Movies like Memories

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Memories (1995)
 7.5
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Memories (1995)
Original name: MEMORIES
Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In this anime trilogy, a salvage ship crew happens upon a haunted vessel in Magnetic Rose; a cold tablet turns a lab worker into a biological weapon in Stink Bomb; and an urban populace carries on an endless war with an unseen foe in Cannon Fodder. Three years in the making, the thought-provoking anthology features eye-popping action and directorial work by a trio of genre geniuses: Kôji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura and Katsuhiro Ôtomo. "Memories" is made up of three separate science-fiction stories. In the first, "Magnetic Rose," four space travelers are drawn into an abandoned spaceship that contains a world created by one woman's memories. In "Stink Bomb," a young lab assistant accidentally transforms himself into a human biological weapon set on a direct course for Tôkyô. The final episode, "Cannon Fodder," depicts a day in the life of a city whose entire purpose is the firing of cannons at an unseen enemy.
Style: surreal, anime, anthology, futuristic, exciting, cult classic, mind twisting, atmospheric, stylized, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, space, steampunk, memories, war, violent, danger, imaginary, escapades, satire, chaos, life is a bitch, dystopia, mature, haunted house, trippy, memory, surrealism, hacker, immortality, computer, computer hacker, terror, space opera, haunted ...
Time: future
Place: japan, tokyo
Keyword: signal

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, serious, stylized and adult animation films with plots about danger, imaginary, heroes, rivalry, escapades, cyberpunk and distopia mostly in Animation, Sci-Fi and Drama genres. Some movies like Memories: Akira (1988), Fantastic Planet (1973), Magnetic Rose (1995), Dead Space: Downfall (2008), Ghost in the Shell (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Akira (1988)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda are pulled into the post-apocalyptic underworld of Neo-Tokyo and forced to fight for their very survival. Kaneda is a bike gang leader, and Tetsuo is a member of a tough motorcycle crew who becomes involved in a ...
Style: anime, surreal, futuristic, atmospheric, adult animation ...
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Fantastic Planet (1973)
Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Fantastic Planet tells the story of “Oms”, human-like creatures, kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue giants called “Draags”. The story takes place on the Draags’ planet Ygam, where we follow our narrator, an Om called Terr, ...
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Time: distant future, year 1973, future
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Magnetic Rose (1995)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
Story: Koji Morimato’s animated science fiction short story about how the boarder between reality and illusion on a space station become blurry.
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Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The second of two theatrically released follow-ups to the Neon Genesis Evangelion series. Comprising of two alternate episodes which were first intended to take the place of episodes 25 and 26, this finale answers many of the questions surrounding ...
Style: anime, psychological, mecha, ambiguous ending, surreal ...
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Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
Genre: Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Duration: 74 min.
Story: On a deep space mining mission to a remote planet, an ancient religious relic - thought to be proof of the existence of God - is unearthed and brought aboard. When the unholy artifact unleashes a long-dormant alien race, its glimpse of Heaven ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, anime ...
Audience: teens
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Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: anime, futuristic, mind bending, philosophical, surreal ...
Audience: kids, adult
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Time: future, distant future
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Perfect Blue (1997)
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 81 min.
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Style: surreal, suspense, adult animation, anime, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
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Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Style: adult animation, anthology, erotic, atmospheric, futuristic ...
Audience: adult
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Time: future
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Style: anime, philosophical, atmospheric, cyber, stylized ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, adult
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Country: Japan
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
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Armitage III: Dual Matrix (2001)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: anime, stylized, serious, suspenseful, cyber ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: anime, mecha, manga, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
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Duration: 55 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Style: anime, bleak, heartbreaking, rough, serious ...
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Place: japan, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Robot Carnival (1987)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them.
Style: anime, anthology, stylized, atmospheric, surreal ...
Audience: teens
Plot: giant robot, androids and robots, character study, crime gone awry, multiple storylines, robot, escapades, man versus machine, robot as menace, cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, imaginary ...
Time: future, year 1987
Place: japan, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Vampire Hunter D (1985)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.
Style: gothic, anime, manga, exciting, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids
Plot: vampire, vampire hunter, vampire slayer, mysterious character, good versus evil, escapades, danger, gory, supernatural ability, ghost, human versus monster, supernatural ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Sin: The Movie (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story: It is the near future, and the city of Freeport teeters on the verge of total collapse. The twin tides of rampant crime and ruinous graft face only one barrier: the elite strike force HARDCORPS. Led by Colonel John Blade, HARDCORPS is the last force ...
Style: anime, serious, rough, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fighting crime, artificial intelligence, investigation, undercover, leadership, heroes, rivalry, save the world, heroic mission, race against time, society, danger ...
Time: future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Wings of Honneamise (1987)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: On a future Earth, war between the Kingdom of Honneamise and its rival, The Republic, is inevitable. As evolving technology creates new ways to wage war, a small group seeks to propel mankind into space in their world’s first spaceflight program. ...
Style: anime, stylized, manga, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space, fighting the system, assassination, steampunk, parallel universe, technology, religion, space program, kickass, fighter plane, aviation, astronaut ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Spriggan (1998)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An elite superhuman agent must stop a foreign military unit from seizing control of an ancient artifact that holds the key to ultimate power.
Style: anime, stylized, mind bending, manga, seinen ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
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Place: japan, istanbul turkey, turkey, pentagon
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Angel's Egg (1985)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min.
Story: A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.
Style: anime, gothic, avant garde, dark fantasy, surreal ...
Plot: surrealism, egg, girl, little girl, flood, angel, religion, minimal dialogue, moving, bible, steampunk, arthouse horror ...
Place: europe, japan
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It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story: Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche, in this new feature film version of Don Hertzfeldt's animated short film trilogy.
Style: philosophical, surreal, adult animation, thought provoking, atmospheric ...
Plot: surrealism, illness, mental health, mental illness, narration, dark humor, nightmare, hospital, divorced parents, loneliness, life & death, existentialism ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 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.
Style: psychedelic, psychological, philosophical, mind bending, bleak ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, drug abuse, trippy, schizophrenia, losing-it hero, addiction, dystopia, dystopian future, society, fighting crime, consciousness, drug ...
Time: future, year 2006, 2000s, near future, 21st century
Place: california, texas, usa, san diego california
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