Movies Like Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016)

Mifune: The Last Samurai is a 2016 documentary film from Steven Okazaki with a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Extraordinary Voyage and Audrey.

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The Extraordinary Voyage

2011

An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece A Trip to the Moon (1902), unexpectedly found in Spain and restored thanks to the heroic efforts of a group of true cinema lovers.

7.8

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Audrey

2020

An unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).

7.2

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Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

2015

A personal and captivating account of the extraordinary life and work of Ingrid Bergman (1915-82), a young Swedish woman who became one of the most celebrated actresses in world cinema.

7.1

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Corman's World

2011

A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.

7.1

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The Eyes of Orson Welles

2018

A poetic journey into the visual world of the legendary filmmaker and actor Orson Welles (1915-85) that reveals a new portrait of a unique genius, both of his life and of his monumental work: through his own eyes, drawn by his own hand, painted with his own brush.

7.0

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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014

The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.

6.5

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Jodorowsky's Dune

2013

In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars, the gigantic project ended in failure; but the artists Jodorowsky brought together to carry it out continued to work together, and ended up laying the foundations for modern science fiction cinema.

7.8

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Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

2021

A tribute to Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci (1926-90), presented by American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.

7.0

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Trespassing Bergman

2013

In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and left Stockholm to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special film buffs, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (An abridged version of Bergman's Video, 2012.)

6.6

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#10

Woody Allen: A Documentary

2011

An intense portrait of the iconic filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen: his life, family and friends; his writing and directing habits, and his relationship with performers.

6.8

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#11

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

2021

Hawaii, May 1977. After the success of Star Wars, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg meet to find a new project to work on together, the former as producer, the latter as director. The story of how the charismatic archaeologist Indiana Jones was born and how his first adventure, released in 1981, triumphed at box offices around the world.

7.9

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#12

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

2021

An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British television in the seventies and its many manifestations, culturally specific, in other countries; to its resurgence in the last decade.

7.5

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#13

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

2006

A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek's most exciting ideas on personal subjectivity, fantasy and reality, desire and sexuality.

7.3

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#14

The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

2012

A journey into the labyrinthine heart of ideology, which shapes and justifies both collective and personal beliefs and practices: with an infectious zeal and voracious appetite for popular culture, Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek analyzes several of the most important films in the history of cinema to explain how cinematic narrative helps to reinforce prevailing ethics and political ideas.

7.3

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#15

Everything or Nothing

2012

The story of three men with a shared dream: James Bond franchise producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and Bond creator and author Ian Fleming. It’s the thrilling and inspiring narrative behind the longest running film franchise in cinema history, which began in 1962.

7.1

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#16

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019

The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

6.8

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#17

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

2019

The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong over the decades, transformed Western action cinema and inspired the birth of cultural movements such as blaxploitation, hip hop music, parkour and Wakaliwood cinema.

6.7

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#18

Cinema Novo

2016

A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main authors, who invented, in the early 1960s, a new way of making movies in Brazil, with a political attitude, always near to people's problems, that combined art and revolution.

6.7

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#19

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema

1997

A very personal look at the history of cinema directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard in his Swiss residence in Rolle for ten years (1988-98); a monumental collage, constructed from film fragments, texts and quotations, photos and paintings, music and sound, and diverse readings; a critical, beautiful and melancholic vision of cinematographic art.

6.5

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#20

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story

1989

6.5

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Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Mifune: The Last Samurai?

The top films similar to Mifune: The Last Samurai by MovieMagicScore are The Extraordinary Voyage (7.8), Audrey (7.2), Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (7.1). Each shares documentary themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Mifune: The Last Samurai worth watching?

Mifune: The Last Samurai holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10 from 47 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Mifune: The Last Samurai?

Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016) is a documentary film directed by Steven Okazaki, starring Keanu Reeves, Kyōko Kagawa, Yōko Tsukasa.

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This ranked list pairs Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016), a documentary film from Steven Okazaki, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Keanu Reeves 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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