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10 Best Movies Like An Unknown Heir

If you loved An Unknown Heir, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Jigen Daisuke

Jigen Daisuke

2023★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unknown Heir for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Feeling unhappy with his gun, Jigen is looking for the world’s best gunsmith. He finally finds out that Chiharu, who runs a watch shop, is the person he’s been seeking. Then, Jigen...

#2
Muxˣ

Muxˣ

2025★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unknown Heir for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Mux spent many years in a coma in a clinic with a constant stream of television. But at least he survived a serious car accident! Now he has woken up, and he has a plan: during his...

#3
Dune

Dune

2020★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unknown Heir for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Sounds as witnesses. They blurr into memories, half-dreams, it is undecided if they are real or not. A fluctuation between imagination and reality....

#4
A Nightmare

A Nightmare

1896★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unknown Heir for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon....

#5
Hello, Moscow!

Hello, Moscow!

1945★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unknown Heir for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

At the amateur talent show the boy, accompanying himself on the accordion, sings a song about Moscow... The plot of the movie is based on the story of the director of the school ab...

#6
Six: Inside

Six: Inside

2009★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unknown Heir for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animati...