15 Movies Like Persona

Loved Persona? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

The House
#1

The House

Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Persona.

Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs
#2

Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs

Princes who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Persona.

Lost in Starlight
#3

Lost in Starlight

When an astronaut leaves Earth for Mars, the vast infinite space divides star-crossed lovers in this animated romance that crosses the cosmos.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Persona.

Aachi & Ssipak
#4

Aachi & Ssipak

Sometime in the future, mankind has depleted all energy and fuel sources, however they have engineered a way to use human excrement as fuel. To reward production, the government hands out extremely addictive, popsicle-like "Juicybars", which in turn also act as a laxative. Aachi and Ssipak are street hoodlums who struggle to survive by trading these bars in the black market.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Persona.

Your Letter
#5

Your Letter

After summer vacation, So-ri transfers to a new school and finds an anonymous letter in her desk drawer with an introduction to the school and a clue to finding the next letter. "If you want to keep reading, find my second letter!" While following the clues in the letters and searching all over the school like on a treasure hunt, So-ri keeps running into a same-aged student named Dong-soon. So-ri and Dong-soon quickly become friends as they search for the letters together. As she finds one letter after another, the special connection continues, and So-ri's curiosity grows for the mysterious sender. "I want to find the last letter and thank you in person."

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Persona.

Seoul Station
#6

Seoul Station

In this animated prequel to "Train to Busan," a group of survivors deals with a zombie pandemic that unleashes itself in downtown Seoul.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Persona.

Destino
#7

Destino

Short film to a song of love lost and rediscovered, a woman sees and undergoes surreal transformations. Her lover's face melts off, she dons a dress from the shadow of a bell and becomes a dandelion, ants crawl out of a hand and become Frenchmen riding bicycles. Not to mention the turtles with faces on their backs that collide to form a ballerina, or the bizarre baseball game.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Persona.

Far from the Tree
#8

Far from the Tree

On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Persona.

Dino King: Journey to Fire Mountain
#9

Dino King: Journey to Fire Mountain

Speckles, a ferocious tarbosaurus and his young son junior, mourning the loss of their family in an epic battle, roam the lands in search of food, adventure and peace. Under the watchful eye of his dad, Junior is growing up healthy and strong, but with an overconfidence thanks to his young age. After one encounter results in Junior being kidnapped, Speckles embarks on an adventure to the ends of earth to find his son. Encountering friend and foe, ally and enemy, Speckles will stop at nothing and will take on all corners to save his offspring.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Persona.

Speckles: The Tarbosaurus
#10

Speckles: The Tarbosaurus

The story is set 70 million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the Korean Peninsula the same way they ruled the rest of the earth. Spotty is a curious and playful Tarbosaurus child, and along with his mother and siblings, he lives happily in the forest. One day the cunning One-eye, an older Tyrannosaur looking for a new home, attacks Spotty’s herd and separates Spotty from his family. Alone, he befriends another lost girl Tarbosaur who becomes his friend and constant companion for two decades and the mother of his own children. But Spotty’s troubles with One-eye are not over, and revenge, death, fear, and sadness are all in Spotty’s future―as is happiness and hope.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Persona.

Welcome to the Club
#11

Welcome to the Club

Heart set on becoming a princess, Lisa Simpson is surprised to learn being bad might be more fun.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Persona.

Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning
#12

Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning

When a demonic uprising threatens to end the world as they know it, a monk and an excommunicated priest join forces to protect a powerful young boy and the next generation of magic. As dark forces close in, the unlikely trio must confront their inner demons.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Persona.

Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild
#13

Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild

Based on a bestselling preteen novel of the same title that has sold more than 1 million copies in Korea, “Leafie, A Hen into the Wild” is about a laying hen named Leafie who is destined to live the “same old” repetitive life confined on the chicken farm. Her fate changes when she escapes from the chicken farm and hatches a duck egg. With the duckling (who believes Leafie to be his mother), sets off on a journey into the wild with her new son to find her freedom.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Persona.

Yobi, The Five-Tailed Fox
#14

Yobi, The Five-Tailed Fox

After losing her family to fox hunters, five-tailed Yobi lives in the forest with some shipwrecked aliens, far away from the humans. When one of her alien friends gets captured by a villager, Yobi has no choice but to adventure into the human world to rescue him. At the village, Yobi meets many humans, including Geum Yee who studies at a school for maladjusted children. Interested in Geum Yee, Yobi joins the students and revels in the fun of human life, but both a fox hunter and a mysterious shadow man are on her trail.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Persona.

Gone Fishing
#15

Gone Fishing

On Motunui, Maui tries to catch a fish with his magical fishhook, only to be comically foiled by the ocean.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Persona.