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The Only Son
The Only Son is a 1936 Japanese drama by Yasujiro Ozu, notable as his first sound feature, about a widowed mother's sacrifice.
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The top alternative to The Only Son in 2026 is I Was Born, But... with a score of 8.6/10, followed by The Goddess (8.5) and A Story of Floating Weeds (8.3).
I Was Born, But...
Yasujiro Ozu’s *I Was Born, But…* is a significant early work in Japanese cinema. Released in 1932, it marked his direct...
The Goddess
“The Goddess” (1934) is a significant feature film from the early Chinese cinema era. Directed by Wu Yonggang and starri...
A Story of Floating Weeds
Yasujiro Ozu’s *A Story of Floating Weeds* is a poignant 1934 Japanese silent film exploring themes of family, aging, an...
Diary of a Lost Girl
G.W. Pabst’s *Diary of a Lost Girl* (1929) is a poignant German silent drama exploring themes of female isolation and so...
La Roue
Abel Gance’s *La Roue* (The Wheel) is a significant 1923 French silent film. This dramatic feature utilizes innovative c...
People on Sunday
People on Sunday is a 1930 German silent film by Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer, using nonactors to observe a summer...
The Outlaw and His Wife
The Outlaw and His Wife is a 1918 Swedish drama by Victor Sjostrom, notable for its harsh mountain setting and central o...
A Man There Was
A Man There Was is a 1917 Swedish drama by Victor Sjostrom, notable for adapting Henrik Ibsen and establishing Sjostrom'...
Limite
Limite is a 1931 Brazilian silent experimental feature by Mario Peixoto, often cited as a landmark of Brazilian avant-ga...
Sir Arne's Treasure
Sir Arne's Treasure is Mauritz Stiller's 1919 Swedish silent drama, a Selma Lagerlöf adaptation noted for Julius Jaenzon...
The New Babylon
The New Babylon is a 1929 Soviet drama by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg, set during the Paris Commune with Shost...
Passing Fancy
Passing Fancy is a 1933 Japanese silent film by Yasujiro Ozu, notable as the second of three straight Ozu Kinema Junpo b...
An Inn in Tokyo
An Inn in Tokyo is a 1935 Japanese silent film by Yasujiro Ozu, notable as his last extant silent feature.
Dragnet Girl
Dragnet Girl is a 1933 Japanese silent gangster film by Yasujiro Ozu, notable for bringing American crime-film style int...
The Water Magician
The Water Magician is a 1933 Japanese silent drama by Kenji Mizoguchi, adapted from Kyoka Izumi and starring producer Ta...
City Girl
City Girl is a 1930 American drama by F. W. Murnau, shot silent in Oregon and later released with sound additions agains...
Tokyo Chorus
Tokyo Chorus is a 1931 Japanese silent film by Yasujiro Ozu, mixing family comedy with Depression-era salaryman hardship...
That Night's Wife
That Night's Wife is a 1930 Japanese crime drama by Yasujiro Ozu, centering on a robbery, a sick child, and a tense over...
The Lady and the Beard
The Lady and the Beard is a 1931 Japanese silent comedy by Yasujiro Ozu, about a kendo student whose beard clashes with...
The Silent Enemy
The Silent Enemy is H.P. Carver's 1930 American docudrama recreating pre-contact Ojibwe life, with hunger cast as the ti...
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