# Movies like Departures

> Films most similar to Departures (2008) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/departures-2008/>

## 11 films in this list

- **[When the Last Sword Is Drawn](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/when-the-last-sword-is-drawn-2003/)** (2003) — ★ 7.4 · 119 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, raw
- **[The Last Recipe](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-last-recipe-2017/)** (2017) — ★ 6.8 · 31 votes · bittersweet, raw, tender
- **[Secret](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/secret-1999/)** (1999) — ★ 6.9 · 34 votes
- **[3-Iron](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/3-iron-2004/)** (2004) — ★ 7.8 · 1,260 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, slow-burn
- **[Throne of Blood](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/throne-of-blood-1957/)** (1957) — ★ 7.9 · 976 votes · foreign-gem, cerebral, dread
- **[Fireworks](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/fireworks-1997/)** (1997) — ★ 7.7 · 770 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider
- **[Kikujiro](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/kikujiro-1999/)** (1999) — ★ 7.5 · 597 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, playful
- **[Late Spring](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/late-spring-1949/)** (1949) — ★ 8.0 · 475 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender
- **[Sansho the Bailiff](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/sansho-the-bailiff-1954/)** (1954) — ★ 8.1 · 423 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, slow-burn
- **[An Autumn Afternoon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/an-autumn-afternoon-1962/)** (1962) — ★ 7.9 · 319 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider
- **[Drunken Angel](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/drunken-angel-1948/)** (1948) — ★ 7.6 · 309 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider

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