# Movies like Muddy River

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

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/muddy-river-1981/>

## 12 films in this list

- **[The Buried Forest](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-buried-forest-2005/)** (2005) — ★ 6.6 · 18 votes · bittersweet, slow-burn, tender
- **[Good Morning](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/good-morning-1959/)** (1959) — ★ 7.7 · 310 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, cozy
- **[Equinox Flower](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/equinox-flower-1958/)** (1958) — ★ 7.4 · 165 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender
- **[I Was Born, But...](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/i-was-born-but-1932/)** (1932) — ★ 7.6 · 149 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider
- **[Death by Hanging](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/death-by-hanging-1968/)** (1968) — ★ 7.4 · 107 votes · foreign-gem, cerebral, pitch-black
- **[Record of a Tenement Gentleman](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/record-of-a-tenement-gentleman-1947/)** (1947) — ★ 7.2 · 59 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, cozy
- **[Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/tange-sazen-and-the-pot-worth-a-million-ryo-1935/)** (1935) — ★ 7.4 · 37 votes · foreign-gem, cozy, playful
- **[Port of Flowers](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/port-of-flowers-1943/)** (1943) — ★ 7.0 · 12 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[Barefoot Gen](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/barefoot-gen-1983/)** (1983) — ★ 7.6 · 245 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, gut-punch
- **[Hachiko](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/hachiko-1987/)** (1987) — ★ 7.8 · 184 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender
- **[Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/tomorrow-s-joe-2-the-movie-1981/)** (1981) — ★ 7.6 · 20 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, gut-punch
- **[A Girl, She Is 100%](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/a-girl-she-is-100-1983/)** (1983) — ★ 7.4 · 11 votes

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