Movies like R100 (2013)
The best movies like R100 (2013) are Spark (2017), Love Exposure (2008) and A Snake of June (2003). If R100 hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedLove Exposure (2008)7.9/10 from 556 votes
- NewestSexual Drive (2021)Released 2021
- In JapaneseSpark (2017)Also in Japanese
Spark (2017)
Tokunaga is an unpopular comedian. He meets a senior comedian, Kamiya, who holds a strong faith in comedy. They struggle to move forward as comedians.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Love Exposure (2008)
The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing - which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian - dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisA Snake of June (2003)
Rinko, a woman in a sexless marriage, is blackmailed by a stalker with intimate photos, forcing her into a series of erotic acts that disrupt her mundane life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSexual Drive (2021)
Designer Enatsu worries about his sexless life. Office worker Akane is getting ready to return to work while undergoing rehab at home for panic attacks. Elite advertising agent Ikeyama wants to end his relationship with his lover. A shabby man named Kurita appears before all three with a secret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Glasses (2007)
An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRed Post on Escher Street (2020)
Drafted to shoot a new film, Tadashi Kobayashi, a director with festival marketability, is strong-armed by the studio into hiring two famous actresses as leads. The cast of self-unaware weirdos that constitute the budding players become increasingly overwhelmed and emboldened until they stage their own micro-revolution.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFine, Totally Fine (2008)
Two listless friends and a clumsy girl try to make sense of their lives, and perhaps find love along the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Symbol (2009)
A Japanese man in polka-dot pajamas wakes up in a room with no doors. Meanwhile, a middle-aged Mexican wrestler prepares for his most challenging match ever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKilling (2018)
In mid-19th century Edo period, a masterless rōnin named Mokunoshin Tsuzuki resides in a peaceful village among those he helps. However, as the prevalent peace and tranquility are sure to be replaced by war and conflict across the land, the swordsman feels restlessness creeping upon him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Crazy Family (1984)
Shortly after moving to the suburbs, the Kobayashis start to come undone. Convinced a family curse is at the root of their erratic behavior, the man of the house takes it upon himself to course-correct before it takes the last of their sanity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Takeshis' (2005)
Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Make-up Room (2015)
Morikawa draws from his experiences as a former adult-video director for this comedy set in the make-up room of a porn film shoot. The cast features Aki Morita (Sharing) and an ensemble of mostly Japanese porn stars including Beni Ito, Nanami Kawakami and Riri Kuribayashi.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007)
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGuilty of Romance (2011)
While police investigate a woman found dead in a derelict love hotel, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To escape the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model. Soon, she meets a mentor and begins selling her body to strangers, while at home, she hides behind the façade of the doting wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Am an S+M Writer (2000)
Kurosaki is an erotic novelist who uses his editor and a hired model to act out scenarios in his living room to use for inspiration in his writing. His wife Shizuko calls him a pervert but on the inside, she feels physically neglected. She tries to make him jealous, while also going after what she desires with someone else.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005)
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKikujiro (1999)
Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has never met. The two begin a series of adventures which soon turns out to be a whimsical journey of laughter and tears with a wide array of surprises and unique characters along the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKabukicho Love Hotel (2014)
This erotically charged drama traces the intersecting stories of a group of employees and visitors at a notorious "love hotel" in Tokyo's red-light district.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFace (2000)
Awkward and withdrawn, Masako kills her sister in an explosion of pent-up humiliation and rage that sends her tumbling into fugitive life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Scabbard Samurai (2011)
Kanjuro Nomi is an aging samurai who only has a scabbard. Deserting his lord to wander the land with his daughter Tae, Kanjuro is captured and sentenced to an unusual punishment: he has 30 days to bring a smile to the sad prince who has lost his mother — or else he must die.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTokyo Decadence (1992)
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVisitor Q (2001)
In a dysfunctional family where the mother is a heroin addict and prostitute, beaten by her son, and the father is an ex-TV reporter, sleeping with his daughter and filming his son being beaten up, ‘Q’, a complete stranger enters the bizarre family, changing their lives for the better, finding a balance in their disturbing natures.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Woodsman and the Rain (2012)
A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Be My Slave (2012)
Dan Mitsu stars as Kana, a female employee at a publishing company who strikes up a sexual relationship with a younger co-worker. He soon discovers that Kana's fetishes extend to sadomasochistic tendencies, involving a mysterious man only known as "Sensei". This discovery will push his relationship with Kana to a new, dangerous level that he may not be ready for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Perfect Education (1999)
Schoolgirl Kuniko is kidnapped by a middle-aged man Iwazono when she is jogging. He tells her that he had a failed marriage which leaves him a deep and everlasting scar in his mind. He kidnaps her in search of a perfect marriage and intends to lock her in the room and 'educate' her to perform perfect sex where body and soul are united.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Supermarket Woman (1996)
A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Charisma (1999)
A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain forest, encountering a peculiar tree called Charisma.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGetting Any? (1995)
While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up enrolling in a number of crazy escapades.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisIkigami: The Ultimate Limit (2008)
In an attempt to spur citizens into taking more productive roles in society, the Japanese government issues death messages, or "ikigami", informing them that they have only 24 hours left to live. The film follows a young man tasked with delivering these messages, as well as the victims.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like R100?
The closest matches to R100 are Spark (2017), Love Exposure (2008) and A Snake of June (2003). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after R100?
People who watched R100 most often go on to Spark (2017), Love Exposure (2008) and A Snake of June (2003).
What is the highest-rated movie like R100?
Love Exposure (2008), rated 7.9/10 by 556 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like R100?
Sexual Drive (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like R100?
Yes: Spark (2017), Love Exposure (2008) and A Snake of June (2003).
How are movies similar to R100 chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside R100, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.