Shows Like Kaiji

If you liked Kaiji (2007), 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.

1
Kakegurui (2017)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and crime
Run by a corrupt and sadistic school council, the “system” at Hyakkaou is based on gambling, with losers who cannot cover their debts being demeaned by their peers and forced to serve their debtholders. And if that’s…
2
HIGH CARD (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and drama
Fourland Kingdom is an island nation in the North Atlantic. In this country, there are 52 X-Playing Cards, considered the origin of playing cards. A card with a unique supernatural ability can gift its abilities to a…
3
LIAR GAME (2026)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and drama
When Nao Kanzaki receives a strange letter and a suitcase containing 100 million yen, she learns that she has been selected to participate in the LIAR GAME. In this high-stakes psychological battle, lies, deception…
4
Death Parade (2015)
★ 8/10Also animation and drama
There is a place after death that’s neither heaven nor hell. A bar that serves you one chance to win. You cannot leave until the game is over, and when it is, your life may be too.
5
Liar Game (2007)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and crime
Nao Kanzaki is a college student who is known for her honesty and naivete. One day, she receives a black postcard indicating that she has been selected to participate in the "Liar Game Tournament". Along with the…
6
Rainbow (2010)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and drama
About ten years after the Second World War, a group of juvenile offenders are sent to the Shounan Special Reform School, a kind of juvenile detention center, to deal with the atrocities and injustices they experienced…
7
Tomodachi Game (2022)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and drama
After his class' school trip fund is stolen, Yuichi and his best friends are abducted to play a debt repayment game; there is more than money on the line, as their bonds are tested with dark secrets and a lingering…
8
BEASTARS (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and drama
In a world where beasts of all kinds coexist, a gentle wolf awakens to his own predatory urges as his school deals with a murder within its midst.
9
Monster (2004)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and drama
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
10
Super Crooks (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and crime
Johnny Bolt recruits a group of ragtag supervillains for one last heist. Their target: A ruthless super-powered crime boss. What can go wrong?
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91 Days (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and crime
During Prohibition, the law is powerless and the mob rules Lawless, a town that thrives on the black market sale of illicitly brewed liquor. Avilio returns to town after a time away, following a lead on the murder of…
12
Classroom of the Elite (2017)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and drama
Kiyotaka 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…
13
My Home Hero (2023)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and crime
An unassuming father becomes a target when he kills his daughter's abusive boyfriend — who happens to be the son of a cold-blooded crime boss.
14
Akudama Drive (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and crime
Many years ago, a Great Civil War ravaged Japan, leaving the country fragmented between two regions: Kansai and Kanto. In Kansai, a group of six Akudama carry out missions given to them by a mysterious black cat, while…
15
BAKI (2018)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and crime
While martial arts champion Baki Hanma trains hard to surpass his legendary father, five violent death row inmates descend upon Tokyo to take him on.
16
Psycho-Pass (2012)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and crime
In the year 2113, people are given brain scans to determine how likely they are to commit a crime. Those who fail are apprehended, or even killed.
17
Gangsta. (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and animation
In the crime-ridden, mafia-governed city of Ergastulum, Worick and Nicolas are two “handymen” known as “Benriya” who would take any dirty job from either police or mafia, for a good price. After an assignment from…
18
The Case Files of Jeweler Richard (2020)
★ 6/10Also animation and drama
One night, a college student with a strong sense of justice, Seigi Nakata, saved a gorgeous foreigner, Richard, who was being harassed by some drunks. When Seigi found out that Richard was a jeweler, he asked for an…
19
The Fruit of Grisaia (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and drama
Mihama Academy—on the surface, a closed learning environment established to nurture students who find themselves at odds with the world around them; in actuality, an orchard-cum-prison built to preserve fruit that has…
20
Master Keaton (1998)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and drama
The amazing Taichi Keaton works on cases around the globe that always lead to adventure! He combines his arsenal of multidisciplinary expertise in investigation, archeology, and survival with his experience as a…