Anarchy in Japansuke (1999)

(3.8) based on 5 votes
A middle-aged man walks up to young man who is sitting under a tree and shoots him. The film then flashes back to 1981, where a young woman steals a car with a baby strapped inside. She decides to raise the child as her own, and teaches him to shoplift from stores while she works as a prostitute. She strikes up a relationship with a convenience-store clerk, and the two eventually settle down together.
Directors
Release Date
Apr 23, 1999
Runtime
01h 08m
Genre
Available in streaming on

A middle-aged man walks up to young man who is sitting under a tree and shoots him. The film then flashes back to 1981, where a young woman steals a car with a baby strapped inside. She decides to raise the child as her own, and teaches him to shoplift from stores while she works as a prostitute. She strikes up a relationship with a convenience-store clerk, and the two eventually settle down together.

Movies like Anarchy in Japansuke

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

This remarkable journey across our planet and universe explores how meteorites, shooting stars, and deep impacts have awoken our wonder about other realms—and make us rethink our destinies.
Search similar movies
6.5
Fireball%3A+Visitors+from+Darker+Worlds
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

2020

Search similar movies
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
Search similar movies
5.9
A+Nightmare+on+Elm+Street+4%3A+The+Dream+Master
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

1988

Search similar movies
Destroy All Monsters

At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.
Search similar movies
6.9
Destroy+All+Monsters
Destroy All Monsters

1968

Search similar movies
...Watch Out, We're Mad

Estranged, quarreling brothers Carezza and Sorriso have to put aside their differences to reclaim their father's beloved dune buggy from predatory real estate developer Torsillo, with the help of beautiful circus performer Miriam, whose family business is threatened by Torsillo's enforcers.
Search similar movies
6.1
...Watch+Out%2C+We%27re+Mad
...Watch Out, We're Mad

2022

Search similar movies
Love, Divided

Valentina is a young pianist starting over. Her neighbor David is an inventor who hates noise. And a paper-thin wall is about to become their matchmaker.
Search similar movies
6.7
Love%2C+Divided
Love, Divided

2024

Search similar movies
The House by the Cemetery

After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman Boyle, takes over his studies and moves his family into the Boston mansion. Soon after, Boyle's young son Bob becomes plagued by visions of a young girl, who warns him of the danger within the house.
Search similar movies
6.3
The+House+by+the+Cemetery
The House by the Cemetery

1981

Search similar movies
Scooby-Doo! Winter WonderDog

Celebrate the season Scooby-Doo style as Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang face off festive frights, frosty nights and - jeepers - the ghost of Christmas, who wants to wish everyone a scary Christmas! In this collection of cold-weather capers, Scooby-Doo and the gang unwrap a series of mysteries in order to stop a group of chilling crooks from stealing the spirits of the season!
Search similar movies
9.1
Scooby-Doo%21+Winter+WonderDog
Scooby-Doo! Winter WonderDog

2002

Search similar movies
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.
Search similar movies
6.4
The+Life+and+Times+of+Judge+Roy+Bean
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

1972

Search similar movies
A Night at the Opera

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
Search similar movies
7.4
A+Night+at+the+Opera
A Night at the Opera

1935

Search similar movies
Basically

A bright but acid-tongued young actress walks the viewer through the drudgeries of her privileged life in a series of clinical tableaux.
Search similar movies
6.2
Basically
The Play House

Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works.
Search similar movies
6.8
The+Play+House
The Play House

1921

Search similar movies
Moscow-Cassiopeia

Several children go on a lifelong space mission to Cassiopeia because they don't want to go to school.
Search similar movies
6.2
Moscow-Cassiopeia
Moscow-Cassiopeia

1974

Search similar movies
Gloria!

In late 18th century Venice, in a convent school for girls, Teresa, a student with prophetic gifts, joins forces with some amazing music-makers. They create a new kind of pop, bright and bold, and challenge the ancient and rigid system.
Search similar movies
6.9
Gloria%21
Trust

A Hollywood starlet seeks refuge in a secluded Airbnb following a high-profile scandal, only to find herself at the mercy of hardened criminals on the hunt for a score.
Search similar movies
5.7
Trust
Meet the Leroys

A man takes his wife and their teenage children on a road trip down memory lane while facing divorce.
Search similar movies
6.3
Meet+the+Leroys
Meet the Leroys

2024

Search similar movies
Opus

A young writer is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star who mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago. Surrounded by the star's cult of sycophants and intoxicated journalists, she finds herself in the middle of his twisted plan.
Search similar movies
5.7
Opus
The Frozen North

A mix of guns and mistaken identity leads to chaos in this satirical parody of William S. Hart's melodramatic westerns, finding Buster in the frozen north - "the last stop on the subway".
Search similar movies
6.2
The+Frozen+North
The Frozen North

1922

Search similar movies
New

Outskirts of Moscow. A girl comes to an unfamiliar apartment to look after a dog. After a while, she realizes that the owner of the apartment has disappeared. She finds herself into a series of people that have been taking care of the dog for years in that same apartment, creating a weird community around this strange absence of the owner.
Search similar movies
8.2
New
Florence Fight Club

Intertwined stories from the gladiator/athletes participating to the Calcio Storico Fiorentino yearly championship.
Search similar movies
7.4
Florence+Fight+Club
Florence Fight Club

2015

Search similar movies
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.
Search similar movies
5.0
Friday+the+13th+Part+VIII%3A+Jason+Takes+Manhattan
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

1989

Search similar movies
The Sword of Doom

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
Search similar movies
7.7
The+Sword+of+Doom
The Sword of Doom

1966

Search similar movies
Red Road

Jackie is a CCTV operator. One day, a man shows his face on her monitor, a man she hoped never to see again. Now she has no choice and is compelled to confront him.
Search similar movies
6.4
Red+Road
The End We Start From

As London is submerged below floodwaters, a woman gives birth to her first child. Days later, she and her baby are forced to leave their home in search of safety. They head north through a newly dangerous country seeking refuge from place to place.
Search similar movies
5.8
The+End+We+Start+From
The End We Start From

2023

Search similar movies
Two Evil Eyes

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.
Search similar movies
6.1
Two+Evil+Eyes
Two Evil Eyes

1990

Search similar movies
Funny Farm

Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
Search similar movies
6.2
Funny+Farm
Funny Farm

1988

Search similar movies
The Woman in Cabin 10

On a lavish yacht for an assignment, a journalist sees a passenger go overboard. But when no one believes her, she risks her life to uncover the truth.
Search similar movies
6.2
The+Woman+in+Cabin+10
The Woman in Cabin 10

2025

Search similar movies
Lost in Starlight

When an astronaut leaves Earth for Mars, the vast infinite space divides star-crossed lovers in this animated romance that crosses the cosmos.
Search similar movies
7.3
Lost+in+Starlight
Lost in Starlight

2025

Search similar movies
House of Wax

A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly runs into trouble when his business partner demands the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.
Search similar movies
6.9
House+of+Wax
House of Wax

1953

Search similar movies
Jim's Story

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. They spend happy years together until Christophe, Jim's biological father, shows up... It could be the start of a melodrama, it's also the start of an odyssey into fatherhood.
Search similar movies
6.8
Jim%27s+Story
Jim's Story

2024

Search similar movies
Honey Don't!

Honey O'Donahue, a small-town private investigator, delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.
Search similar movies
5.7
Honey+Don%27t%21
Honey Don't!

2025

Search similar movies
A Little Something Extra

To escape the police, a father and his son are forced to find refuge in a summer camp for young adults with mental disabilities, taking on the role of an educator and a boarder. The beginning of troubles and a wonderful human experience that will change them forever.
Search similar movies
7.1
A+Little+Something+Extra
A Little Something Extra

2024

Search similar movies
The Grifters

A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Search similar movies
6.5
The+Grifters
The Grifters

1990

Search similar movies
The Big Gundown

Unofficial lawman John Corbett hunts down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl.
Search similar movies
7.3
The+Big+Gundown
The Big Gundown

1967

Search similar movies
Six Reasons Why

In a desolate place called the Badlands, four men stand off with guns drawn, their fingers ready at the trigger. Among them are a fugitive seeking redemption, a son out to avenge his father's murder, a loyal servant with a secret and a murderous criminal hired to kill with a vengeance. This is their story...in a place where revenge, deception and cruelty are a way of life.
Search similar movies
5.2
Six+Reasons+Why
Six Reasons Why

2008

Search similar movies
The Teachers' Lounge

When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.
Search similar movies
7.2
The+Teachers%27+Lounge
The Teachers' Lounge

2023

Search similar movies
Tatami

Iranian female judokas Leila and her coach Maryam, travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the Judo World Championships, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose, or she will be branded a traitor of the state. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: comply with the Iranian regime as her coach Maryam implores her to do, or fight on, for the gold.
Search similar movies
7.8
Tatami
Deliver Us

When a nun in a remote convent claims immaculate conception, the Vatican sends a team of priests to investigate, concerned about an ancient prophecy that a woman will give birth to twin boys: one the Messiah, the other the Antichrist.
Search similar movies
5.6
Deliver+Us
Deliver Us

2023

Search similar movies
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

Sarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present... and possibly getting a chance to alter their futures.
Search similar movies
6.3
A+Big+Bold+Beautiful+Journey
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

2025

Search similar movies
The Way of the Gun

Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
Search similar movies
6.3
The+Way+of+the+Gun
The Way of the Gun

2000

Search similar movies
Dead End

A man and woman meet when he pulls her out of an icy fountain that she has just jumped into. But their developing romance is marred by bad friends, money troubles and illegal sex work.
Search similar movies
4.3
Dead+End
Wife Collector

A taxi driving, punk rock listening, serial rapist with a bad attitude picks up female fares, sedates them with gas and takes them to his grungy lair where he video tapes his sexual abuse.
Search similar movies
4.7
Wife+Collector
Wife Collector

1985

Search similar movies
The Silence of the Lambs

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Search similar movies
8.3
The+Silence+of+the+Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs

1991

Search similar movies
Fargo

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
Search similar movies
7.9
Fargo
Sand Castles

In rural Indiana, Noah and his impoverished family wrestle with the mysterious return of his now mute sister, Lauren, who was kidnapped and held captive for over a decade.
Search similar movies
4.2
Sand+Castles
Sand Castles

2016

Search similar movies
The Shipping News

An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
Search similar movies
6.4
The+Shipping+News
The Shipping News

2001

Search similar movies
Alpha Dog

Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things get worse for the Mazursky family, as Johnny and his 'gang' kidnap Jake's 15 year old brother and hold him hostage.
Search similar movies
6.7
Alpha+Dog
Vantage Point

During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness, the reality of the assassination takes shape.
Search similar movies
6.4
Vantage+Point
Vantage Point

2008

Search similar movies
By Any Means

A C-list celebrity gets kidnapped and held hostage after a night-club appearance. When the police interrogate the man she accuses, they question whether she's after justice or a front-page story.
Search similar movies
4.1
By+Any+Means
By Any Means

2017

Search similar movies
John Q

John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
Search similar movies
7.1
John+Q
Gigli

Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor. When plans go awry, Gigli's boss sends in Ricki, a gorgeous free-spirited female gangster who has her own set of orders to assist with the kidnapping. But Gigli begins falling for the decidedly unavailable Ricki, which could be a hazard to his occupation.
Search similar movies
4.1
Gigli
Untraceable

Special Agent Jennifer Marsh works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds of his crimes on his website; the more hits the site gets, the faster the victim dies. Marsh and her team must find the elusive killer before time runs out.
Search similar movies
6.2
Untraceable
Untraceable

2008

Search similar movies
Kiss the Girls

Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.
Search similar movies
6.5
Kiss+the+Girls
Kiss the Girls

1997

Search similar movies
The Nameless

The mutilated body of a six year old girl is found in a water hole. The girl is identified as the missing daughter of Claudia. However, only two peices of evidence could be used to identify her; a bracelet with her name on it near the crime scene, and the fact that her right leg was three inches longer than her left. All other methods of identification were removed from her body. Five years later Claudia, now addicted to tranquilizers, receives a phone call from someone claiming to be her daughter, asking for her mother to come find her before 'they' kill her. Other mysterious clues show up, further indicating that Claudia's daughter is indeed still alive, and very much in danger. Claudia, a run-down ex-cop, and a parapsychology reporter put together the clues to discover Angela's whereabouts
Search similar movies
5.6
The+Nameless
The Nameless

1999

Search similar movies
Blazing Men

A hospital in the suburbs of Tokyo. This is a gay hospital. Doctor Goto treats his favorite patient with all his heart, and even takes care of his lower body. On the other hand, he was a bit of a troubled man who gave SM treatment to patients he didn't like...
Search similar movies
4.7
Blazing+Men
Blazing Men

1990

Search similar movies
The Sugarland Express

Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.
Search similar movies
6.6
The+Sugarland+Express
The Sugarland Express

1974

Search similar movies
Rendition

When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.
Search similar movies
6.4
Rendition
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.
Search similar movies
7.5
Sympathy+for+Mr.+Vengeance
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

2002

Search similar movies
Ballads

The story of a young man who tragically lost his lover in a horriffic motorcycle accident. Now working at a video store and selling uncensored gay hardcore pornography under the counter, he one day discovers the worlds most bizarre snuff video... which happens to "star" a man who looks exactly like his dead lover. Pushed over the edge by this event, the protagonist goes on a violent rampage, attempting to murder everybody involved in the video's creation.
Search similar movies
5.0
Ballads
Never in the Morning!

A free spirited woman signs a contract with her boss to be his mistress but finds she needs more satisfaction than he can give.
Search similar movies
2.0
Never+in+the+Morning%21
Never in the Morning!

1980

Search similar movies
Jun Marumo's Slut Legend

A woman frustrated by her fiancé's reluctance for premarital sex sends her on a round of boozing and remembrances of bad sexual encounters. Meanwhile someone is drugging young men late at night and doing unspeakable things to them.
Search similar movies
Jun+Marumo%27s+Slut+Legend
Jun Marumo's Slut Legend

1984

Search similar movies
Beautiful Sisters: Seduced

A part time student, who works at a book store, is offered a room at his boss’s house to use for his studies. But he takes advantage of the offer to sexually assault the boss’s two daughters.
Search similar movies
3.7
Beautiful+Sisters%3A+Seduced
Beautiful Sisters: Seduced

1982

Search similar movies
Weeding

The pregnant Marie is driving a luxury sedan through a country lane. She’s excited about marrying into a rich family and is on her way to meet her parents-in-law. But thanks to a hick constable, Marie comes to a dead end, and a strange car pulls up behind her.
Search similar movies
Weeding
Hoteru hime

A fledgling reporter for a swinging magazine investigates various couples who are looking for pleasure with other people and becomes involved with his subjects.
Search similar movies
5.6
Hoteru+hime
Hoteru hime

1983

Search similar movies
Bleeder

Two stories for the price of one: a video store clerk tries to get acquainted with a waitress; a man beats his pregnant wife, unaware that her brother is a violent racist.
Search similar movies
6.7
Bleeder
Night Skies

On March 13th, 1997 one of the largest UFO sightings ever recorded took place across the southwestern United States...
Search similar movies
5.1
Night+Skies
Night Skies

2007

Search similar movies
A Shot in the Dark

A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a strip-tease bar so she can survive. When she is fired, she joins a gang of bank robbers...
Search similar movies
4.9
A+Shot+in+the+Dark
A Shot in the Dark

2005

Search similar movies
Siren the Ghost Story Again

Disappearances... What if a magical fairy beyond human knowledge is lurking in the shadows of incidents that could occur in our daily lives? Mysterious disappearances and slaughters in a seemingly peaceful and ordinary port town are so bizarre that all the bodies found have been mummified. Detective Junpei investigates this mysterious case. His father, who was also a detective, disappeared 20 years ago while investigating another strange case.
Search similar movies
6.0
Siren+the+Ghost+Story+Again
Siren the Ghost Story Again

1994

Search similar movies
Siren the Ghost Story Forever

Suddenly, men abandon their jobs and families and come to the sea for no reason at all. Their disappearance was connected to an incredibly powerful force. One chilly day, when Cassiopeia shines strangely, two men suddenly arrive at the beach house "Kaijotei," asking to be allowed to stay here. The two men, who did not know each other and had no relation to each other, were drawn to the same beach for unknown reasons. Kazuhiko and Ayako, two lovers who run a beach pavilion, have no choice but to accept the two men, who are not moving even with their leverage, since it is out of season and there are no bathers. A few days later, a new man named Furuta arrives. Furuta is an expert in astronomical observation, and he senses something unusual in the way the stars have been shining these past few days.
Search similar movies
6.0
Siren+the+Ghost+Story+Forever
Siren the Ghost Story Forever

1995

Search similar movies
The Abductors

Someone is stealing cheerleaders and other pretty girls and selling them to the highest bidder. Female super sexy spy Ginger is soon employed to investigate the disappearances. She does so by going undercover with a fellow agent and doing whatever is necessary to put an end to the operation and take down the leaders.
Search similar movies
4.8
The+Abductors
The Abductors

1972

Search similar movies
Women Who Bully: Pleasure, Climax, Ascension

An elite office worker who pretends to be a playboy. One night, Keiichi Urashima started bleeding from his head...
Search similar movies
2.0
Women+Who+Bully%3A+Pleasure%2C+Climax%2C+Ascension
Women Who Bully: Pleasure, Climax, Ascension

2000

Search similar movies
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

When an abused wife grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.
Search similar movies
4.8
Attack+of+the+50+Foot+Woman
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

1958

Search similar movies
Crime Story

A special agent is assigned to protect a wealthy business magnate. However, when the businessman is kidnapped in a daring ambush, he teams up with a seasoned detective to crack the case. But soon he discovers the case isn't that simple.
Search similar movies
6.7
Crime+Story
Crime Story

1993

Search similar movies
Mardaani

A Mumbai police officer's search for a missing teenage girl leads her to the depraved world of child trafficking. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game between the officer and a ruthless mafia kingpin.
Search similar movies
6.6
Mardaani
Cross My Heart

12-years-old Manon promises her younger brother, Mimi, that they will stay together, despite their difficult family circumstances and the ominous signs of being put into foster care. During the height of Quebec's FLQ Crisis in 1970, they stage their own rebellion by kidnapping an elderly woman and hiding her in the country, aided by their two cousins.
Search similar movies
7.6
Cross+My+Heart
Cross My Heart

2017

Search similar movies