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10 Best Movies Like Perfect Blue

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

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#1
Millennium Actress

Millennium Actress

2002★ 7.8

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

Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a ke...

#2
Paprika

Paprika

2006★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Perfect Blue for fans of Animation & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is do...

#3
Tokyo Godfathers

Tokyo Godfathers

2003★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Perfect Blue for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents....

#4
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

1997★ 8.3

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

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of h...

#5
Akira

Akira

1988★ 7.9

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

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop....

#6
Colorful

Colorful

2010★ 7.2

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

Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kob...