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Movies that feel like An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

If you loved An Autumn Afternoon, the closest films we have are Late Spring (1949), Sansho the Bailiff (1954) and 12 Angry Men (1957). All three share An Autumn Afternoon's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel and Fandor and others, checked against today's data.

Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.

🍅 95% Rotten Tomatoes8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Yasujirō Ozucontemplative

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If An Autumn Afternoon hit the spot, these will too

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Late Spring
1949 · dir. Yasujirō Ozu
🍅 100%8.2drama

Both are Yasujirō Ozu films, and they rhyme

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.

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Sansho the Bailiff
1954 · dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
🍅 100%8.4drama

Japan is the engine of both

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brutal servitude under the cruel bailiff Sansho.

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12 Angry Men
1957 · dir. Sidney Lumet
🍅 100%9drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

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Umberto D.
1952 · dir. Vittorio De Sica
🍅 98%8.1drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.

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Bicycle Thieves
1948 · dir. Vittorio De Sica
🍅 99%8.2drama

Both trade on stillness more than on being drama

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.

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Rocky III
1982 · dir. Sylvester Stallone
🍅 66%6.9drama

Both are drama through and through

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Following Rocky Balboa's intense battle with his most powerful adversary yet – the ferocious Clubber Lang – Rocky joins forces with former rival Apollo Creed in an effort to get back his fighting spirit.

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Scent of a Woman
1992 · dir. Martin Brest
🍅 82%8drama

Drama approached the same way

The difference: A 1990s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.

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Philadelphia
1993 · dir. Jonathan Demme
🍅 81%7.7drama

The same drama instincts

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.

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Our Little Sister
2015 · dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
🍅 93%7.6drama

Both built around family relationships

After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.

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The Whales of August
1987 · dir. Lindsay Anderson
🍅 64%7.1drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.

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American History X
1998 · dir. Tony Kaye
🍅 84%8.5drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

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The Pursuit of Happyness
2006 · dir. Gabriele Muccino
🍅 67%8drama

Both are drama through and through

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

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