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Lost in Starlight (2025)
5K
Original name: 이 별에 필요한
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When an astronaut leaves Earth for Mars, the vast infinite space divides star-crossed lovers in this animated romance that crosses the cosmos.
Style:
melancholic, romantic drama, existential, surreal, adult animation, anime, romantic comedy, korean anime, rom com, 2d animation ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
astronaut, space, mars, star crossed lovers, longing, couples, space exploration, bittersweet, spacecraft, time dilation, slow burn, long distance relationship, love story, love, musician, life, planet, earth, female protagonist, male protagonist, galaxy, star
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
seoul
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, melancholic, captivating and emotional films with plots about coming of age, love, bittersweet, slice of life, relationships, friendship and love affair mostly in Animation, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Lost in Starlight: White Plastic Sky (2023), The Glassworker (2024), Space Brothers (2014), Orange: Future (2016), No.7 Cherry Lane (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 110 min.
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Pakistan, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
pakistan
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Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, emotional, heartfelt, poignant, romantic drama ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
love triangle, school, high school life, bittersweet, friendship, loss, mourning, grief, relationships, teenager, teenage life, lifestyle ...
Time:
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, romantic drama, art house ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
69%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
couples, infidelity, love, couple relations, imaginary, love and romance, dishonesty, disgraced, jealousy, fraud, existential crisis, sexual content ...
Time:
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fresh off ripping space-time a new one at the end of "Bender's Big Score," the Planet Express crew is back to mend the tear in reality, or (hopefully) at least not make it worse. Beyond the tear, though, lurks a being of ...
Style:
humorous, adult animation, melancholic, clever, talky ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
space and aliens, cyclops, scientist, parallel universe, robot, monster, danger, dating, alien, technology, beast, save the world ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, tokyo
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
experimental, surreal, psychological, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, sentimental, touching, serious, futuristic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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Story:
Miou Aida and Haruki Serizawa might seem like polar opposites to those around them, but as the two third-years prepare to end their high school experience, they couldn't have been been closer. While Miou is a shy and reserved member of the ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
relationships, slice of life, high school, couple relations, love and romance, friends, love affair, love story, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, first love, crush, young love ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
adult animation, surreal, philosophical, depressing, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, depression, sex scene, stop motion, loneliness, sex toy, relationships, existentialism, melancholy, infidelity, inferiority complex, sex shop ...
Time:
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Place:
cincinnati ohio
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Plot unknown. Described as a film set in Houston during the summer of 1969.
Style:
adult animation, anime, semi autobiographical, 2d animation
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, exciting, captivating, mumblecore ...
Plot:
mars, space travel, daring rescue, heroes, space and aliens, artificial intelligence, benign alien, escapades, dystopian future, alien encounter, danger, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, surreal, existential, captivating, experimental ...
Plot:
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43%
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, adult animation, exciting, sentimental, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Israel, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, USA, India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, Robin Wright decides to take her final job: preserving her likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount ...
Style:
surreal, philosophical, cerebral, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
future, 2030s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, entertaining, light, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, rivalry, game, high school life, love and romance, social relations, high school, heroes, supernatural, danger, relationships ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
What would you do to save someone you love? All brothers Shoma and Kanba know is that, after collapsing in an aquarium and apparently dying, their terminally ill sister Himari was somehow revived by a Penguin hat that she had wished for. Now ...
Style:
anime, psychological, romantic, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
symbolism, siblings, brothers, sacrifice, male female relationship, relationships, romantic relationship, love story, fall in love, love affair, romantic friendship, love interest ...
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