Movies Like Floating Weeds (1959)

Floating Weeds is a 1959 drama film from Yasujirō Ozu with a MovieMagicScore of 7.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with A Story of Floating Weeds and Joyride.

Drama

A Story of Floating Weeds

1934

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.

7.1

MagicScore

Joyride

2022

12-year-old Mully has lost his mother and discovers his debt-ridden father stealing the charity money they've raised in her name. Grabbing the cash, Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. A straight-talking solicitor who didn't expect to get pregnant, Joy is struggling with motherhood and planning to give her baby to a friend who will raise the child as her own. She joins Mully on a wild journey across Ireland, stealing cars, hitch-hiking, catching ferries and breaking police barricades.

5.9

MagicScore

An Actor's Revenge

1963

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

6.6

MagicScore

The Brothers Karamazov

1958

Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant officer, always broke and at odds with his father, betrothed to Katya, herself lovely and rich. The other brothers include a sterile aesthete, a factotum who is a bastard, and a monk. Family tensions erupt when Dmitri falls in love with one of his father's mistresses, the coquette Grushenka. Two brothers see Dmitri's jealousy of their father as an opportunity to inherit sooner. Acts of violence lead to the story's conclusion: trials of honor, conscience, forgiveness, and redemption.

6.5

MagicScore

Bones and All

2022

Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.

7.0

MagicScore

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

2007

After the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant monsters called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji’s objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterious Evangelion mecha units. A remake of the first six episodes of GAINAX’s famous 1996 anime series. The film was retitled “Evangelion: 1.01” for its DVD release and “Evangelion: 1.11” for a release with additional scenes.

7.6

MagicScore

Manhattan

1979

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

7.7

MagicScore

No desearás la mujer de tu hijo

1950

An elderly man falls in love with a beautiful young woman, without knowing that she is in love with his son.

7.9

MagicScore

Mughal-e-Azam

1960

In the 16th century, when Prince Salim falls in love with a beautiful courtesan named Anarkali, Emperor Akbar's disapproval leads to a battle between father and son.

6.9

MagicScore

#10

The Cat's Meow

2001

Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924.

5.8

MagicScore

#11

Exit to Eden

1994

Photographer Elliot Slater has inadvertently snapped the only existing photos of elusive jewel thief Omar. When Elliot leaves for a private vacation on an S&M island, he is followed by Omar, Omar's partner, Nina, and undercover police officers Fred and Sheila. Unaware of the number of people chasing him, Elliot enjoys his stay at the resort, and finds himself falling in love with head dominatrix Lisa.

4.0

MagicScore

#12

Acrimony

2018

Faithful wife Melinda, who is tired of standing by her devious husband Robert, is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed. That's when she lost it, and now she cannot let it go.

6.7

MagicScore

#13

The Samaritan

2012

After twenty years in prison, Foley is finished with the grifter's life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris, the possibility of a new start looks real. But his past is proving to be a stubborn companion.

5.5

MagicScore

#14

Indochine

1992

Set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s, this is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, set against the backdrop of the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement.

7.0

MagicScore

#15

Paris Belongs to Us

1961

A young woman joins a theatrical troupe where she slowly believes that the director is involved with a secret group and that he is in grave danger.

6.5

MagicScore

#16

Forever Young

2022

At the end of the 1980s, Stella, Victor, Adèle and Etienne are 20 years old. They take the entrance exam to the famous acting school created by Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Romans at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre. Launched at full speed into life, passion, and love, together they will experience the turning point of their lives, but also their first tragedy.

6.4

MagicScore

#17

The Con-Heartist

2020

Ina, whose ex-boyfriend runs off, leaving her in debt, manages to catch on a cunning con artist who tries to con her. But instead of turning him to the police, she hires this con artist to swindle her ex-boyfriend to get revenge.

7.0

MagicScore

#18

Nannaku Prematho...

2016

Subramanyam, a businessman, is on his deathbed when he tells his sons about a cunning man who stole most of his wealth. Hearing this, Abhiram, the youngest son, lays out a plan to seek his revenge.

6.9

MagicScore

#19

Diabolik: Ginko Attacks!

2022

Diabolik narrowly escapes Inspector Ginko's latest trap, leaving his partner in crime Eva Kant behind. Furious, Eva offers Ginko her help in capturing him, but the former has to face first the return of an old flame of his, noblewoman Altea.

6.0

MagicScore

#20

Flight to Mars

1951

Four scientists and a newsman crash land on Mars and meet martians who act friendly.

5.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Floating Weeds?

The top films similar to Floating Weeds by MovieMagicScore are A Story of Floating Weeds (7.1), Joyride (5.9), An Actor's Revenge (6.6). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Floating Weeds worth watching?

Floating Weeds holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.4/10 from 196 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Floating Weeds?

Floating Weeds (1959) is a drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Ganjirō Nakamura II, Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao.

Where can I find more recommendations like Floating Weeds?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Floating Weeds

This ranked list pairs Floating Weeds (1959), a drama film from Yasujirō Ozu, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ganjirō Nakamura II 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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