20 best movies like Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

List of the best movies like Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011): Samurai Marathon, 47 Ronin, Minamata, Silence, Leonie, Somewhere, The Land of Hope, Hail, Caesar!, The Danish Girl, The Theory of Everything.

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Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama, history
CountryJapan, United Kingdom

When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Japan, Hungary
Duration01:59

Based on the original 1941 movie from Japan, and from ancient Japan’s most enduring tale, the epic 3D fantasy-adventure 47 Ronin is born. Keanu Reeves leads the cast as Kai, an outcast who joins Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada), the leader of the 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honor to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, United Arab Emirates, Japan

A movie about reporter W. Eugene Smith and his research on mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan, resulting in severe neurological symptoms.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, history
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico, Italy
Duration02:19

Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.

Markimdb: 6
Genredrama, biography
CountryFrance, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Belgium, USA, Japan, Netherlands

In the lush tradition of the glorious films of Merchant and Ivory, comes the true life story of Leonie Gilmour (Emily Mortimer), whose life crossed continents, wars and cultures, embodied with courage and passion in search of art and freedom. A tender and inspiring story of a remarkable woman who nurtures the amazing artistic talent of her son who has only one way to succeed and one person to guide him, as he grows into the world renown artist, Isamu Noguchi.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan
Duration01:39

    After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryJapan, Germany, United Kingdom, Taiwan

    An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents must evacuate, but the family lives on a farm, with only half of the area designated as an evacuation area...

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, detective, music
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Japan
    Duration02:31

    Tells the comedic tale of Eddie Mannix, a fixer who worked for the Hollywood studios in the 1950s. The story finds him at work when a star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Japan
    Duration02:35

      When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
      Duration02:03

        The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genreaction, drama, adventure
        CountryJapan, United Kingdom
        Duration02:21

        A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, China, Sweden, Japan
        Duration02:36

          Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrehorror, fantastic, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA, Japan, United Kingdom
          Duration02:03

          Based on Mary Shelley's novel, "Frankenstein" tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a monster, which Frankenstein has put together with the remains of corpses. It's not long before Frankenstein regrets his actions.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan
          Duration01:45

          Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the Nazis, gays are the lowest form of human being. But it takes a relationship with an openly gay prisoner to teach Max that without the love of another, life is not worth living.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genredrama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan
          Duration01:27

            Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
            CountryJapan, Thailand, United Kingdom

            A psychologist, an Englishman, a bellboy and a wounded female assasin have their fates crossed at a sleazy Bangkok hotel.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genremelodrama, drama, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, Germany
            Duration01:58

            The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas.

            Markimdb: 8
            Genredrama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
            Duration03:00

            David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play. Director Gregory Doran's modern-dress production was hailed by the critics as thrilling, fast-moving and, in parts, very funny.

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
            CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
            Duration02:02

            Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
            Duration02:20

            A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, musical, music
            CountrySpain, United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, China, USA, Japan, Canada, France
            Duration01:35

            Collection of short films the summaries of which include; a foreign man moving to Italy, getting married and having a child; a four split scene short involving plot-less images of old people with television sets for heads, a beautiful woman having sex, and overall confusion; and an old man reminiscing over his youth.

            Markimdb: 5.4
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan
            Duration01:46

            A dark, hip, urban story of a barren and anonymous city where the underclass' sport of choice is ram-raiding. An exciting game in which stolen cars are driven through shop windows to aid large-scale looting before the police arrive. For Tommy, it's a business, but for Billy and Jo, it's a labour of love. As the competition between Tommy and Billy grows more fierce, the stakes become higher and the "shopping" trips increasingly risky.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genrecomedy, drama, biography
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan
            Duration01:58

            A film about the life and career of the eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

            Markimdb: 5.5
            Genredrama, crime, biography, history
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
            Duration01:50

            Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how they become involved in a conspiracy to kill J.F.K.

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan
            Duration02:04

            Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, the perfectionist Jackal proves an elusive target for the men charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI boss and a former IRA terrorist.

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryCanada, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Japan, USA
            Duration01:47

            Based on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, this visually stunning film tells the story of a French trader who finds unexpected love far away from home.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama
            CountryCzech Republic, United Kingdom, Japan
            Duration02:12

            When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. However the woman takes the root as her baby and starts to pretend that it is real.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genredrama, detective, biography
            CountryUSA, Japan, United Kingdom
            Duration01:52

            Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan
            Duration02:23

            In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.

            Markimdb: 5.4
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan
            Duration01:29

            An ex-con takes a job driving a truck cross country. What he doesn't know is that the truck is filled with illegal weapons and now he must fight to survive and save his family.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
            Duration01:52

            Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryFrance, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan
            Duration01:39

            A man, Milan (played by Johnny Hallyday) steps off a train, into a small French village. As he waits for the day when he will rob the town bank, he runs into an old retired poetry teacher named M. Manesquier (Jean Rochefort). The two men strike up a strange friendship and explore the road not taken, each wanting to live the other's life.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrecomedy, drama, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan
            Duration01:30

            A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding of his life from boyhood, through the era of the first World War, to his eventual Cambridge professorship and association with Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. The emphasis in these sketches is on the exposition of the ideas of Wittgenstein, a homosexual, and an intuitive, moody, proud, and perfectionistic thinker generally regarded as a genius.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genreaction, fantasy, drama
            CountryJapan, United Kingdom, South Korea
            Duration01:33

            Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genredrama, military
            CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand, Japan
            Duration02:03

            Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genredrama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, Germany

            Jakob arrives at the Institute Benjamenta (run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta) to learn to become a servant. With seven other men, he studies under Lisa: absurd lessons of movement, drawing circles, and servility. He asks for a better room. No other students arrive and none leave for employment. Johannes is unhappy, imperious, and detached from the school's operation. Lisa is beautiful, at first tightly controlled, then on the verge of breakdown. There's a whiff of incest. Jakob is drawn to Lisa, and perhaps she to him. As winter sets in, she becomes catatonic. Things get worse; Johannes notes that all this has happened since Jakob came. Is there any cause and effect?




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