Movies Like Tokyo Shaking (2021)

Tokyo Shaking is a 2021 drama film from Olivier Peyon with a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Pacific Rim: Uprising and The China Syndrome.

Drama

Pacific Rim: Uprising

2018

It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

6.1

MagicScore

The China Syndrome

1979

While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.

7.2

MagicScore

The Parades

2024

A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has died and is now confined to a realm of restless spirits.

7.5

MagicScore

Voices in the Wind

2020

Eight years after the devastating tsunami, the wounds it left in Japan have still not healed. In her touching search for answers, Haru sets out on a long, eventful journey to her home town, where she lost her family in the flood.

7.3

MagicScore

Himizu

2011

After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.

7.0

MagicScore

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

2023

A lost cat, a giant talkative frog and a tsunami help a bank employee without ambition, his frustrated wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.

6.7

MagicScore

Fukushima 50

2020

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

6.5

MagicScore

San Andreas

2015

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.

6.2

MagicScore

How It Ends

2018

A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.

5.3

MagicScore

#10

Aftershock

2012

Mayhem and death follow when an earthquake traps a group of tourists in a Chilean town.

5.1

MagicScore

#11

Geo-Disaster

2017

A chunk of dark matter shoots right through earth, causing various worldwide disasters. A family in Los Angeles struggles to survive the ordeal.

5.1

MagicScore

#12

America Is Sinking

2023

When glacial flooding causes a ripple effect of earthquakes and tsunamis, scientists must create sinkholes to absorb the water and make the Arctic cold once more.

4.0

MagicScore

#13

Click

2006

A married workaholic, Michael Newman doesn't have time for his wife and children, not if he's to impress his ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty, a loopy sales clerk, he gets the answer to his prayers: a magical remote that allows him to bypass life's little distractions with increasingly hysterical results.

6.3

MagicScore

#14

The Shaggy Dog

2006

The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.

4.9

MagicScore

#15

East Side Sushi

2014

Years of working in the food industry have made Juana, a working-class Latina, a chef of speed and skill. Searching for financial stability, she stumbles into a high-energy, male-dominated Japanese cuisine kitchen. The new atmosphere re-ignites her passions for food and life and makes her hungry to get mixed up in the flavors of this new world.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

Nuclear Now

2023

With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, Nuclear Now explores the possibility for the global community to overcome the challenges of climate change and energy poverty to reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy. Beneath our feet, Uranium atoms in the Earth’s crust hold incredibly concentrated energy. Science unlocked this energy in the mid-20th century, first for bombs and then to power submarines. The United States led the effort to generate electricity from this new source. Yet in the mid-20th century as societies began the transition to nuclear power and away from fossil fuels, a long-term PR campaign to scare the public began, funded in part by coal and oil interests.

7.0

MagicScore

#17

Tampopo

1985

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.

7.8

MagicScore

#18

The Monkey

2025

When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy.

6.0

MagicScore

#19

Allied

2016

In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

6.8

MagicScore

#20

Documenteur

1981

After separating from the father of her son, a young French woman tries to find lodging and a fresh start in L.A. for herself and her son.

6.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Tokyo Shaking?

The top films similar to Tokyo Shaking by MovieMagicScore are Pacific Rim: Uprising (6.1), The China Syndrome (7.2), The Parades (7.5). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Tokyo Shaking worth watching?

Tokyo Shaking holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10 from 44 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Tokyo Shaking?

Tokyo Shaking (2021) is a drama film directed by Olivier Peyon, starring Karin Viard, Stéphane Bak, Yumi Narita.

Where can I find more recommendations like Tokyo Shaking?

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 Tokyo Shaking

This ranked list pairs Tokyo Shaking (2021), a drama film from Olivier Peyon, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Karin Viard 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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