Movies Like Poppin-Play Kitchen

If you liked Poppin-Play Kitchen (2026), a animation and horror movie directed by Zemyata, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and thriller
When an artifact known as the "King's Seal" is stolen during transport from Soul Society, Hitsugaya Toushirou is assigned to retrieve it. Toushirou goes missing after a battle with the thieves, leading Seireitei to…
2
Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and thriller
As members of ESWAT, the elite forces serving Olympus, Deunan and Briaereos are deployed anywhere trouble strikes. Olympus finds itself under a stealth attack - cyborg terrorism, deadly nanotech zealots, and rioting…
3
Bio Hunter (1995)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and animation
A strange virus known as the Demon Virus, attacks the human genetic code, transforming people into monsters with demonic powers. One particular monster is terrorizing the streets of Tokyo. ripping open young women to…
4
Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
★ 6/10Also animation and horror
An intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.
5
Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1987)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and horror
Goku and Kuririn are given an assignment by Kame-Sen'nin: "Retrieve the sleeping princess from Lucifer and I will take you as my students." But the mission proves to be more perilous than originally thought.
6
Genocidal Organ (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and animation
The war on terror exploded, literally, the day Sarajevo was destroyed by a homemade nuclear device. The leading democracies transformed into total surveillance states, and the developing world has drowned under a wave…
7
Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and thriller
A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet…
8
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and horror
A folklore professor becomes unwittingly possessed by the ancient Japanese demons of Thunder and Lightning. But when The Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense dispatches a team of agents to investigate, a cursed…
9
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth (1987)
★ 7.1/10Also horror and animation
Akira Fudo is just a normal kid in Tokyo, until an old friend of his, Ryo, shows up and turns his world upside down. An upcoming war of demons on humanity is waiting in the wings, however, the only way for a human to…
10
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings (2012)
★ 7.6/10Also thriller and animation
Madoka Kaname, an ordinary middle-schooler, along with her best friend Sayaka Miki, are offered the chance to have any wish they want granted by the mysterious Kyubey, and become magical girls and fight witches…
11
Patlabor WXIII the Movie (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and thriller
Set in the year 2000, when the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate. What they discover leads to a series of government cover-ups…
12
Blood-C: The Last Dark (2012)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and horror
Tokyo, Winter. Despite the use of the Youth Ordinance Bill to enforce curfews for minors and regulate the use of the Internet, young people continue to fight for their own freedom through underground methods. One such…
13
The Old Mill (1937)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and thriller
Night in an old mill is dramatically depicted in this Oscar-winning short in which the frightened occupants, including birds, timid mice, owls, and other creatures try to stay safe and dry as a storm approaches. As the…
14
Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and animation
Batman works desperately to find a bomb planted by the Joker while Amanda Waller sends her newly-formed Suicide Squad to break into Arkham Asylum and recover vital information stolen by the Riddler.
15
Harmony (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and animation
Set in a future world. Japan has created a great medical technology that controls ethics, health, and social interaction to create a perfect world. Three young girls attempt to stand up to this by committing suicide…
16
Underworld: Endless War (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and horror
Follows Selene across 3 separate periods in history as she hunts a group of Lycan brothers.
17
The Hand (1981)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and thriller
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
18
Coraline (2009)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and horror
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real…
19
The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge (2025)
★ 6/10Also animation and thriller
Visionary director Quentin Tarantino had a dream of a Kill Bill chapter that never made it to the silver screen, a chapter known as "Yuki's Revenge." Over twenty years later, Tarantino and Epic have come together to…
20
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller and animation
As the young girls have discovered the truth about the cruel fate of a magical girl, one magical girl after another is destroyed. Throughout it all, there is one magical girl who continues to fight alone - Homura…