Movies like Watashi… Hirose‑buchou ni dakarete shimatta no. Anata, yurushite… (2026)
The best movies like Watashi… Hirose‑buchou ni dakarete shimatta no. Anata, yurushite… (2026) are Heatwave (2022), The Assistant (2020) and Disclosure (1994). If Watashi… Hirose‑buchou ni dakarete shimatta no. Anata, yurushite… hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTell It to the Bees (2019)7.5/10 from 481 votes
- NewestAnalog Z Love (2023)Released 2023
- In JapanesePassion (2008)Also in Japanese
Heatwave (2022)
A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Assistant (2020)
A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDisclosure (1994)
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFahrenheit 451 (1966)
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlood Simple (1985)
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBombshell (2019)
Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPassion (2008)
A young couple's announcement of their engagement to their friends is followed by a series of interactions and conflicts that forces everyone to reflect on their lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOsaka Elegy (1936)
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss in order to pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Only Living Boy in New York (2017)
When a young man learns that his overbearing father is having an affair, he tries to stop it, only to be seduced by the older woman as well.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dresser (2015)
One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser Norman must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time and if he does will he be able to perform that night? The Dresser is a wickedly funny and deeply moving story of friendship and loyalty as Sir reflects on his lifelong accomplishments and seeks to reconcile his turbulent friendships with those in his employ before the final curtain.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHearts of Christmas (2016)
When Alice, a beloved neonatal intensive care unit supervisor, is forced to take early retirement, her young colleague Jenny decides to turn the upcoming staff Christmas party into a surprise celebration for her. The plan is complicated by Matt, the hospital’s new CFO, who’s been tasked to cut costs. Initially at loggerheads, Jenny and Matt get to know and understand each other —a sweet Christmas gift neither saw coming.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Woodsman (2004)
After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophile. Walter finds an apartment and is regularly visited by his parole officer. He gets a job at a lumber mill and starts seeing a coworker. Then his new world begins to unravel; as his past becomes known, he strikes up a high-risk friendship with a young girl and realizes that a man loitering near a schoolyard is a child molester prowling for his next victim.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisExecutive Suite (1954)
When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSalt of the Earth (1954)
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCall Boy (2018)
Ryo Morinaka is a university student and works part-time at a bar. He is bored with his daily life and exists in a state of torpor. One day, his friend Shinya Tajima brings the owner of a host bar over to the place where Ryo Morinaka works. Shizuka Mido is the owner of the host bar. Soon, Ryo Morinaka begins to work for Shizuka Mido at the members only host bar. He feels embarrassment initially, but he fulfills the desires of women and develops a sense of purpose.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTake the Lead (2006)
A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBreathe In (2013)
When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisChristmas Incorporated (2015)
Sometimes, life just seems to hand you exactly what you need – particularly at Christmastime. Riley is scraping bottom when she miraculously lands a job with a wealthy New York City entrepreneur. He’s a bad-boy socialite type who is poised to play Scrooge by closing one of his factories just before Christmas, which would devastate an entire town. It’s left to Riley to talk him out of it and turn him into a man of virtue rather than shame.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Million Yen Girl (2008)
A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Trial (1962)
Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWife vs. Secretary (1936)
Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than professional.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDaughters of Bilitis Club (2011)
Ju Yeon is a young girl who just discovered her homosexuality. She's looking for other women like her on the Internet for a movie she wants to make and that's how she meets Yeo Gyeong, another lesbian girl who's in the same school. The movie also follows Han Na, an office worker who lives with her girlfriend Yeong Eun, who will feel betrayed by her partner's pregnancy, and Myeong Hee and Hyang Ja, owners of a lesbian bar who will face the return of Hyang Ja's estranged daughter.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Ten 'Til Twelve (TBA)
Ashton and Nico come to terms with the hardest part about their break up-- saying goodbye to the memories.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Thanatos (2023)
Simone develops an unhealthy obsession with the extreme sexual practice of bloodplay.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Her and She and Him (1970)
A stylish sensual sample of European erotica about an aspiring model in Paris who becomes a participant in a relationship with a lesbian.Her female lover becomes too possessive, the model takes a job with an homosexual painter.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Love & Human Remains (1994)
In a Canadian metropolis, failed actor David shares a place with the bookish Candy, whom he dated before coming out as gay. While David, who now waits tables, pursues an aimless romance with a younger coworker, Candy dabbles in both same-sex and heterosexual affairs. As David and Candy's odd assortment of friends — including a telepathic sex worker and an ill-tempered yuppie — pass in and out of their beds, a serial murder stalks the city's women.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisAnalog Z Love (2023)
This story told in analog -super 8- tells how one girl meets another at the bus stop. It all begins simply with an exchange of glances that develops a romantic situation that is too idyllic. How does a person go from being a stranger to being the center of your attention?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
The Woman Who Ran (2020)
While her husband is on a business trip, Gamhee meets three of her friends. She visits the first two at their homes, and the third she encounters by chance at a theater. While they make friendly conversation, as always, several currents flow independently above and below the surface of the sea.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTell It to the Bees (2019)
Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCarmilla (2020)
In 19th-century Styria, isolated teen Lara's quiet life is upended by the arrival of mysterious, beautiful Carmilla, a female vampire with whom she develops an intense, homoerotic bond. As Lara's life slowly drains, themes of forbidden desire, identity, and the supernatural are explored, culminating in Lara's discovery of Carmilla's vampiric nature and a confrontation with her ancient lineage.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Watashi… Hirose‑buchou ni dakarete shimatta no. Anata, yurushite…?
The closest matches to Watashi… Hirose‑buchou ni dakarete shimatta no. Anata, yurushite… are Heatwave (2022), The Assistant (2020) and Disclosure (1994). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Watashi… Hirose‑buchou ni dakarete shimatta no. Anata, yurushite…?
Start with Heatwave (2022), the closest match to Watashi… Hirose‑buchou ni dakarete shimatta no. Anata, yurushite….
What is the highest-rated movie like Watashi… Hirose‑buchou ni dakarete shimatta no. Anata, yurushite…?
Tell It to the Bees (2019), rated 7.5/10 by 481 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Watashi… Hirose‑buchou ni dakarete shimatta no. Anata, yurushite…?
Analog Z Love (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Watashi… Hirose‑buchou ni dakarete shimatta no. Anata, yurushite…?
Yes: Passion (2008), Osaka Elegy (1936) and Call Boy (2018).
How are movies similar to Watashi… Hirose‑buchou ni dakarete shimatta no. Anata, yurushite… chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Watashi… Hirose‑buchou ni dakarete shimatta no. Anata, yurushite…, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.