
Movies that feel like Ugetsu (1953)
If you loved Ugetsu, the closest films we have are Citizen Kane (1941), Donnie Darko (2001) and The Five Venoms (1978). All three share Ugetsu's dreamlike and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and fuboTV and others, checked against today's data.
If Ugetsu hit the spot, these will too

The same preoccupation in both: black and white

Both land dream logic and stillness at once
The difference: A 2000s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Both trade on twists more than on being fantasy
The difference: Plays it as action more than Ugetsu does

Drama built on dream logic, twice over
The difference: None of the twists that defines Ugetsu

Contemplative mystery, and it commits to that

Dreamlike fantasy in both cases

Kenji Mizoguchi directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Drama with a pulse of twists, in both cases

Mystery with a pulse of stillness, in both cases
The difference: Leans thriller where Ugetsu does not

Greed is the engine of both

Drama built on twists, twice over

Cut from the same drama cloth
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one
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