Movies like Phantom: The Animation (2004)
The best movies like Phantom: The Animation (2004) are Kite (1998), Golgo 13: The Professional (1983) and Killer Bean Forever (2008). If Phantom: The Animation hooked you with its action and animation, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedKiller Bean Forever (2008)7.2/10 from 201 votes
- NewestExit Protocol (2025)Released 2025
- In JapaneseKite (1998)Also in Japanese
Kite (1998)
Sawa, orphaned as a child by murderous thugs, now targets the scourge of society as a trained killer for a mercenary syndicate. Coquettish and capable of unimaginable violence, she's grown into the perfect weapon — but doubt takes hold in Sawa's mind when her fellow assassin, Oburi, decides he wants out.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGolgo 13: The Professional (1983)
Indestructible to his enemies and irresistible to women, the professional assassin codenamed Golgo 13 is shrouded in mystery and anonymity. If you're on his hit list, you're already dead. Always hired on his reputation alone, Golgo never breaks a contract. Can he survive the combined forces of the FBI, CIA, the Pentagon and the U.S. Army? Has the nameless agent finally met his match against the superhuman powers of the Snake and the twin evils of the psychopathic mercenaries, Gold and Silver?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKiller Bean Forever (2008)
When things go bad in Beantown, top assassin Killer Bean is called to clean-up the mess. Detective Cromwell finds himself in the middle between Killer Bean and mob boss Cappuccino.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBaby Assassins 2 (2023)
Chisato and Mahiro must pay four years of overdue fees or lose their membership in their assassin guild. They take part-time jobs, but find themselves in the middle of an armed robbery and being hunted by other assassins.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMechanic: Resurrection (2016)
Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like accidents.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAssassin Club (2023)
In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers all the targets are also assassins unknowingly hired to kill each other.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)
Akira is the legendary killer known as the Fable. Following the order of his boss and due to being overworked, he lives peacefully with his partner, Yoko, as ordinary siblings. Akira still works part-time at design company Octopus with CEO Takoda and employee Misaki. CEO Takoda and Misaki are unaware of Akira's background as an assassin. Meanwhile, Utsubo is a representative for an NPO. But, Utsubo works with contract killer Suzuki to set people up for extortion purposes. They target someone at design company Octopus.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWelcome to the Punch (2013)
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisAzumi 2: Death or Love (2005)
Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former friend Nachi.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBaby Assassins (2021)
Two high school girls who are about to graduate also happen to be highly-skilled assassins. When the organization they work for orders them to share a room, their relationship quickly sours. But when they become targets of the yakuza, the girls realize they'll have to work together to survive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisExit Protocol (2025)
An assassin whose specialty is killing other assassins trying to get out of the business decides to try to get out himself and must then team up with his former mark to escape the hired killers now gunning for them both.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMemory (2022)
Alex, an assassin-for-hire, finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization. With the crime syndicate and FBI in hot pursuit, Alex has the skills to stay ahead, except for one thing: he is struggling with severe memory loss, affecting his every move. Alex must question his every action and whom he can ultimately trust.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Virtuoso (2021)
Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisSniper: The Last Stand (2025)
To stop an arms dealer from unleashing a deadly superweapon, Ace sniper Brandon Beckett and Agent Zero are deployed to Costa Verde to lead a group of elite soldiers against an unrelenting militia. Taking an untested sniper under his wing, Beckett faces his newest challenge: giving orders instead of receiving them. With both time and ammo running low in a race to save humanity, the team must overcome all odds just to survive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMr. Long (2017)
Long is a Taiwanese killer known for his sword skills. After Long fails a Tokyo mission, he moves to a small town where no one knows about him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAva (2020)
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisBranded to Kill (1967)
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSeeking Justice (2011)
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisMalone (1987)
Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret revolution.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Mother (2023)
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCat Run 2 (2014)
A couple of fumbling best friends run a private detective agency and find themselves solving their next case in New Orleans, becoming embroiled in a web of sexy female spies and government conspiracy in the lively and character-filled backdrops of the Big Easy
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisEnd Game (2006)
Secret Service agent Alex Thomas is detailed with protecting the president of the United States but, at a public appearance, everything went wrong and the president is assassinated. Wracked with guilt, he blames himself for his team's failure. Meanwhile, seasoned journalist Kate Crawford comes to believe there's a massive conspiracy afoot and convinces Alex of it. Together they unravel a treacherous web of lies as they try to unlock the truth behind the conspiracy amid the deadly threat of shadowy assassins and ex-special ops enforcers.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisFUBAR (2023)
Thomas is forced to recount a bank robbery gone wrong after his partners in crime are left at the scene but his story doesn't exactly add up.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Chamku (2008)
A traumatized child becomes a political activist but agrees to become an assassin upon being captured.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Dark Warrior (2007)
Dark Warrior is the story of Derek Woo, mistakenly targeted by police and the Mob as the prime suspect for a series brutal gangland murders. He is surrounded by gangsters and the police and must stay alive long enough to find the real killers and clear his name.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Daybreakers (2010)
In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Eiger Sanction (1975)
A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Prodigy (2005)
"The Prodigy" tells the story of small-time enforcer Truman Fisher's vicious conflict with a sadistic assassin who has chosen the unwilling Truman to be his successor. The assassin, who goes by the alias Rains and whose exploits have become the source of legend among Truman's underworld colleagues, drives Truman, through the pressure of constant violence and grief, to understand his own capacity for both bloodshed and compassion. Ultimately this reveals to Truman that he as with all of us, must find our place in this world or as Rains would say "our place in this grand design." This action begins quickly as Truman meets with a turncoat from a rival gang. This tense showdown erupts quickly into mayhem, when Rains makes his unexpected entrance. In the wake of the ensuing bloodbath, Truman is forced to reevaluate his own role in the small, violent world he inhabits, suddenly aware that there are larger powers at work which he does not understand...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Art of Love (2024)
After a government contracted hit goes wrong, the collateral damage causes Lucas Alba to retire working for the company. He may be done, but his past quickly catches up with him and the consequences put the life of his and anyone close to him in Jeopardy.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
The Black Morning Glory (1993)
Hong Kong thriller that sees Michelle Reis being trained as an assassin.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Phantom: The Animation?
The closest matches to Phantom: The Animation are Kite (1998), Golgo 13: The Professional (1983) and Killer Bean Forever (2008). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Phantom: The Animation?
Start with Kite (1998), the closest match to Phantom: The Animation.
What is the highest-rated movie like Phantom: The Animation?
Killer Bean Forever (2008), rated 7.2/10 by 201 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Phantom: The Animation?
Exit Protocol (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Phantom: The Animation?
Yes: Kite (1998), Golgo 13: The Professional (1983) and Baby Assassins 2 (2023).
How are movies similar to Phantom: The Animation chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Phantom: The Animation, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.