# Movies like Distant Thunder

> Films most similar to Distant Thunder (1981) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/distant-thunder-1981/>

## 12 films in this list

- **[Villon's Wife](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/villon-s-wife-2009/)** (2009) — ★ 6.5 · 12 votes · bittersweet, raw, tender
- **[Kagero-za](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/kagero-za-1981/)** (1981) — ★ 6.6 · 30 votes · bittersweet, surreal, tender
- **[Crazed Fruit](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/crazed-fruit-1981/)** (1981) — ★ 5.7 · 17 votes · gut-punch, neon-soaked, raw
- **[A Wife Confesses](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/a-wife-confesses-1961/)** (1961) — ★ 6.6 · 35 votes · gut-punch, paranoid, tender
- **[Snow Country](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/snow-country-1957/)** (1957) — ★ 6.7 · 11 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[Labyrinth of Dreams](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/labyrinth-of-dreams-1997/)** (1997) — ★ 6.9 · 28 votes · neon-soaked, paranoid, raw
- **[A Story of Yonosuke](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/a-story-of-yonosuke-2013/)** (2013) — ★ 7.1 · 74 votes
- **[The Little House](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-little-house-2014/)** (2014) — ★ 6.8 · 45 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[For Love's Sake](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/for-love-s-sake-2012/)** (2012) — ★ 6.9 · 33 votes · bittersweet, playful, unhinged
- **[The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-cowards-who-looked-to-the-sky-2012/)** (2012) — ★ 6.7 · 20 votes · bittersweet, raw
- **[A Bride for Rip Van Winkle](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/a-bride-for-rip-van-winkle-2016/)** (2016) — ★ 6.9 · 76 votes · bittersweet, outsider, tender
- **[The Real Thing](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-real-thing-2020/)** (2020) — ★ 6.6 · 22 votes · bittersweet, outsider, tender

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