Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Kotoko

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

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#1
Tokyo Fist

Tokyo Fist

1995★ 6.8

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

A businessman, Tsuda, runs into a childhood friend, Kojima, on the subway. Kojima is working as a semiprofessional boxer. Tsuda soon begins to suspect that Kojima might be having a...

#2
Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter

2012★ 6.7

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

Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico d...

#3
The Travelling Players

The Travelling Players

1975★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kotoko for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

This expansive Greek drama follows a troupe of theater actors as they perform around their country during World War II. While the production that they put on is entitled "Golfo the...

#4
Vital

Vital

2004★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kotoko for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young man awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a textbook full of drawings of dissections, Hiroshi is drawn to medical school. There he catch...

#5
Fires on the Plain

Fires on the Plain

2015★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kotoko for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldier...

#6
After My Death

After My Death

2018★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kotoko for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a school girl disappears, suicide is suspected, and one of her classmates is suspected of having goaded her into it....