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Dark/Action Drama Titles


Titles that are dismal or gloomy in nature qualify for the dark category.


Title Rating Synopsis
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boku no katsu seni kanojo no... A tradgic Love Story w/ a VERY odd twist!
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Elfen Lied
Rent Kouta has moved back to his childhood town to start his first year in college, and his female cousin, Yuka, has set him up to live in a big ten-room vacant house. Later on that night, the two encounter a naked girl with horns wandering on the beach. She appears to be very innocent and very helpless, so Kouta takes it upon himself to take her home to keep her safe, unaware that his guest has just escaped from an experimental lab and that both the police and military are searching for her, with orders to shoot on sight.
Elven Song Rent See Elfen Lied
End of Eva Rent See Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
End of Evangelion Rent See Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Evangelion, The End of Rent See Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
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Fight! Iczer One Avoid See Iczer One
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Gankutsuou
Rent Based loosely on the book written by Alexandre Dumas titled “Comte de Monte-Cristo” (The Count of Monte Cristo), this story is set in a far future time against an intergalactic backdrop. A young Parisian aristocrat, Albert Mondego and his close circle of friends find their lives disrupted and threatened by the arrival of a mysterious and extravagant Count de Monte-Cristo - who appears to harbor a dark and hidden agenda against their parents.

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Buy A sequel to the famous Puppet Master movie of 1995, Batou and Togusa now investigate the strange rebellious murders of sex robots against their masters. During their investigation, they encounter dangerous hackers, crazy Yakuza, and even bits of the Major materialized from the net.
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Iczer One
Avoid A new enemy has come to the planet Earth. Capable of absorbing into humans and turning them into mindless slaves, Earth's only hope is a girl named Nagisa and a strange Alien named Iczer One. Together, they pilot the Iczer Robo to battle the Cthuwulf and Iczer Two. (Yes everyone is named Iczer).

Ima Soko ni Iru Boku
Rent It doesn't look like this is going to be a great day for Matsutani Shuzo, nickname "Shu". The schoolboy has just lost a kendo fight in his dojo, and the girl he intended to impress walked away with his victorious opponent who even gave him a lecture after their fight. Depressed he retreats to the industry sector of his hometown, climbing up an old factory chimney, the "tower of courage" for his gang. To his surprise he meets a strange girl with blue hair and blue eyes up there... but then time stops for a moment - and shortly after this, he and the girl are attacked by huge mechas. Moments later he finds himself in a place he's never seen before, and his nightmare begins in a fortress named Hellywood where all values of humanity appear to be lost. And yet, Shu tries to plead for his ideals...
Innocence Buy See Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Interlude
Buy For a close-knit foursome of high school friends, life is all about sleeping in class, strawberry milk, and after-class karaoke. However, our unnamed main protagonist is troubled by nightmares of death and disaster. Only when he begins to realize that his memories of people and events are different from those of Tamaki Maiko (named "Tama-chan" by her friends, "Mai-chan" by herself), Chimu and Harusa, his three female friends, does he begin to wonder. Later, when the waking dreams start.... a short moment of him seeing something that noone else sees....an attractive young lady, who stares back at him in amazement from an empty subway station, does he begin to wonder about his sanity. That evening, the four encounter and follow a shadow with no person, only to encounter a gang of stumbling zombies. And then he wakes up that morning from yet another bad dream, but the threads of reality have become a bit too frayed, and he begins to see a way in which he can travel over to the reality of his nightmares.
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Le Comte de Monte-Cristo Rent See Gankutsuou
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My life without her... See boku no katsu seni kanojo no...
Release Year
2008(1) 2007(1) 2005(1) 2004(3) 2000(1) 1999(1) 1997(1) 1987(1)
1986(1) 1985(1)
Type
Movie(2) ONA(1) OVA(2) TV(4)
Setting
Fantasy(3) Modern(2) Sci-Fi(7)
Keywords
Acquired Taste(2) Action(7) Adventure(2) Artistic(1)
Classic(1) Coming of Age(1) Computers(1) Creepy(2)
Cyberpunk(2) Depression(3) Drama(7) Ecchi(1)
Fighting(1) Friendship(1) Gun-action(3) High School(1)
Horror(1) Kid at heart(1) Live Action(1) Magic(1)
Mecha(3) Mystery(2) Parody(1) Police(1)
Psychics(1) Romance(2) Sequel(2) Shounen(1)
Slice of Life(1) Soul Mates(1) Spiritual(2) Supernatural(2)
Surreal(4) Suspense(5) Swordplay(2) Tragedy(5)
Video-game inspired(1) Violent(6) Vulgar(1) War(1)
Weird(1) Yuri(1)
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