Movies like Grave of the Fireflies
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
6 movies that share Grave of the Fireflies's slow-burn and dark & gritty feel, all streaming in India. Languages: Chinese (2), Japanese (1), EU (1). Available on SonyLIV, Prime Video, Netflix, MUBI, JioHotstar. Picked by taste similarity and what Grave of the Fireflies fans also watched.
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1. In This Corner of the World (2016)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 10m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.8 (14.2K votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunningHeartwarming
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetr
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2. Black Dog (2024)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 56m · Drama · IMDb 7.1 (6.1K votes)
Slow-burnDark & grittyVisually stunning
Released from jail, Lang returns to his hometown in Northwest China. As part of a dog patrol tasked with clearing stray dogs before the 2008 Olympics, he bonds with a black stray. The two lonely souls embark on a new journey together.
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3. Abang Adik (2023)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 55m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.2 (2.1K votes)
Slow-burnDark & grittyMatureSerious
Abang and Adi are undocumented orphans living in present-day Malaysia. While the older brother, a deaf mute, has resigned himself to a life of poverty, his younger sibling burns with indignation. A brutal accident upsets the fragile balance of their relationship.
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4. Coven (2020)
Movie · EU · 1h 32m · Drama, History · IMDb 6.4 (6.4K votes)
Slow-burnDark & grittyEdge-of-seatVisually stunning
French Basque Country, year 1609. The men of a small fishing village have gone to sea. Judge Rostegui, who has been charged by the king with ridding the country of the devil's wiles, arrests Ana and her friends and accuses them of witchcraft.
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5. White God (2014)
Movie · Hungarian · 2h 1m · Drama · IMDb 6.8 (17.8K votes)
Visually stunningSlow-burnDark & grittyMature
13 year old Lili fights to protect her dog Hagen, and is devastated when her father sets Hagen free on the streets. Still innocently believing love can conquer any difficulty, Lili sets out to save her dog. Failing in his desperate efforts to find his beloved owner, Hagen joins a canine revolt leading a revolution agai
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6. Earth (1998)
Movie · Hindi · 1h 41m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.6 (8.5K votes)
Slow-burnDark & grittyTwistyVisually stunning
In 1947, the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witnesses to tragedy as her ayah is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.
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