Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Onibi: The Fire Within

If you loved Onibi: The Fire Within, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

🏆

Expert Review & Ratings

See our full critical analysis and audience score for Onibi: The Fire Within.

View Review →
Advertisement
#1
The Outsider

The Outsider

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Onibi: The Fire Within for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka....

#2
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

2002★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Onibi: The Fire Within for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems....

#3
Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

2007★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Onibi: The Fire Within for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yak...

#4
Under the Open Sky

Under the Open Sky

2021★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Onibi: The Fire Within for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mikami, an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, gets released after serving 13 years of sentence for murder. Hoping to find his long lost mother, from whom he w...

#5
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

1973★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Onibi: The Fire Within for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Me...

#6
Cruel Story of Youth

Cruel Story of Youth

1960★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Onibi: The Fire Within for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men....

Advertisement