Movies Like Psycho-Pass: Providence (2023)

Psycho-Pass: Providence is a 2023 animation, crime, mystery, thriller film from Naoyoshi Shiotani with a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie and Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector.

Animation Crime Mystery Thriller

PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie

2015

In a futuristic Japan, the Sibyl System is charged with keeping the peace. When the state of SEAUn brings the Sibyl System in to test its effectiveness, it becomes a haven of peace and safety—for a time. Eventually, terrorists from SEAUn begin appearing in Japan, somehow slipping through the System's security and attacking from within. Desperate for answers, Inspector Akane Tsunemori is sent overseas to bring the terrorists to justice. But when her investigation forces her into a standoff with an old ally, will she be able to pull the trigger?

7.0

MagicScore

Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector

2020

Inspector Kei Mikhail Ignatov finds himself involved with an organization named Bifrost with the possibility of freeing his wife if he betrays Unit One. Koichi Azusawa coordinates an assault on the Public Safety Bureau tower using his hacker Obata, locking down the building and kidnapping Inspector Arata Shindo. Azusawa demands that governor Karina Komiya resign from her position.

7.6

MagicScore

Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.3 On the Other Side of Love and Hate

2019

Following the incident in the Southeast Asia Union in 2116, Shinya Kogami resumes his vagrant journey. In a small South Asian nation, Kogami rescues a bus of refugees under attack by armed guerrilla forces. Among the refugees is a young lady by the name of Tenzin, who begs Kogami to teach her how to retaliate against the enemy. Just what does the girl who wishes for revenge and the man who has exacted revenge see as they gaze upon the edge of a world from which there is no escape?

7.0

MagicScore

Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.2 First Guardian

2019

2112; the summer before Akane Tsunemori was assigned to Division One of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Department. Teppei Sugo, an accomplished pilot of the Defense Army's 15th Integrated Task Force, joins the military operation in Okinawa. Three months later, an unmanned combat drone opens fire on the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo. Enforcer Tomomi Masaoka of CID Division One is dispatched to Sugo's military base to investigate the truth behind this case.

6.8

MagicScore

Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.1 Crime and Punishment

2019

In the winter of 2117, a runaway vehicle crashes into the Public Safety Bureau Building. The driver is identified as Izumi Yasaka, a psychological counselor at the Sanctuary, a Latent Criminal Isolation Facility in Aomori Prefecture. But right before her interrogation, Inspector Mika Shimotsuki and Enforcer Nobuchika Ginoza are tasked with promptly escorting Yasaka back to Aomori. What awaits them there is a False Paradise.

6.6

MagicScore

Strange Days

1995

Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience the emotions and past experiences of others. While they typically contain tawdry incidents, Nero is shocked when he receives one showing a murder.

7.0

MagicScore

Dredd

2012

In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.

6.9

MagicScore

Ghost in the Shell 2.0

2008

In the year 2029, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is a reproduced version of its original 1995 counterpart. Among a numerous enhancements, for the film's 2.0 release, were a number of scenes were overhauled with 3D animation, visual improvements, and soundtrack rerecorded in 6.1 surround sound.

7.4

MagicScore

A Scanner Darkly

2006

An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

RoboCop 3

1993

The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the area have no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of the company. To this end, OCP have decided to force them to leave by employing a ruthless mercenary army to attack and harass them. An underground resistance begins and in this fight, RoboCop must decide where his loyalties lie.

4.9

MagicScore

#11

Borderless Fog

2024

A big-city detective investigates a series of gruesome murders along the Indonesia-Malaysia border — forcing her to confront ghosts from her past.

6.3

MagicScore

#12

No Good Deed

2002

While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.

5.4

MagicScore

#13

Harmony

2015

Set in a future world. Japan has created a great medical technology that controls ethics, health, and social interaction to create a perfect world. Three young girls attempt to stand up to this by committing suicide, but it doesn't work. Years later, Tuan, one of the girls who attempted suicide must prevent a crisis that threatens this "perfect" world.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

Upgrade

2018

A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.

7.5

MagicScore

#15

Demolition Man

1993

In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

10 to Midnight

1983

Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.

6.2

MagicScore

#17

Death Wish

2018

A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.

6.2

MagicScore

#18

15 Minutes

2001

When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and make them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story."

5.9

MagicScore

#19

Akira

1988

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

7.9

MagicScore

#20

Ghost in the Shell

1995

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

7.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Psycho-Pass: Providence?

The top films similar to Psycho-Pass: Providence by MovieMagicScore are PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie (7.0), Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector (7.6), Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.3 On the Other Side of Love and Hate (7.0). Each shares animation/crime/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Psycho-Pass: Providence worth watching?

Psycho-Pass: Providence holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10 from 38 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Psycho-Pass: Providence?

Psycho-Pass: Providence (2023) is a animation, crime, mystery, thriller film directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani, starring Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Seki, Kenji Nojima.

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This ranked list pairs Psycho-Pass: Providence (2023), a animation and crime and mystery and thriller film from Naoyoshi Shiotani, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Kana Hanazawa take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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