Movies Like A Wife Confesses

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

Manji

1964·1h 31m·★ 6.8·Yasuzō Masumura

2 shared crewBoth star Ayako Wakao & Fumiko MurataDir. Yasuzō Masumura

Red Angel

1966·1h 35m·★ 7.8·Yasuzō Masumura

2 shared crewDir. Yasuzō MasumuraDP: Setsuo Kobayashi

New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

1972·1h 32m·★ 6.5·Yasuzō Masumura

2 shared crewDir. Yasuzō MasumuraDP: Setsuo Kobayashi

Blind Beast

1969·1h 24m·★ 7.0·Yasuzō Masumura

2 shared crewDir. Yasuzō MasumuraDP: Setsuo Kobayashi

Love for an Idiot

1967·1h 32m·★ 6.7·Yasuzō Masumura

2 shared crewDir. Yasuzō MasumuraDP: Setsuo Kobayashi

Kisses

1957·1h 14m·★ 7.4·Yasuzō Masumura

Both star Hiroshi Kawaguchi & Eitarō OzawaDir. Yasuzō MasumuraDrama & Romance

Black Report

1963·1h 32m·★ 6.9·Yasuzō Masumura

Both star Hideo Takamatsu & Eitarō OzawaDir. Yasuzō MasumuraMystery & Drama

Giants and Toys

1958·1h 35m·★ 7.2·Yasuzō Masumura

Both star Hiroshi Kawaguchi & Hideo TakamatsuDir. Yasuzō Masumura

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022·2h 6m·★ 7.2·Olivia Newman

Themes: murder trial, courtroom dramaDrama & Mystery & Romance

Primal Fear

1996·2h 10m·★ 7.7·Gregory Hoblit

Themes: murder trial, courtroom dramaDrama & Mystery

Juror #2

2024·1h 54m·★ 7.0·Clint Eastwood

Themes: murder trial, courtroom drama

Shutter Island

2010·2h 18m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

TMDB recommendsDrama & Mystery

The Trial

1962·1h 59m·★ 7.6·Orson Welles

TMDB recommendsDrama & Mystery

From Here to Eternity

1953·1h 58m·★ 7.6·Fred Zinnemann

TMDB recommendsRomance & Drama

Lord Jim

1965·2h 34m·★ 6.7·Richard Brooks

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

B. Monkey

1999·1h 34m·★ 5.9·Michael Radford

TMDB recommendsRomance & Drama

A Story of the Forest: Mavka

1980·1h 23m·★ 6.7·Yurii Illienko

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The River Why

2010·1h 41m·★ 5.5·Matthew Leutwyler

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

An Actor's Revenge

1963·1h 54m·★ 7.3·Kon Ichikawa

DP: Setsuo KobayashiStarring Ayako Wakao

Princess from the Moon

1987·2h 1m·★ 6.3·Kon Ichikawa

DP: Setsuo KobayashiStarring Ayako Wakao

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