Movies like The Land of Hope: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Land of Hope (2012) — a drama film directed by Sion Sono — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Land of Hope most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like evacuation, earthquake and great east japan earthquake. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
Where to watch The Land of Hope →·Get picks for your whole taste →
- 1

Come Sunday 2018★ 5.8
Shares: Drama
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Stream in India on Netflix
- 2

The River 1984★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 3

What Maisie Knew 2013★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new partners to strengthen their legal standing, Maisie is shuttled back and forth in an endless game of emotional point-scoring. Yet amid the chaos and upheaval, Maisie begins to find true comfort and affection in her new step-parents.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 4

Fukushima 50 2020★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 5

Hereafter 2010★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 6

Passion 2008★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
A young couple's announcement of their engagement to their friends is followed by a series of interactions and conflicts that forces everyone to reflect on their lives.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 7

Mothra vs. Godzilla 1964★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
Stream in India on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
- 8

I Believe 2019★ 7.8
Shares: Drama
A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way.
Stream in India on Plex
- 9

The Truth About Emanuel 2013★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 10

National Theatre Live: Hamlet 2015★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 11

Skin 2009★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 12

Family Romance, LLC 2019★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 12-year-old Mahiro hires Ishii to impersonate her missing father, the line between acting and reality threatens to blur.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 13

Hungry Hearts 2015★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 14

2073 2024★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and personal freedom have been well and truly obliterated.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 15

The Sound of Silence 2019★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 16

Dante's Peak 1997★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a catastrophic nightmare.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
- 17

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds 1972★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 18

The Pumpkin Eater 1964★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 19

Pinocchio 2009★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
The enchanted story of Pinocchio.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 20

Midnight Special 2016★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now