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First Squad: The Moment of Truth (2009)
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First Squad: The Moment of Truth (2009)
Original name: Первый отряд
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, History, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Russia, Japan, Canada
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast are a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army. They are opposed by a Schutzstaffel officer who is attempting to raise from the dead a supernatural army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross.
Style: anime, bleak, stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, manga
Audience: teens
Plot: world war two, battles, supernatural ability, escapades, danger, heroes, military, soldier, supernatural, dead, nazi occultism, world war, war, youth, teenage life, zombie, supernatural power, female soldier, surrealism, nazi, super soldier, nazi zombie, russian army, soviet, girls with guns
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 40s
Place: soviet union, ussr
Keyword: russian, reboot

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, serious, stylized and exciting films with plots about heroes, danger, escapades, rivalry, battles, imaginary and space and aliens mostly in Animation, Action and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like First Squad: The Moment of Truth: Gasaraki (1998), Jormungand (2012), Macross Zero (2002), Karas: The Prophecy (2005), Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Gasaraki (1998)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 625 min.
TV show
Story: Gasaraki is a mecha anime television series produced by Sunrise. It was directed by Ryousuke Takahashi, who also co-created the series along with Sunrise and was assisted by Goro Taniguchi. The screenplay was written by Toru Nozaki. The series ...
Style: anime, mecha, serious, stylized, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: robot, family relations, super weapon, battles, weapon system, military, escapades, supernatural ability, youth, young heroes, imaginary, obsessive quest ...
Time: future
Place: asia, japan
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Jormungand (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: Jonah is a child soldier and the newest bodyguard for Koko, an international arms dealer with an entourage of hired guns. The cold-blooded kid hates Koko’s line of work, but following her into the darkest corners of the black market might be the ...
Style: anime, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: arms dealing, murder, child soldier, terrorism, danger, military, gunfight, war, soldier, mafia, violence, friendship ...
Place: japan, united kingdom
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Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Amuro Ray and the rest of the White Base crew, now denominated the 13th Autonomous Corps, return to outer space to support the rest of the Earth Federation forces for the decisive battle against the Duchy of Zeon's forces.
Style: anime, mecha, exciting, serious, bleak ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: mobile suit gundam, battles, chaos, escapades, danger, imaginary, heroes, space and aliens, rivalry, young soldier, space, female nudity ...
Time: future
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Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars (2006)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Universal Century 0087, Char Aznable has now become the leader of the AEUG. Scirocco, the man from Jupiter, schemes to seize control of the Titans. Haman, the Axis leader, is attempting to restore the Zabi family. Through politics and strategy, ...
Style: anime, stylized, suspenseful, futuristic, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: battles, heroes, heroic mission, good versus evil, uninhibited rivalry, political unrest, androids and robots, danger, space station, rivalry, escapades, space and aliens ...
Time: future
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Macross Zero (2002)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: Taking place one year before the events of the original Macross series, Macross Zero chronicles the final days of the war between the U.N. Spacy and anti-U.N. factions. After being shot down by the anti-U.N.'s newest fighter plane, ace pilot ...
Style: anime, mecha, suspenseful, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: military, space wars, airplane, spacecraft, war, artificial intelligence, battles, danger, escapades, heroes, evil, white supremacy ...
Time: year 2008
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38%
Karas: The Prophecy (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a Japanese city haunted by nature spirits and demons, a secret war is raging between the renegade demon Eko and a spectral warrior known as the Karas. Eko has mechanized himself and his followers to defend against the unearthly fury of the Karas; ...
Style: anime, suspenseful, stylized, serious, manga ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: escapades, superhero, heroic mission, good versus evil, chaos, battles, danger, rivalry, supernatural ability, supernatural, master villain, apocalypse ...
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Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Last Blitz of Zeon (1992)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: U.C. 0083 - Three years after the end of the catastrophic One Year War, peace on Earth and the colonies is shattered by the presence of the Delaz Fleet, a rogue Zeon military group loyal to the ideals of the late dictator Gihren Zabi. Delaz ...
Style: anime, mecha, stylized, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: chaos and mayhem, heroic mission, space wars, androids and robots, military, chaos, outer space, chess, space station, space and aliens, battle zone, survival ...
Time: future
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38%
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report (1998)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 51 min.
Story: In a future war, a young battle robot pilot suspected of being a spy must face court martial. Meanwhile, the home village of a friend of his is threatened by enemy forces.
Style: anime, mecha, suspenseful, serious, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: mobile suit gundam, village, robot, court martial, investigation, giant robot, danger, space and aliens, androids and robots, space wars, outer space, escapades ...
Time: future
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Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Universal Century 0087. The Titans, a bellicose faction among the Earth Federation Forces, grows powerful and tyrannical, even using poison gas to suppress a civil unrest. Dissident soldiers from the same military stand against them, forming a ...
Style: anime, rough, futuristic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: battles, heroic mission, rivalry, heroes, good versus evil, battle zone, escapades, space and aliens, chaos, danger, uninhibited rivalry, imaginary ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Universal Century 0087, as the civil war between the AEUG and the Titans continues, Kamille meets a mysterious girl named Four. But his encounter with Four, one of the Titans' "cyber-Newtypes," fills his heart with anguish. The ...
Style: anime, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: battles, rivalry, tragic love, good versus evil, heroic mission, danger, escapades, heroes, love and romance, collision, mobile suit gundam, outer space ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story: After managing to survive attacks by Zeon's Char Aznable and Garma Zabi, the crew of Federation warship White Base and its mobile suits must battle Zeon forces through Asia, Europe, and the Atlantic Ocean if they are to reach Earth ...
Style: anime, mecha, exciting, serious, bleak ...
Audience: teens
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Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: U.C. 0123. After a generation of peace, the Earth Federation has begun to build new space colonies to house humanity's growing population. But a new force, the aristocratic Crossbone Vanguard, plans to seize the colonies of the newly ...
Style: anime, mecha, serious, stylized, bleak ...
Audience: teens
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Time: future
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The Sky Crawlers (2008)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
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Duration: 122 min.
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Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2006)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
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Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)
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Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Munich, Germany, 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on a series of sci-fi novels, this series tells the story of a massive conflict between the Prussia-like Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance. It describes all levels of the war, from the tactical to the strategic, but focuses most on ...
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Audience: teens
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Time: future
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Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Naruto, Shikamaru, and Sakura are executing their mission of delivering a lost pet to a certain village. However, right in the midst of things, troops led by the mysterious knight, Temujin, attack them. In the violent battle, the three become ...
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Place: japan
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 52 min.
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Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens
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Time: future
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
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Duration: 124 min.
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Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story: In the year Universal Century 0079, humans have colonized the area of space lying in between the Earth and the moon. However the ambitious Zabi family, rulers of the Duchy of Zeon (the grouping of colonies furthest from the earth) has sparked a war.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Time: 1940s, year 1939, year 1944
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative (2018)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: U.C. 0097, one year after the opening of "Laplace's Box". Despite the revelation of the Universal Century Charter that acknowledges the existence and rights of Newtypes, the framework of the world has not been greatly altered. The ...
Style: anime, mecha, stylized, suspenseful, serious
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
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Time: future
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Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
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Place: japan
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30%
The Galaxy Railways (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: The Galaxy Railways is a 26 episode science fiction anime series about flying trains set in the far reaches of space. It is licensed by Funimation Production Ltd. and produced by Leiji Matsumoto. It debuted on American TV in a syndicated FUNimation ...
Style: anime, exciting, serious, stylized
Plot: supernatural, destiny, battles, supernatural ability, danger, escapades, evil alien, space travel, outer space, parents and children, asteroids and comets, alien encounter ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (2006)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 162 min.
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Style: anime, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cyber ...
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Time: future
Place: japan, taiwan
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