# Movies like The Ballad of Narayama

> Films most similar to The Ballad of Narayama (1958) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/the-ballad-of-narayama-1958/>

## 12 films in this list

- **[Immortal Love](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/immortal-love-1961/)** (1961) — ★ 7.4 · 20 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, gut-punch
- **[The River Fuefuki](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-river-fuefuki-1960/)** (1960) — ★ 7.7 · 13 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, slow-burn
- **[Twenty-Four Eyes](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/twenty-four-eyes-1954/)** (1954) — ★ 7.7 · 92 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender
- **[Port of Flowers](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/port-of-flowers-1943/)** (1943) — ★ 7.0 · 12 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[Farewell to Dream](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/farewell-to-dream-1956/)** (1956) — ★ 7.1 · 10 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[The Scent of Incense](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-scent-of-incense-1964/)** (1964) — ★ 7.2 · 10 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender
- **[You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/you-were-like-a-wild-chrysanthemum-1955/)** (1955) — ★ 7.0 · 16 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[A Japanese Tragedy](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/a-japanese-tragedy-1953/)** (1953) — ★ 5.8 · 16 votes · bittersweet, gut-punch
- **[Army](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/army-1944/)** (1944) — ★ 6.8 · 16 votes · gut-punch, outsider
- **[Boyhood](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/boyhood-1951/)** (1951) — ★ 6.9 · 13 votes · bittersweet, outsider
- **[Wedding Ring](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/wedding-ring-1950/)** (1950) — ★ 6.6 · 12 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[The Living Magoroku](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-living-magoroku-1943/)** (1943) — ★ 6.8 · 10 votes · bittersweet, outsider

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