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10 Best Movies Like The Japanese Doll

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

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#1
Sonic Soldier Borgman: Lover's Rain

Sonic Soldier Borgman: Lover's Rain

1990★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Japanese Doll for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Picking up several years after the dissolution of the original Borgman team, this volume reunites the three remaining members--rocket scientist Ryo, his girlfriend Anise, and polic...

#2
Sonic the Hedgehog: Freedom Fighters Unite

Sonic the Hedgehog: Freedom Fighters Unite

2009★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Japanese Doll for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Sonic Conversion: the Freedom Fighters develop a De-Robotisizer and try it out on Bunnie. Dulcy: After Dulcy exhibits strange behavior, Sally discovers she's going through a rites...

#3
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

2004★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Japanese Doll for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A masked villain wreaks mayhem on the city of Coolsville with a monster machine that creates real-life versions of Mystery Inc.'s former foes like The 10,000 Volt Ghost, The Cotton...

#4
Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill

Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill

2022★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Japanese Doll for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In a night of killer comedy, Bill Burr hosts a showcase of his most raucous stand-up comic pals as they riff on everything from COVID to Michael Jackson....

#5
South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID

South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID

2021★ 7.4

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

If Stan, Kyle and Cartman could just work together, they could go back in time to make sure Covid never happened. But traveling back to the past seems to be the easy answer until t...

#6
Passing

Passing

2021★ 6.3

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

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white....