Shows Like Kakegurui
If you liked Kakegurui (2017), a animation and mystery 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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Kaiji (2007)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and dramaKaiji Itou is a good-for-nothing loiterer who spends his days drinking beer and stealing hubcaps—that is, until he ends up being tricked by his former co-worker. Unable to suddenly repay his friend's huge debt all by…
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Kakegurui (2018)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and mysteryChildren from influential families in politics and businesses attend the Hyakkaou Private Academy. There, the hierarchy are classified by a series of games. Students that win are on the ruling side and the ones who…
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BEASTARS (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and dramaIn 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.
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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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HIGH CARD (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and dramaFourland 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…
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Death Parade (2015)
★ 8/10Also animation and dramaThere 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.
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Tomodachi Game (2022)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and dramaAfter 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…
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Monster (2004)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and dramaKenzou 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.
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Platinum End (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and dramaAs his classmates celebrate their middle school graduation, troubled Mirai is mired in darkness. But his battle is just beginning when he receives some salvation from above in the form of an angel. Now Mirai is pitted…
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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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Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and mysteryHope's Peak Academy is a special school, recognized by the government, that was established in order to gather and nurture top-class students who excel in various fields. This school has two courses: The main course…
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The Fruit of Grisaia (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and dramaMihama 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…
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Bet (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and mysteryAt a private school where gambling determines social status, a skillful new student with a mysterious past is shaking things up — and betting on revenge.
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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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Happy Sugar Life (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and dramaSatou Matsuzaka, a girl who has never loved anyone before, falls in love with a girl named Shio Koube. The two girls are drawn to each other, and begin a happy life together. Satou won't let anyone endanger their new…
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Danganronpa: The Animation (2013)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and dramaBeing just a normal student without a special talent, Makoto Naegi wins a lottery to attend the prestigious Hope's Peak Academy where only the top prodigies attend. However, instead of this being the beginning of a…
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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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Tokyo Revengers (2021)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and crimeTakemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that’s reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had, in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo…
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The Promised Neverland (2019)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and dramaEmma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the…
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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…