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10 Best Movies Like Nana and Kaoru

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

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#1
Armitage III: Poly Matrix

Armitage III: Poly Matrix

1996★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nana and Kaoru for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Ross Sylibus is assigned to a police unit on a Martian colony, to find that women are being murdered by a psychotic named D'anclaude. He is assigned a very unorthodox partner named...

#2
Absolute Whiteness: Magical Girl

Absolute Whiteness: Magical Girl

2012★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nana and Kaoru for fans of Animation. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Kuramoto Erica, Nitta Yui, Suzuhara Misa and Sasaki Kotone are not your average school girls. They are in fact blessed with supernatural powers, which they use to defend the common...

#3
Rescue Me!

Rescue Me!

2013★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nana and Kaoru for fans of Animation & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Masayuki's parents have gone overseas, leaving him alone in the house. To his surprise, they have hired Sayaka, a fellow student from school, to work as his maid while they are gon...

#4
Outlanders

Outlanders

1986★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nana and Kaoru for fans of Animation & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In the midst of a violent invasion of Earth by unknown alien forces, photo-journalist Wakatsuki Tetsuya comes across a scantily-clad alien woman, cutting a swath of death through t...

#5
The Legacy of Al Caral

The Legacy of Al Caral

1993★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nana and Kaoru for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In the 26th century, humans discover a humanoid race living on the distant world GO/7498/2, a dark-skinned, golden-eyed people who seem to eke out a primitive, carefree existence. ...

#6
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nana and Kaoru for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...