Movies and TV shows like The Promised Neverland

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The Promised Neverland (2019)
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The Promised Neverland (2019)
Original name: 約束のネバーランド
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The one adored as the mother is not the real parent. The people living here together are not actual siblings. The Gracefield House is where orphaned children live. An irreplaceable home where 38 siblings and Mom live happy lives, even with no blood relations. However, their everyday life suddenly came to an abrupt end one day...
Style: anime, tense, touching, suspenseful, captivating, dark fantasy, philosophical, emotional, adult animation, shounen ...
Plot: friendship, murder, hopes, death, betrayal, survival, scheming, danger, dishonesty, broken leg, livestock, vengeance, runaway, demon, society, mutilation, violence, mentor, children, mind game, escapades, strategy, revenge, cyberpunk, tragedy ...
Time: future, 2040s, 21st century
Place: japan
Keyword: dreams, wall, reading

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Most similar movies to The Promised Neverland

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, captivating, manga and exciting films and TV series with plots about danger, violence, murder, death, gore, escapades and tragedy mostly in Animation, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like The Promised Neverland: MADE IN ABYSS (2017), ERASED (2016), Dororo (2019), 7Seeds (2019), Yona of the Dawn (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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MADE IN ABYSS (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 325 min.
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Story: The “Abyss” is the last unexplored region, an enormous and treacherous cave system filled with ancient relics and strange creatures. Only the bravest of adventurers can traverse its depths, earning them the nickname, “Cave Raiders.” Within ...
Style: anime, exciting, suspenseful, touching, enigmatic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: boy girl relationship, friendship, orphan, robot, survival, explorer, androids and robots, humanoid robot, puzzle, tragedy, amnesia, treasure hunt ...
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ERASED (2016)
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 264 min.
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Story: Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his ...
Style: anime, psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, childhood, serial killer, murder, child abuse, dysfunctional family, friendship, abusive mother, death, kidnapping, mystery killer, disappearance ...
Time: year 1988, year 2006, 21st century
Place: japan
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Dororo (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics—lethal ones ...
Style: anime, disturbing, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Plot: samurai, danger, demon, friendship, society, uncover truth, violence, fight, human versus monster, supernatural, poverty, losing-it hero ...
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100%
The Promised Neverland (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A group of the smartest kids at a seemingly perfect orphanage uncover its dark secret, and set in motion a dangerous and desperate escape plan.
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, anime ...
Plot: friendship, survival, creature, orphanage, betrayal, escapades, distopia, dark secret, secret message, family relations, society, danger ...
Time: distant future, future
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7Seeds (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Shy Natsu awakens as part of a group chosen to ensure the survival of humanity. Together, they have to survive on a changed Earth.
Style: anime, exciting, disturbing, stylized, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: heroes, escapades, rescue, good versus evil, danger, imaginary, save the day, violence, villain, boy, secret, youth ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Yona of the Dawn (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, Taiwan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The legend of the Four Dragons and the origin of the land has been passed down for generations in the land of Kouka. Currently, Hiryuu Palace has no one else next in line for the throne other than the fifteen year old princess, Yona, who had been ...
Style: anime, exciting, shoujo, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
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100%
Deadman Wonderland (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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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, rough, exciting, manga, sad ...
Plot: prison, contests and competitions, young heroes, uncover truth, life turned upside down, false accusation, frame up, dystopian future, society, survival, good versus evil, darkness ...
Time: future
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
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100%
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon ...
Style: anime, exciting, captivating, manga, humorous ...
Audience: kids
Plot: demon, danger, friendship, supernatural, sword, murder, death, mentor, magic, destiny, youth, vengeance ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s
Place: japan, tokyo
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44%
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The Rising of The Shield Hero (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: Iwatani Naofumi was summoned into a parallel world along with 3 other people to become the world's Heroes. Each of the heroes respectively equipped with their own legendary equipment when summoned, Naofumi received the Legendary Shield as his ...
Style: anime, exciting, captivating, tense, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: betrayal, isekai, danger, dishonesty, heroes, friendship, magic, rivalry, fantasy world, adaptation, vengeance, society ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Parasyte: The Maxim (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
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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
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Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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07-Ghost (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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Story: Set in a gothic fantasy world, this is the story of Teito Klein, an orphaned slave who became the top military academy student. However, an unexpected turn of events left him pursued by the forces of the Barsburg Empire. Now an escaping convict, ...
Style: anime, captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: demon, friendship, fantasy world, adaptation, danger, youth, murder, death, heroes, escapades, mentor, vengeance ...
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75%
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Inuyashiki (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: Inuyashiki Ichirou is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he’s constantly ignored and disrespected by his family despite all that he’s done ...
Style: anime, suspense, tense, serious, captivating ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo
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100%
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Texhnolyze (2003)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
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Story: Texhnolyze is a Japanese anime television series directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, from a screenplay by Chiaki Konaka, and produced by Yasuyuki Ueda, with original character design by Yoshitoshi ABe. The events take place in the vibrant yet dilapidated ...
Style: anime, captivating, rough, tech noir, cyber ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Terror in Resonance (2014)
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Duration: 23 min.
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Story: In an alternate version of the present, Tokyo has been decimated by a shocking terrorist attack, and the only hint to the identity of the culprit is a bizarre video uploaded to the internet. The police, baffled by this cryptic clue, are powerless to ...
Style: anime, psychological, tragic ending, touching, suspenseful ...
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Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
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Duration: 11 min.
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Story: Two brothers find themselves lost in a mysterious land and try to find their way home.
Style: dark fantasy, atmospheric, enigmatic, period piece, adult animation ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, horror for children ...
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Time: 2010s, 80s
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Country: Japan
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Story: High-school girl Yuri suddenly finds herself on the rooftop of a high-rise building. She's trapped in a bizarre world surrounded by skyscrapers, where a masked man cracked open a man's head with an axe before her eyes. Finding a way to ...
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67%
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Duration: 25 min.
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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, suspenseful, exciting, rough, manga ...
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50%
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Elfen Lied (2004)
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Style: anime, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, bleak ...
Audience: kids
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Duration: 25 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: 17 years ago, immortals first appeared on the battlefields of Africa. Later, rare, unknown new immortal lifeforms began appearing among humans, and they became known as "Ajin" (demi-humans). Just before summer vacation, a Japanese high ...
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Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Story: In the near future, the human world is already overcrowded, and the move to the Milky Way and the search for a new home is imminent. Just as everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, the moon phase changed, and the earth beneath it broke out ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dies Irae (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Story: On May 1, 1945 in Berlin, as the Red Army raises the Soviet flag over the Reichskanzlei, a group of Nazi officers conduct a ritual. For them, the slaughter in the city is nothing but the perfect ritual sacrifice in order to bring back the Order of ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: After discovering that he's the son of Satan, a young man must join the True Cross Academy in order to master his abilities and defeat Satan himself.
Style: anime, captivating, exciting, suspense, contemplative ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
B: The Beginning (2018)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, 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 ...
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Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Akame ga Kill! (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, 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 ...
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Audience: teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Chainsaw Man (2022)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Denji has a simple dream—to live a happy and peaceful life, spending time with a girl he likes. This is a far cry from reality, however, as Denji is forced by the yakuza into killing devils in order to pay off his crushing debts. Using his pet ...
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Time: year 1997, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Goblin Slayer (2018)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A young priestess has formed her first adventuring party, but almost immediately they find themselves in distress. It's the Goblin Slayer who comes to their rescue—a man who's dedicated his life to the extermination of all goblins, by ...
Style: anime, rough, suspenseful, brutal, bloody ...
Plot: goblin, magic, murder, priestess, wizards and magicians, young girl, magical power, mentor, violence, rape, dungeon, sexuality ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Future Diary (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, 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, serious, stylized, bleak ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
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Time: future
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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