Movies Like The Inheritance

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

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959·3h 24m·★ 8.5·Masaki Kobayashi

3 shared cast incl. Tatsuya Nakadai & So YamamuraDir. Masaki Kobayashi

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961·3h 10m·★ 8.8·Masaki Kobayashi

Both star Tatsuya Nakadai & Yūsuke KawazuDir. Masaki Kobayashi

I Will Buy You

1956·1h 51m·★ 6.9·Masaki Kobayashi

Both star Keiko Kishi & Kōji MitsuiDir. Masaki Kobayashi

Black River

1957·1h 54m·★ 7.2·Masaki Kobayashi

Both star Tatsuya Nakadai & Seiji MiyaguchiDir. Masaki Kobayashi

Fossil

1975·3h 21m·★ 7.4·Masaki Kobayashi

Both star Keiko Kishi & Seiji MiyaguchiDir. Masaki Kobayashi

Check the Store Next Door

2016·1h 44m·★ 7.8·Ernest Prakasa

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958·1h 48m·★ 7.9·Richard Brooks

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Early Spring

1956·2h 25m·★ 7.7·Yasujirō Ozu

Both star Keiko Kishi & So Yamamura

Three Colors: White

1994·1h 32m·★ 7.6·Krzysztof Kieślowski

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American Psycho

2000·1h 42m·★ 7.6·Mary Harron

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Sense and Sensibility

1995·2h 16m·★ 7.7·Ang Lee

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Last Tango in Paris

1972·2h 9m·★ 6.8·Bernardo Bertolucci

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May Fools

1990·1h 47m·★ 7.2·Louis Malle

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Without Family

2000·3h·★ 6.9·Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe

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Lullaby to Kill

1977·2h 24m·★ 6.8·Kon Ichikawa

Both star Keiko Kishi & Misako Watanabe

Could This Be Love?

2007·1h 30m·★ 6.0·Pierre Jolivet

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Land of Storms

2014·1h 45m·★ 6.8·Ádám Császi

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Saint-Jacques… La Mecque

2005·1h 43m·★ 6.3·Coline Serreau

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Typhoon Over Nagasaki

1957·1h 55m·★ 5.8·Yves Ciampi

Both star Keiko Kishi & So Yamamura

Hunter in the Dark

1979·2h 17m·★ 7.0·Hideo Gosha

Both star Tatsuya Nakadai & Keiko Kishi

How Good Is The Inheritance?

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Where to Watch The Inheritance

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