Movies Like The Great Passage (2013)

The Great Passage is a 2013 drama film from Yuya Ishii with a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Professor and the Madman and The Disaster Artist.

Drama

The Professor and the Madman

2019

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

7.1

MagicScore

The Disaster Artist

2017

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.

7.1

MagicScore

Sweet & Sour

2021

Faced with real-world opportunities and challenges, a couple endures the highs and lows of trying to make a long-distance relationship survive.

7.7

MagicScore

Disclosure

1994

A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.

6.3

MagicScore

MAL·MO·E: The Secret Mission

2019

During the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Japanese Empire seeks to eradicate the Korean language and identity. In retaliation, a small group of Korean patriots try to protect their language by compiling the first Korean language dictionary.

7.8

MagicScore

Alice Adams

1935

In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?

6.6

MagicScore

May

2003

A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

6.6

MagicScore

Hello, My Name Is Doris

2015

A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.

6.4

MagicScore

What's Up, Doc?

1972

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

7.4

MagicScore

#10

Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary

1991

The secret of the Lupin family treasure is out: its location is written inside a dictionary once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte himself! When the dictionary turns up as the prize for a historic motor car race, the notorious Lupin the Third and his criminal cadre race the world's superpowers to win - or steal - the Dictionary and unearth his grandfather's legacy of riches!

6.4

MagicScore

#11

House on Bare Mountain

1962

The Wolfman, Dracula and Frankenstein spy on a girls' school in the mountains, where most of the girls spend their time sunbathing in the nude, nude exercises and nude art classes. The monsters finally invade the school…

3.5

MagicScore

#12

No Hard Feelings

2023

On the brink of losing her childhood home, Maddie discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to “date” their introverted 19-year-old son, Percy, before he leaves for college. To her surprise, Maddie soon discovers the awkward Percy is no sure thing.

6.7

MagicScore

#13

I Love You, Man

2009

Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward "man-dates."

6.6

MagicScore

#14

Big Monster on Campus

1998

A student receives a serial killer's brain in a transplant after being thrown into a pool with no water in it.

5.2

MagicScore

#15

I'm Still Here

2024

A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.

8.0

MagicScore

#16

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

2012

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.

7.8

MagicScore

#17

Mysterious Skin

2005

A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.

7.7

MagicScore

#18

Stuart: A Life Backwards

2007

Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.

7.4

MagicScore

#19

Twice Born

2012

Full-throttle melodrama about an ill-starred romance set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo. A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.

7.3

MagicScore

#20

BlackBerry

2023

Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.

7.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Great Passage?

The top films similar to The Great Passage by MovieMagicScore are The Professor and the Madman (7.1), The Disaster Artist (7.1), Sweet & Sour (7.7). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Great Passage worth watching?

The Great Passage holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10 from 60 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Great Passage?

The Great Passage (2013) is a drama film directed by Yuya Ishii, starring Ryuhei Matsuda, Aoi Miyazaki, Joe Odagiri.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Great Passage?

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About movies like The Great Passage

This ranked list pairs The Great Passage (2013), a drama film from Yuya Ishii, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ryuhei Matsuda take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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