Movies Like Kids Return

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991·1h 36m·★ 8.1·George Hickenlooper

TMDB recommends

Aka Medaka

2015·2h 25m·★ 7.5·Hideta Takahata

Both star Takeshi Kitano & Susumu Terajima

Fireworks

1997·1h 43m·★ 7.7·Takeshi Kitano

Both star Takeshi Kitano & Susumu Terajima

Sonatine

1993·1h 34m·★ 7.4·Takeshi Kitano

Both star Takeshi Kitano & Susumu Terajima

Battle Royale

2000·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Kinji Fukasaku

Both star Takeshi Kitano & Masanobu Ando

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight

2022·1h 7m·★ 7.7·Brad Baruh

TMDB recommends

Takeshis'

2005·1h 48m·★ 6.3·Takeshi Kitano

Both star Takeshi Kitano & Susumu Terajima

How Good Is Kids Return?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.