Shows Like Higurashi: When They Cry
If you liked Higurashi: When They Cry (2006), a animation and drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Boogiepop and Others (2019)
★ 7/10Also animation and mysteryThere is an urban legend that tells of a shinigami that can release people from the pain they are suffering. This "Angel of Death" has a name—Boogiepop. And the legends are true. Boogiepop is real. When a rash of…
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Another (2012)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and dramaWhen Kouichi arrives at his new school, he immediately senses something frightening in the atmosphere of his new class, something that no student wants to talk about and that seems to be related to a mysterious and…
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Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and mysteryNew kid Keiichi Maebara is settling into his new home of peaceful Hinamizawa village. Making quick friends with the girls from his school, he's arrived in time for the big festival of the year. But something about this…
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Dark Gathering (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and dramaThe story centers on Keitarou Gentouga, who has the ability to be a spirit medium. In junior high school, he got someone else wrapped up in a spirit possession incident, and he has been a shut-in for more than two…
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Parasyte -the maxim- (2014)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and dramaA species of parasitic aliens descends on Earth and quickly infiltrates humanity by entering the brains of vulnerable targets; insatiable beings that gain total control of their host and are capable of transforming…
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ERASED (2016)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and dramaSatoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just…
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Paranoia Agent (2004)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and mysteryMusashino, Tokyo. An elementary schooler repeatedly attacks people in the streets. Known only to the public as "Lil Slugger", none of the victims can recall the young boy's face and only three distinct details are left…
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Classroom of the Elite (2017)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and dramaKiyotaka Ayanokouji enrolls at the prestigious Tokyo Koudo Ikusei Academy, but is assigned to Class 1-D, where students with behavioral problems are housed. The school awards points equivalent to 100,000 yen per month…
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Elfen Lied (2004)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and dramaThe Diclonius, a mutated homo sapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possesses two horns in their heads, and has a "sixth sense" which gives it telekinetic…
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Tokyo Ghoul (2014)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and dramaKen Kaneki, a bookworm college student, meets Rize, a girl his own age with whom he shares many interests.
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The Perfect Insider (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and mysterySouhei Saikawa is a college professor who is obsessed with genius Shiki Magata’s work. He, Moe Nishinosono, and a group of his other students plan a retreat to the remote island where Magata currently resides, which…
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ID: INVADED (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and dramaSakaido is a genius detective who can track down any criminal. But when his daughter is murdered, revenge lands him on the other side of the law. Now in prison, he helps the police solve mysteries using a system that…
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Kindaichi Case Files (1997)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and mysteryKindaichi Hajime may look dumb, but he is one of the smartest you will ever see. He encounters mysteries after mysteries with his good friend, Miyuki, and he swears to solve them in the name of his grandfather, which…
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Karakuri Circus (2018)
★ 8.1/10Also mystery and animationNarumi Katou is a middle-aged man who suffers from the bizarre ZONAPHA Syndrome: a rare and inexplicable disease that causes its victims to endure severe seizures at random, with the only cure being to watch someone…
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Hell Girl (2005)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and dramaA supernatural system allows people to take revenge by having other people sent to Hell via the services of a mysterious entity and her assistants who implement this system. Revenge, injustice, hatred, and the nature…
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Corpse Party: Tortured Souls (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and mysteryOne rainy night after a school festival, a group of students from Kisaragi Academy decide to perform the "Sachiko Ever After" charm, which will unite them forever as friends. Once the ritual is done, a sudden…
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Dance in the Vampire Bund (2010)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and dramaMina Tepeş, the Princess of the ancient covenant and ruler of all vampires, wants her race to stop hiding from the humans. Using her vast wealth, she has paid off Japan's entire national debt and by doing so, gained…
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Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (2023)
★ 7/10Also animation and mysteryFrom the mind of horror manga maestro Junji Ito comes a spine-tingling selection of some of his most bizarre, disturbing and terrifying tales.
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Junji Ito Collection (2018)
★ 8/10Also animation and dramaA collection of animated horror stories based on the works of Japanese artist Junji Ito.
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Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (2016)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and mysteryNatsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, is on his way home from the convenience store when he finds himself transported to another world. As he's lost and confused in a new world where he doesn't even know…