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Movies that feel likeStill Walking (2008)

A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

If you loved Still Walking, the closest films we have are Nobody Knows (2004), Fly Away Home (1996) and The White Balloon (1995). All three share Still Walking's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is City of Men (2007).

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Hirokazu Kore-edacontemplativewarmcozymelancholy
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Nobody Knows
2004 Β· dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8drama

Hirokazu Kore-eda directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Takes it somewhere less warm than Still Walking does

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

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Fly Away Home
1996 Β· dir. Carroll Ballard
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.9adventure Β· drama Β· family

Both land stillness and warmth at once

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Still Walking does

Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest was torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When winter comes, Amy and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South.

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The White Balloon
1995 Β· dir. Jafar Panahi
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.6drama Β· family

Drama with a pulse of comfort, in both cases

Several people try to take advantage of a little girl's innocence to hustle money her mom gave to her to buy a goldfish with.

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Children of Heaven
1997 Β· dir. Majid Majidi
πŸ… 83%β˜… 8.2drama Β· family

Both lean on stillness more than on family

Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes. School awaits.

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Red Dog
2011 Β· dir. Kriv Stenders
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.3drama Β· comedy Β· family

Melancholy drama in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into comedy than Still Walking does

The legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.

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Storm Boy
1977 Β· dir. Henri Safran
β˜… 6.9drama Β· family

Family built on warmth, twice over

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.

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City of Men
2007 Β· dir. Paulo Morelli
πŸ… 74%β˜… 7.2dramaParamount+

Melancholy drama, and it commits to that

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.

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Silent Heart
2014 Β· dir. Bille August
β˜… 7.1drama

From the 2010s, and it lands the same way

Three generations of a family gather over a weekend. The sisters Sanne and Heidi have accepted their terminally-ill mother’s desire to die before her disease worsens; but, as the weekend progresses, their mother's decision becomes harder and harder to deal with, and old conflicts come to the surface.

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Wolf Children
2012 Β· dir. Mamoru Hosoda
πŸ… 95%β˜… 8.1animation Β· family Β· dramaMax

Both sit in the same cozy register

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.

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August Rush
2007 Β· dir. Kirsten Sheridan
πŸ… 36%β˜… 7.4family Β· drama Β· music

The shared currency is warmth

Evan, a musically gifted orphan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater. After discovering his talent, the Wizard gives Evan the name "August Rush" and devises a plan to profit from his talent. Little does Evan know that his parents, Lyla and Louis, are searching for him too.

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Girl, Interrupted
1999 Β· dir. James Mangold
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.3drama

Both run melancholy where it counts

Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.

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Taste of Cherry
1997 Β· dir. Abbas Kiarostami
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.7dramaMax

Both know what they want from drama

A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.

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