# Movies like The Files of Young Kindaichi: Legend of the Shanghai Mermaid
> Films most similar to The Files of Young Kindaichi: Legend of the Shanghai Mermaid (1997) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.
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## 12 films in this list
- **[Jam Films](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/jam-films-2002/)** (2002) — ★ 7.9 · 23 votes · foreign-gem, 3am-cult
- **[SPEC: Zero](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/spec-zero-2013/)** (2013) — ★ 7.9 · 22 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, mindfuck
- **[Sanada 10 Braves](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/sanada-10-braves-2016/)** (2016) — ★ 7.6 · 12 votes · foreign-gem, epic, neon-soaked
- **[Egg](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/egg-2005/)** (2005) — ★ 7.1 · 14 votes · 3am-cult, surreal, unhinged
- **[Initiation Love](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/initiation-love-2015/)** (2015) — ★ 7.5 · 45 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender
- **[The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-house-where-the-mermaid-sleeps-2018/)** (2018) — ★ 6.9 · 15 votes · cerebral, gut-punch
- **[SPEC: Heaven](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/spec-heaven-2012/)** (2012) — ★ 7.2 · 27 votes · foreign-gem, mindfuck, neon-soaked
- **[Trick the Movie: Last Stage](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/trick-the-movie-last-stage-2014/)** (2014) — ★ 7.5 · 23 votes · foreign-gem, mindfuck, playful
- **[SPEC: Life](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/spec-life-2012/)** (2012) — ★ 8.0 · 19 votes
- **[SPEC: Close~Incarnation](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/spec-close-incarnation-2013/)** (2013) — ★ 7.3 · 19 votes · foreign-gem, cerebral, paranoid
- **[SPEC: Close Reincarnation](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/spec-close-reincarnation-2013/)** (2013) — ★ 7.2 · 18 votes · foreign-gem, mindfuck, paranoid
- **[20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/20th-century-boys-beginning-of-the-end-2008/)** (2008) — ★ 6.7 · 106 votes · mindfuck, outsider
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