Movies like Heavy Metal
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Heavy Metal (1981)
41K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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, erotic, stylized, atmospheric, sexual, sexy, futuristic, anthology, black comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
intergalactic, space station, heavy metal, good versus evil, rock, androids and robots, danger, blood, graphic violence, alien, nudity, flying car, violence, female nudity, chase, gunfight, rock music, spacecraft, robot, female warrior, space travel, taxi, transformation, sword, teenage boy ...
Time:
future, year 1981, 80s
Place:
usa, pentagon, new york, canada, new jersey
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Most similar movies to Heavy Metal
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out adult animation, anime, stylized and weird films with plots about heroes, rivalry, imaginary, escapades, good versus evil, danger and transformation mostly in Animation, Sci-Fi and Adventure genres. Some movies like Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2 (2000), Wizards (1977), Fire and Ice (1983), Gandahar (1987), Time Masters (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
10K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Germany, USA, South Korea, Thailand, Philippines, China
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Upon discovery of a shard of what could be the Loc-Nar, a miner named Tyler becomes possessed with an insatiable hunger for power and a thirst for immortality. On his way to the planet of youth, Tyler wipes out most of a space colony and kidnaps a ...
Style:
adult animation, erotic, sexy, futuristic, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
brutality, good versus evil, female protagonist, space and aliens, space travel, revenge, nudity, heroic mission, escapades, heroes, female warrior, sex scene ...
Time:
year 2000
Place:
holy land
Similarity:
92%
14K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An ambiguous battle between good and evil wages in a post-apocalyptic earth populated by netherworld creatures who have re-emerged after the nuclear winter. Two wizard twin brothers - the evil Blackwolf and the good Avatar - battle for supremacy. ...
Style:
adult animation, psychedelic, anime, surreal, stylized ...
Audience:
horror for children, adult
Plot:
sword and sorcery, magic, post apocalypse, dark future, nymph, wizard, world war two, surrealism, trippy, good versus evil, apocalypse, medieval ...
Time:
20th century, future, near future, distant future
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Korea, Netherlands
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In this animated tale, a tiny village is destroyed by a surging glacier, which serves as the deadly domain for the evil Ice Lord, Nekron. The only survivor is a young warrior, Larn, who vows to avenge this act of destruction. The evil continues, ...
Style:
adult animation, epic, dark fantasy, stylized, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, adult
Plot:
sword and sorcery, good versus evil, kidnapping, warrior, barbarian, giant lizard, heroes, supernatural, violence, fire, ice, jungle ...
Time:
prehistory, year 1983, medieval times, prehistoric times, 20th century ...
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
René Laloux, created Gandahar, his final animated feature film. Based on Jean-Pierre Andrevon’s novel Les Hommes-machines contre Gandahar (The Machine-Men versus Gandahar) This fascinating adult animation combines Laloux’s famous imagination ...
Style:
adult animation, atmospheric, stylized, futuristic, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, robot, female nudity, invasion, utopia, distopia, injection, androids and robots, transformation, mutant, sword and sorcery, sorcery ...
Time:
future, distant future
Similarity:
90%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Switzerland, West Germany, UK, Hungary
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
On planet Perdide, an attack of giant hornets leaves Piel – a young boy – alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar, an adventurer travelling through space. On board Jaffar’s shuttle are the ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, anime, retro, atmospheric ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, adult
Plot:
time travel, trippy, space opera, rescue, child in peril, evil alien, survival, space adventure, desert, mature, monkey, time machine ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In this ultra-violent, fantasy epic, ancient dark magic falls into sinister hands and unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind. A group of heroes from different eras and cultures must band together in order to defeat it at all costs.
Style:
adult animation, suspense, stylized, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
death, mountain, magic, giant monster, violence, adventure hero, good versus evil, heroes, superpower, combat, rescue, vengeance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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, atmospheric, philosophical, futuristic, mind bending ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, hacker, female protagonist, cyborgs, dystopia, policewoman, distopia, female spy, chase, hacking ...
Time:
future, near future, 90s, year 1995, 2020s ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, east asia, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the ...
Style:
anime, manga, cerebral, philosophical, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, adult
Plot:
ecology, post apocalypse, nature, teenage girl, insect, female protagonist, environmental, giant insect, steampunk, apocalypse, environment, save the world ...
Time:
future, year 1984, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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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, adult animation ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
loneliness, depression, philosophy, insanity, misanthropy, suicide, alienation, hate, surrealism, infiltration, stream of consciousness, death ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA, South Korea
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is an animated comedy that also combines elements of a horror and thriller film. It is based upon the comic book series created by Rob Zombie that follows the character of El Superbeasto and his sexy sidekick ...
Style:
adult animation, sexy, humorous, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
cheerleader, good versus evil, gory, escapades, stripper, sex with a robot, supernatural ability, supernatural, imaginary, zombie, master villain, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set on the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker are treated like slaves under the power of the evil overlord Zygon until one, Orin, unearths the hilt of a mythical sword that only he can master. Escaping the planet, he runs into the rogue ...
Style:
independent film, anime, adult animation, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
space opera, robot, good versus evil, villain, magical sword, slavery, mine, spaceship, space, space battle, sword and sorcery, star wars ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him.
Style:
adult animation, semi serious, anime, stylized, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rock band, musician, rock, violence, self sacrifice, dystopia, rock music, good versus evil, cocaine, rescue, musician's life, imaginary ...
Time:
future, year 1983
Place:
canada
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, draining it of all its color and music, firing anti-music missiles, bonking people with green apples, and turning the inhabitants to stone by way of the pointed finger of a giant blue glove. As the only ...
Style:
psychedelic, colorful, humorous, cult classic, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, horror for children ...
Plot:
the beatles, submarine, surrealism, music, rock and roll, fighting the system, rock, trippy, musician, anti war, mature, hippie ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 20th century, 70s
Place:
england, europe, liverpool, seattle, london
Similarity:
75%
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, ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, adult animation, art house, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
dystopia, trippy, surrealism, distopia, slave, meditation, alien species, baby, alien life-form, giant, planet, existentialism ...
Time:
year 1973, distant future, future
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, 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. ...
Style:
surreal, anime, futuristic, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violent, satire, space, dystopia, steampunk, imaginary, danger, escapades, chaos, life is a bitch, space travel, trippy ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
Style:
atmospheric, scenic, epic, adult animation, exciting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
good versus evil, mission, wizards and magicians, medieval, imaginary kingdom, obsessive quest, dragon, witchcraft, fortress, friends, curses spells and rituals, imaginary ...
Time:
year 1978, prehistory, prehistoric times, 70s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
TV show
Story:
Spicy City is an animated television series which was created by Ralph Bakshi for HBO. The series lasted for one season which consisted of six episodes.
Style:
adult animation, anthology, neo noir, anime, adult cartoon ...
Plot:
murder, virtual reality, musician, bartender, nudity, nightclub, gang, hostess, private detective, death sentence, betrayal, mad scientist ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
D has been hired to track down Meier Link, a notoriously powerful vampire who has abducted a woman, Charlotte Elbourne. D's orders are strict - find Charlotte, at any cost. For the first time, D faces serious competition. The Markus Brothers, a ...
Style:
gothic, serious, atmospheric, anime, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, gory, supernatural power, true love, dracula, danger, master warrior, half breed, blood, bounty hunter, violent content ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Pandy and Retro awaken naked on Earth with no recollection of their past. They embark on a crime spree in search of food and clothing, but are captured by authorities and sent to the infamous lunar penitentiary named Dead Leaves.
Style:
anime, cult classic, adult animation, psychedelic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, rescue, character study, good versus evil, heroic mission, dystopian future, escapades, survival, superhero, imaginary, robot, moon ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
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, atmospheric, manga, adult anime ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
vampire, vampire slayer, vampire hunter, human versus monster, mysterious character, escapades, danger, gory, supernatural ability, ghost, mission, master villain ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Ainu tribe, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to ...
Style:
anime, philosophical, atmospheric, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
wolf, human animal relationship, friendship, mythology, nature, strong female lead, human spirit, forest, hopes, princess, moral ambiguity, demon ...
Time:
15th century, 16th century, year 1997, near future, 90s ...
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An action epic that explores the origins of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force (better known as Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad,) who somehow become pitted in a battle over an immortal piece of exercise equipment.
Style:
adult animation, humorous, cult classic, stylized, talky ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mad scientist, farce, mature, partner, goofy hero, heroes, disorder, heroic mission, stoner, obsession, trippy, surrealism ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, africa
Similarity:
67%
224K
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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, futuristic, surreal, adult animation, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, post apocalypse, motorcycle gang, motorcycle, teenager, protest, dystopia, body horror, psychic power, military, experiment, hallucination ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, 2010s, 80s ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, east asia, asia
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, France, Philippines
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
A sci-fi anime House-musical movie collaboration between Daft Punk--and their music--and designer Leiji Matsumoto. During the recording of their DISCOVERY album and using the themes of sci-fi celebrity, decadence and space travel, Daft Punk--with ...
Style:
anime, atmospheric, lyrical, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
music, space and aliens, space, rescue, music business, self discovery, music band, rising to stardom, musician's life, ambition, dishonesty, lifestyle ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 70s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Space Pirate Captain Harlock and his fearless crew face off against the space invaders who seek to conquer the planet Earth.
Style:
computer animated, anime, futuristic, epic, 3d animation ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, pirate, space opera, rebelliousness, space battle, spacecraft, hopes, rebellion, outer space, battles, idealism, space pirate ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, space western, tokyo
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, hiring his services to those with gold... or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a hideous plot to overthrow the government threatens to end his wandering ways and ...
Style:
anime, sexy, adult animation, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, samurai, ninja, transformation, demon, duel, good versus evil, vengeance, ninja warrior, graphic violence, master warrior, supernatural ...
Time:
middle ages, ancient times, 1800s
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Task Force X targets a powerful mystical object that they will risk their lives to steal.
Style:
captivating, anime, tense, entertaining, absurd ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
tough girl, female warrior, chase, super villain, martial arts, gunfight, villain, comic book, criminal heroes, gang, organized crime, battles ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london, missouri, utah, colorado, salem massachusetts ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Loonatics Unleashed is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation that ran on the Kids' WB for two seasons from 2005 to 2007 in the United States, Teletoon in Canada, Kids Central in Singapore, Cartoon ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, stylized, humorous, fast ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
superhero, looney tunes, good versus evil, heroic mission, superhuman powers, escapades, imaginary, goofy hero, danger, rivalry, master villain, unlikely partners ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After the conclusion of the Battle City Tournament, deep below the sands of Egypt, an ancient evil has awakened. Anubis, who was defeated centuries ago by Yugi’s mysterious alter ego – the ancient Pharaoh – has returned for revenge. Wielding ...
Style:
anime, intense, semi serious, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens, family outing
Plot:
friendship, monster, battles, imaginary, save the world, fight, secret identity, young heroes, heroic mission, teenage life, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2004, future
Place:
japan, asia, africa, middle east, egypt ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
Kim and Ron start out a new school year, only to find out that Ron's family is moving to Norway. This puts a strain on their partnership, just as Dr. Drakken, Monkey Fist, and Duff Killigan team up to find and use an ancient time travel device ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, compilation film, 2d animation
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
cheerleading, cheerleader, young heroes, good versus evil, heroic mission, spy, master villain, danger, escapades, rivalry, daring rescue, rescue ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
europe, australia
Similarity:
100%
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