Movies and TV shows like Elfen Lied
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Elfen Lied (2004)
41K
Original name: エルフェンリート
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
The Diclonius, a mutated homo sapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possesses two horns in their heads, and has a "sixth sense" which gives it telekinetic abilities. Due to this dangerous power, they have been captured and isolated in laboratories by the government. Lucy, a young and psychotic Diclonius, manages to break free of her confines and brutally murder most of the guards in the laboratory, only to get shot in the head as she makes her escape. She survives and manages to drift along to a beach, where two teenagers named Kouta and Yuka discovers her. Having lost her memories, she was named after the only thing that she can now say, "Nyuu," and the two allow her to stay at Kouta's home. However, it appears that the evil "Lucy" is not dead just yet...
Style:
anime, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, bleak, rough, adult animation, manga, perverse, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
memory loss, supernatural ability, trauma, split personality, childhood trauma, decapitation, sadism, life is a bitch, supernatural, experiment gone awry, social misfits, danger, sexual abuse, bullying, suffering, mutant, deadly creature, telekinesis, female psychopath, mercilessness, psychic power, evil, violence, tragedy, mature ...
Time:
near future, future
Place:
japan
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Most similar movies to Elfen Lied
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, adult animation, serious and manga films and TV series with plots about violence, danger, murder, blood, gore, death and female nudity mostly in Animation, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Elfen Lied: The Future Diary (2011), Another (2012), Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995), Berserk (2016), Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Yukiteru Amano (Yuki) is a loner who never really interact with people and prefers writing a diary on his cell phone with his only companion being an imaginary friend named Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that ...
Style:
anime, exciting, bleak, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
danger, survival, battles, diary, loner, supernatural, teenage life, social misfits, contests and competitions, predicting the future, foreknowledge, fight ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
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Story:
When Kouichi Sasakibara transfers to his new school, he can sense something frightening in the atmosphere of his new class, a secret none of them will talk about. At the center is the beautiful girl Mei Misaki. Kouichi is immediately drawn to her ...
Style:
anime, suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, offbeat ...
Plot:
death, classmate, mysterious character, supernatural, accidental death, curses spells and rituals, suspicion, encounter, school, twists and turns, curse, paranormal activity ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen ...
Style:
anime, mecha, psychological, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
loneliness, existentialism, self doubt, father son relationship, psychological trauma, loss, depression, giant robot, young heroes, post apocalypse, suffering, piloted giant robot ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Spurred by the flame raging in his heart, the Black Swordsman Guts continues his seemingly endless quest for revenge. Standing in his path are heinous outlaws, delusional evil spirits, and a devout child of god. Even as it chips away at his life, ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, manga, exciting, seinen ...
Plot:
murder, supernatural, violence, death, demon, danger, hell, sword, nudity, broken sword, bare chested male, carnage ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
New kid Keiichi Maebara is settling into his new home of peaceful Hinamizawa village. Making quick friends with the girls from his school, he's arrived in time for the big festival of the year. But something about this isolated town seems ...
Style:
anime, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, teenage life, small town, schoolboy, teenager, small town life, murderer, secret, uncover truth, murder investigation, investigation ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
17K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
In a world rife with deadly creatures called "youma", a young silver eyed woman, Clare, works on behalf of an organization that trains female youma halfbreeds into warriors with the ability to destroy these creatures. Considered a rogue ...
Style:
anime, adult anime, suspenseful, exciting, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, manly
Plot:
good versus evil, supernatural ability, monster, medieval, female warrior, supernatural, heroic mission, imaginary, heroes, beast, suffering, death ...
Time:
medieval times
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
When he was a child, Murakami was friends with a girl he called Kuroneko. One day, while trying to prove the existence of aliens to Murakami, she is killed in an accident that he barely survives. Guilty of his role in the accident, Murokami decides ...
Style:
anime, serious, stylized, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
danger, childhood friend, guilt, good versus evil, telescope, doom, research, astronomy, outer space, unrequited love, desire, beach ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
Sawa may seem innocent and naive, but don’t be fooled. She is a cold-blooded killer, and if you’re on the wrong side of the law, you may be her next target. Not content to just watch as the imperfect justice system lets more and more criminals ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, hentai, controversial, adult anime ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, revenge, assassin, female assassin, rape, teenage girl, rape victim, sexual attraction, rape and revenge, sex slave, orphan, female protagonist ...
Time:
90s, future, near future
Place:
japan
Similarity:
67%
Movie in collections
67K
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
Style:
psychological, anime, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, false accusation, doctor, murder, protagonist as suspect, guilt, mastermind, manipulation, choice, hospital, nihilism, investigator ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe, czech republic
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Btooom!, stylized as BTOOOM!, is a Japanese manga series written by Jun'ya Inoue and serialized in Weekly Comic Bunch and later in Monthly Comic Bunch. An anime adaptation by Madhouse aired in Japan on Tokyo MX and was streamed with English ...
Style:
anime, adult anime, suspenseful, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
memory loss, uncover truth, life turned upside down, escapades, computers and web, heroes, merciless, dishonesty, mortal combat, living with parents, isekai, survival game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
20K
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Vampires exist. It is the duty of Hellsing, an organization sponsored by the British government, to hide that frightening fact and protect the blissfully unaware populace. Along with its own personal army, Hellsing also has a few secret weapons. ...
Style:
anime, gothic, suspenseful, dark fantasy, manga ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
vampire, supernatural ability, rivalry, dracula, deadly creature, supernatural, danger, uninhibited rivalry, anti hero, monster, warrior, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, london, england
Similarity:
100%
119K
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A retired pop singer turned actress' sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.
Style:
adult animation, suspense, suspenseful, surreal, anime ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, murder, obsession, twists and turns, stalking, actor's life, actress, violence, stalker, rising to stardom, danger, mentally unstable ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 residents; so small the village isn't even connected to a single highway. An isolated village in which old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practiced. One day, the bodies of three ...
Style:
anime, dark fantasy, suspenseful, scary, offbeat ...
Plot:
vampire, danger, mysterious death, supernatural, desperation, fear, death, murder, evil, night, mercilessness, insanity ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 287 min.
TV show
Story:
Blood-C focuses on Saya Kisaragi, an outwardly normal girl who serves as the shrine maiden to a country town; in reality, she is a skilled swordswoman charged by her father to defeat Elder Bairns, monsters who feed on human blood. As her battles ...
Style:
anime, atmospheric, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
sword, japanese schoolgirl, imaginary, deadly creature, good versus evil, danger, friendship, supernatural, high school, high school life, heroes, violence ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
As the nations of the world begin to merge, world peace is threatened by the private armies of individual corporations. The Kuryu Group has just discovered a weapon that will tip world power in their favor. The Genocyber: a nightmarish combination ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, mecha, adult anime, manga ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, blood, violence, scientist, boy, doctor, teenage girl, girl, transformation, science, orphan, female doctor ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
In a world powered by advanced technology, crime and action unfold in the archipelagic nation of Cremona. Genius investigator Keith Flick rejoins the royal police force just as serial killer "B" emerges. Mysterious youth Koku may be an ...
Style:
anime, suspense, psychological, adult animation, exciting ...
Plot:
brainwashing, investigation, revenge, supernatural, danger, violence, society, buddhist temple, shape shifting, computer cracker, anti hero, secret organization ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had ...
Style:
anime, psychological, sadistic, adult animation, mind bending ...
Plot:
murder, curses spells and rituals, psychopath, mature, folklore, trauma, village, fear, mysterious death, under the surface, mental illness, rage ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Death is the main attraction in Deadman Wonderland, from the studio that brought you Samurai Champloo and Ergo Proxy.
Ganta is the only survivor after a mysterious man in red slaughters a classroom full of teenagers. He’s framed for the carnage, ...
Style:
anime, exciting, rough, tense, sad ...
Plot:
prison, life turned upside down, frame up, young heroes, false accusation, contests and competitions, uncover truth, conspiracy, survival, dystopian future, mental illness, good versus evil ...
Time:
future
Place:
asia, tokyo, japan
Similarity:
56%
Movie in collections
10K
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Gantz is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. Gantz tells the story of Kei Kurono and his friend Masaru Kato who die in a train accident and become part of a semi-posthumous "game" in which they and several other ...
Style:
anime, serious, exciting, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, rivalry, alien encounter, heroes, chases and races, gory, sex, courage, warrior, mercilessness, teenage boy, death ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Japan has been invaded and conquered by the Britannian Empire. Japan is now known as Area 11 and its citizens known as Elevens. The Britannian Empire takes away Japan's autonomous power and imposes its rule through the use of Knightmares. The ...
Style:
anime, rough, suspenseful, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
rebelliousness, peril, rivalry, mind control, military, young heroes, battles, youth, civil rights, resistance, emperor, rebellion ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, kyoto japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
Heavenly Host Elementary School is a legendary elementary school for ghost stories due to its mysterious past. It was torn down following the murders and disappearances of several of its staff and students and now another school called Kisaragi ...
Style:
anime, dark, scary, disturbing, sadistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
ghost, dark past, brutality, death, supernatural, survival, murder, curse, demon, danger, corpse, youth ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Shinichi Izumi is a normal high school boy whose right hand has become infected with an alien parasite that names itself "Migi" ("right"). Migi is the first parasite to develop a symbiotic relationship with its host, as he and ...
Style:
anime, exciting, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
body horror, supernatural ability, fight scenes, danger, rivalry, murder, violence, alien, survival, tragedy, parasite, humanity ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan, Philippines
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
In the new Tokyo, where every fetish has a face, burned-out war photographer Tatsumi Saiga is slumming in the tabloid wasteland. Sent to dig up dirt on the underground elite, he stumbles upon a depraved ritual below the city—and before the night ...
Style:
anime, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
danger, parent child relationship, stalking, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, photography, surrealism, mother daughter relationship, evil, orgy, swat team ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Double the Girls, Double the Guns!! For Mikura, danger is routine and killing is just like breathing. Sleek and sexy, she was born with a gun in each hand and a smile on her face. She specializes in taking risks, but things get a little too hot when ...
Style:
anime, hentai, adult animation, adult anime, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
brutality, murder, dark heroine, dark past, mob boss, hitman, gangster, crime gone awry, evil, killing, animated sex, assassin ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Shu is a typical Japanese boy, but has an unbeatable, optimistic and determined attitude. However, when he sees a mysterious girl with strange eyes named Lala-Ru up on a smokestack, he is soon pulled into a strange desert world. Shu soon discovers ...
Style:
anime, exciting, serious, apocalyptic, captivating ...
Plot:
child abuse, danger, slavery, kids in trouble, kidnapping, daring rescue, life is a bitch, society, against humanity, post apocalypse, dystopia, heroes ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Eager to follow in the footsteps of his fallen sister, Kazuya enrolls at West Genetics Academy, a training facility for buxom heroes known as Pandoras. These courageous schoolgirls are genetically-enhanced with enough sex appeal to cripple a man – ...
Style:
anime, ecchi, manga, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
supernatural power, harem, superpower, supernatural ability, showdown, battles, death of sister, fight, mutant, dystopian future, alien, fate of humanity ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the middle of October 1998, Enjou Tomoe is attacked by bullies from his old school and saved by Ryougi Shiki. He asks her to hide him at her place and admits that he killed someone. Several days after the incident there are still no broadcasts ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, disturbing, psychotronic, manga ...
Plot:
supernatural, psychopath, sociopath, surrealism, murder, teenage boy, danger, flash forward, spell, yin and yang, mature, porn ...
Place:
big ben london, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Young Tatsumi travels to the capital of the Empire in order to earn money for his starving people and encounters a world of unimaginable depravity, dominated by the ruthless Prime Minister who controls the child Emperor. Tatsumi is recruited by ...
Style:
anime, suspense, exciting, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
undercover, supernatural ability, good versus evil, rescue, danger, heroes, heroic mission, supernatural, escapades, intrigue, master warrior, assassination ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Ken Kaneki is a bookworm college student who meets a girl names Rize at a cafe he frequents. They're the same age and have the same interests, so they quickly become close. Little does Kaneki know that Rize is a ghoul - a kind of monster that ...
Style:
anime, dark fantasy, exciting, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, murder, supernatural ability, danger, deadly creature, youth, secret identity, friends, survival, heroes, genetically altered, hunt down ...
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia, east asia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Hell Girl, also known as Jigoku Shōjo: Girl from Hell, is an anime series produced by Aniplex and Studio Deen. It focuses on the existence of a supernatural system that allows people to take revenge by having other people sent to Hell via the ...
Style:
anime, exciting, scary, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
justice, torment, murder, teenage girl, risk, vengeance, bullying, supernatural, schoolgirl, desperation, evil, threat ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
67%
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