Movies Like Like Grains of Sand

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

All Around Us

2008·2h 20m·★ 7.5·Ryosuke Hashiguchi

2 shared crewDir. Ryosuke HashiguchiDP: Shogo Ueno

Three Stories of Love

2015·2h 20m·★ 6.6·Ryosuke Hashiguchi

2 shared crewDir. Ryosuke HashiguchiDP: Shogo Ueno

Hush!

2001·2h 15m·★ 6.8·Ryosuke Hashiguchi

2 shared crewDir. Ryosuke HashiguchiDP: Shogo Ueno

C.R.A.Z.Y.

2005·2h 6m·★ 7.8·Jean-Marc Vallée

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Gods and Monsters

1998·1h 45m·★ 7.3·Bill Condon

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The World According to Garp

1982·2h 16m·★ 7.1·George Roy Hill

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The Third One

2014·1h 12m·★ 5.9·Rodrigo Guerrero

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Wilde

1997·1h 58m·★ 6.9·Brian Gilbert

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Midway

1976·2h 12m·★ 6.8·Jack Smight

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And the Band Played On

1993·2h 20m·★ 7.8·Roger Spottiswoode

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Engel & Joe

2001·1h 33m·★ 6.4·Vanessa Jopp

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Never Been Kissed

1999·1h 47m·★ 6.0·Raja Gosnell

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Dark Tales of Japan

2004·1h 32m·★ 5.9·Yoshihiro Nakamura

Both star Yoshinori Okada & Miyako Yamaguchi

Clément, Alex, and Everyone Else

2019·1h 15m·★ 5.3·Kuo Cheng-chui

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A Touch of Fever

1993·1h 54m·★ 6.2·Ryosuke Hashiguchi

Starring Kōta KusanoDir. Ryosuke Hashiguchi

How Good Is Like Grains of Sand?

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