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10 Best Movies Like The Great Yokai War: Guardians

If you loved The Great Yokai War: Guardians, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Nightmare Cinema

Nightmare Cinema

2018★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Yokai War: Guardians for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen b...

#2
Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter

1966★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Yokai War: Guardians for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tets...

#3
Daughter's Daughter

Daughter's Daughter

2024★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Yokai War: Guardians for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jin is in her 60s. Her husband gone, her concern is for daughter Zuer, in New York trying out IVF with her partner Michelle. When Jin receives news that Zuer and Michelle have died...

#4
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Yokai War: Guardians for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Yokai War: Guardians for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#6
The Suicide Squad

The Suicide Squad

2021★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Yokai War: Guardians for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at th...