15 Movies Like The Happiness of the Katakuris

Loved The Happiness of the Katakuris? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express - the Movie
#1

Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express - the Movie

Six delinquents are tasked with cleaning a train as part of a community service program. But when the train suddenly takes off, chaos ensues.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Happiness of the Katakuris.

Door
#2

Door

Yasuko, a housewife, lives in an urban high-rise apartment with her husband Satoru and her son Takuto. Annoyed by spam calls and door-to-door salesmen, Yasuko slams the door on a salesman’s hand when he tries to squeeze a flyer through the apartment's chained front door. He leaves, but the next day, her nightmare starts.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Happiness of the Katakuris.

Your Name.
#3

Your Name.

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Happiness of the Katakuris.

Door II: Tokyo Diary
#4

Door II: Tokyo Diary

Ai is a call girl that makes good money for what she does but there’s always at risk no matter how good the money is.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Happiness of the Katakuris.

Dollhouse
#5

Dollhouse

After losing their child, a mother finds solace in a life-sized ancient doll she finds on the market. When a new daughter enters the family's life, strange things begin to happen and no matter how hard the family tries to get rid of it, the doll always finds its way back.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Happiness of the Katakuris.

Nun in Rope Hell
#6

Nun in Rope Hell

A woman gets caught by the wife of her lover which results in a stabbing. Feeling guilty she runs away and joins a nunnery. But she soon discovers that several nuns and a well known author have turned the place into their own personal S&M playground.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Happiness of the Katakuris.

Exit 8
#7

Exit 8

A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Happiness of the Katakuris.

A Silent Voice: The Movie
#8

A Silent Voice: The Movie

Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Happiness of the Katakuris.

Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment
#9

Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment

Masked thugs torture an innocent woman in increasingly brutal ways.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Happiness of the Katakuris.

Seven Samurai
#10

Seven Samurai

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Happiness of the Katakuris.

Zatoichi
#11

Zatoichi

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Happiness of the Katakuris.

Lucky Sky Diamond
#12

Lucky Sky Diamond

At the clinic where her boyfriend Katayama, a young genius doctor, is the director, Yoko, a young girl who continues to suffer from eerie nightmares every day, is not getting better despite the care of her sister Sakurako and Katayama's treatment. Sakurako, the sister, is suspicious of Yoko's condition and confronts Katayama, who tells her that she suffers from a serious mental disorder and that the only way to cure it is to have brain surgery. Yoko, despite being persuaded by her sister and Katayama, agrees to the surgery, although she is skeptical...

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Happiness of the Katakuris.

In the Realm of the Senses
#13

In the Realm of the Senses

A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Happiness of the Katakuris.

Flower and Snake 3: Punishment
#14

Flower and Snake 3: Punishment

When successful business man refuses to save the business of his former partner he has his wife and her student kidnapped. The former partner plans to take his revenge by forcing both women into sexual slavery by training them as SM porn stars.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Happiness of the Katakuris.

Porno
#15

Porno

When a group of naive teens working at a movie theater in a small Christian town discover a mysterious film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education…written in blood.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Happiness of the Katakuris.