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10 Best Movies Like Death Note

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

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#1
Death Note

Death Note

2006★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death Note for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L...

#2
Little Evil

Little Evil

2017★ 5.6

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

Gary, who has just married Samantha, the woman of his dreams, discovers that her six-year-old son may be the Antichrist....

#3
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God

Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God

2009★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death Note for fans of Crime & Fantasy. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When rogue shinigami Ryuk leaves his Death Note in the human world, he has no idea how far the one who finds it will take his new-found power. With the Death Note in hand, brillian...

#4
What Happened to Monday

What Happened to Monday

2017★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death Note for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infight...

#5
Lou

Lou

2017★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death Note for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A Pixar short about a lost-and-found box and the unseen monster within....

#6
iBoy

iBoy

2017★ 6.0

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

After an accident, Tom wakes from a coma to discover that fragments of his smart phone have been embedded in his head, and worse, that returning to normal teenage life is impossibl...