Movies Like There Was a Father

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

Late Autumn

1960·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Yasujirō Ozu

2 shared crewBoth star Shin Saburi & Chishū RyūDir. Yasujirō Ozu

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

1947·1h 12m·★ 7.7·Yasujirō Ozu

2 shared crewBoth star Chishū Ryū & Takeshi SakamotoDir. Yasujirō Ozu

What Did the Lady Forget?

1937·1h 11m·★ 7.0·Yasujirō Ozu

2 shared crewBoth star Shūji Sano & Takeshi SakamotoDir. Yasujirō Ozu

Late Spring

1949·1h 48m·★ 8.2·Yasujirō Ozu

2 shared crewDir. Yasujirō OzuDP: Yûharu Atsuta

An Autumn Afternoon

1962·1h 53m·★ 8.0·Yasujirō Ozu

2 shared crewDir. Yasujirō OzuDP: Yûharu Atsuta

Tokyo Twilight

1957·2h 21m·★ 8.0·Yasujirō Ozu

2 shared crewDir. Yasujirō OzuDP: Yûharu Atsuta

Good Morning

1959·1h 34m·★ 7.8·Yasujirō Ozu

2 shared crewDir. Yasujirō OzuDP: Yûharu Atsuta

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

1941·1h 45m·★ 7.2·Yasujirō Ozu

2 shared crewDir. Yasujirō OzuDP: Yûharu Atsuta

A Story of Floating Weeds

1934·1h 26m·★ 7.6·Yasujirō Ozu

3 shared cast incl. Takeshi Sakamoto & Reikō TaniDir. Yasujirō Ozu

Passing Fancy

1933·1h 41m·★ 7.2·Yasujirō Ozu

4 shared cast incl. Takeshi Sakamoto & Reikō TaniDir. Yasujirō Ozu

The Only Son

1936·1h 27m·★ 7.7·Yasujirō Ozu

Both star Shinichi Himori & Chishū RyūDir. Yasujirō OzuFans also liked

Port of Flowers

1943·1h 22m·★ 6.4·Keisuke Kinoshita

3 shared cast incl. Mitsuko Mito & Chishū Ryū

Army

1944·1h 27m·★ 6.4·Keisuke Kinoshita

3 shared cast incl. Chishū Ryū & Shin Saburi

An Inn in Tokyo

1935·1h 20m·★ 7.4·Yasujirō Ozu

Both star Takeshi Sakamoto & Chishū RyūDir. Yasujirō Ozu

Tokyo Chorus

1931·1h 31m·★ 7.1·Yasujirō Ozu

Both star Takeshi Sakamoto & Reikō TaniDir. Yasujirō Ozu

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

1932·1h 26m·★ 6.9·Yasujirō Ozu

Both star Chishū Ryū & Takeshi SakamotoDir. Yasujirō Ozu

I Graduated, But...

1929·11m·★ 6.3·Yasujirō Ozu

Both star Shinichi Himori & Takeshi SakamotoDir. Yasujirō Ozu

Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

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Children in the Wind

1937·1h 28m·★ 7.4·Hiroshi Shimizu

Both star Takeshi Sakamoto & Chishū Ryū

Kolya

1996·1h 45m·★ 7.7·Jan Svěrák

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