Shows Like Kakegurui
If you liked Kakegurui (2018), a drama 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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Kakegurui (2017)
★ 8.1/10Also mystery and dramaRun 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…
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Kaiji (2007)
★ 8.1/10Also 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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Classroom of the Elite (2017)
★ 8.4/10Also drama and mysteryKiyotaka 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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Burn the House Down (2023)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and mysteryAfter her mother took the blame for a tragic fire 13 years ago, Anzu plots revenge by working as a housekeeper under a pseudonym for her icy stepmother.
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Platinum End (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and mysteryAs 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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Higurashi: When They Cry (2006)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and mysteryAfter moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles…
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BEASTARS (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also drama and mysteryIn 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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Dance in the Vampire Bund (2010)
★ 6.7/10Also 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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Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also 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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Another (2012)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and mysteryWhen 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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Strawberry Panic (2006)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaNagisa Aoi is a new transfer student into one of the three prestigious all-girls Catholic high schools on Astraea Hill: a school called St. Miator (the other two are St. Spica and St. Lelim (known in the anime as Le…
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Tomodachi Game (2022)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and mysteryAfter 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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Death Parade (2015)
★ 8/10Also drama and mysteryThere 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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Happy Sugar Life (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and mysterySatou 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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HIGH CARD (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also 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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School Days (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaA rumor states that if you take a photo of someone you like with your cellphone and keep it hidden, they'll fall for you. Will Makoto win his love by taking a picture of Kotonoha without anyone knowing?
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The Fruit of Grisaia (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also 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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Diabolik Lovers (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and mysteryBased on a visual novel of the same name by Rejet and Otomate, for the female market. Komori Yui is a positive-thinking girl who nevertheless is troubled by seeing spirits and experiencing poltergeist phenomena. In her…
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HANEBADO! (2018)
★ 7/10Also dramaAyano Hanesaki, a first-year student at Kanagawa Prefectural Kitakomachi High School, has a badminton ability able to surpass others effortlessly yet avoids playing the sport. She meets Nagisa Aragaki, a third-year…
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Takopi's Original Sin (2025)
★ 8.8/10Also dramaA Happy alien, Takopi, lands on Earth with one mission: to spread happiness! When he meets Shizuka, a lonely fourth grader, he vows to bring back her smile using his magical Happy Gadgets. But as he uncovers the pain…