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10 Best Movies Like Ghost in the Shell 2.0

If you loved Ghost in the Shell 2.0, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

2004★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ghost in the Shell 2.0 for fans of Animation. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The ...

#2
Evangelion: Another Impact (Confidential)

Evangelion: Another Impact (Confidential)

2015★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ghost in the Shell 2.0 for fans of Action & Animation. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Another time, another place. An activation test of a decisive weapon was underway. With its development and operational trials shrouded in complete secrecy, the Another Number - Un...

#3
The Soviet Story

The Soviet Story

2008★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ghost in the Shell 2.0 for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

“The Soviet Story” is a story of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale. Assisted by the West, this power...

#4
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man

2005★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ghost in the Shell 2.0 for fans of Action & Animation & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as "The Laughing Man" swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidn...

#5
12 Citizens

12 Citizens

2014★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ghost in the Shell 2.0 for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When the film broke out that a young man coming from a rich adopted family murdered his birth father, the controversy around the case hit a nerve with the public at large. An exper...

#6
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society

2007★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ghost in the Shell 2.0 for fans of Action & Animation & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The story takes place in the year 2034, two years after the events in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi has left Public Security Section 9, an...