·Yasujirō Ozu

Both star Chōko Iida & Takeshi SakamotoDir. Yasujirō OzuFans also liked

An Actor's Revenge

1963·1h 54m·★ 7.3·Kon Ichikawa

Themes: theater troupe, kabukiFans also liked

I Graduated, But...

1929·11m·★ 6.3·Yasujirō Ozu

Both star Takeshi Sakamoto & Chōko IidaDir. Yasujirō Ozu

Early Spring

1956·2h 25m·★ 7.7·Yasujirō Ozu

Fans also likedDir. Yasujirō Ozu

The End of Summer

1961·1h 43m·★ 7.7·Yasujirō Ozu

Fans also likedDir. Yasujirō Ozu

Gladiator

2000·2h 35m·★ 8.5·Ridley Scott

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Ben-Hur

1959·3h 32m·★ 8.1·William Wyler

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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927·1h 34m·★ 8.1·F. W. Murnau

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