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10 Best Movies Like A Certain Killer

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

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#1
The Outsider

The Outsider

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Certain Killer for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka....

#2
Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter

1966★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Certain Killer for fans of Crime. 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
Crying Freeman

Crying Freeman

1995★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Certain Killer for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful a...

#4
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Certain Killer for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza....

#5
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

1973★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Certain Killer for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful unde...

#6
American Yakuza

American Yakuza

1993★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Certain Killer for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The p...

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