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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
42K
Original name: イノセンス
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Groundbreaking director Mamoru Oshii continues to push the boundaries of art and anime with this universally acclaimed cyber thriller following cyborg detective Batou as he tries to unravel the reasons for a murderous robot revolt in the year 2032. A quest for a killer that becomes a mind bending search for the meaning of life.
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, adult animation, cyber, atmospheric, surreal, psychological, bleak, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
cyberpunk, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, distopia, androids, investigation, robot, hacker, ghost in the shell, technology, imaginary, fighting crime, good versus evil, computers and web, escapades, innocence, loss of partner, uncover truth, computer, philosophy, mature, existentialism, cyberspace, virtual reality ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
japan, taiwan, hong kong, asia, tokyo
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Most similar movies to Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out adult animation, anime, serious and stylized films with plots about cyberpunk, distopia, danger, imaginary, androids and robots, violence and artificial intelligence mostly in Animation, Sci-Fi and Drama genres. Some movies like Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence: Serial Experiments Lain (1998), Appleseed (2004), Perfect Blue (1997), Akira (1988), Metropolis (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
Strange events begin to occur as a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with interconnected virtual realm of "The Wired".
Style:
psychological, anime, mind bending, serious, surreal ...
Plot:
computer, suicide, cyberpunk, cyberspace, fictional reality, society, surrealism, computers and web, mature, alice in wonderland, hacker, girl ...
Time:
future
Place:
tokyo, asia, japan
Similarity:
100%
19K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In a utopian society created at the end of the third world war, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?
Style:
anime, mecha, computer animated, adult animation, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, danger, artificial intelligence, apocalypse, dystopia, vestiges of humanity, chaos, genetic engineering, save the world, post apocalyptic, graphic violence ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 22nd century
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A retired pop singer turned actress' sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.
Style:
adult animation, suspense, suspenseful, surreal, anime ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, murder, obsession, twists and turns, stalking, actor's life, actress, violence, stalker, rising to stardom, danger, mentally unstable ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
89%
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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:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story takes place in the year 2034, two years after the events in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi has left Public Security Section 9, an elite counter-terrorist and anti-crime unit specializing in ...
Style:
anime, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot:
androids and robots, hacker, cyberpunk, politics, ghost in the shell, dystopian future, terrorism, investigation, imaginary, cyberspace, artificial intelligence, secret agent ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Duke Red has overseen the construction of a massive Ziggurat to extend his power across the whole planet. Tima, a robot-girl built in the image of his deceased daughter, is at the core of these plans. However, after escaping the Duke's clutches ...
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, bleak, adult animation, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
robot, steampunk, metropolis, artificial intelligence, androids, cyberpunk, rebellion, heroic mission, save the day, uncover truth, self discovery, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 1930s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
As members of ESWAT, the elite forces serving Olympus, Deunan and Briaereos they are deployed everywhere trouble strikes. Olympus finds itself under a stealth attack - cyborg terrorism, deadly nanotech zealots, and rioting citizens are just some of ...
Style:
computer animated, mecha, adult animation, anime, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
androids and robots, cyborgs, terrorism, cyberpunk, imaginary, chaos and mayhem, heroic mission, dystopian future, artificial intelligence, battles, fight, military ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Naomi Armitage and Ross Sylibus have changed their names and live with their daughter Yoko as a happy and normal family on Mars — until an android riot breaks out at an anti-matter plant on Earth.
Style:
anime, stylized, serious, suspenseful, adult anime ...
Audience:
toddlers, boys' night
Plot:
androids and robots, mars, ghost, robot, dystopian future, good versus evil, artificial intelligence, haunted by the past, chaos and mayhem, apocalypse, master villain, terrorism ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 29 min.
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Story:
A Hunter Warrior and cyborg healer named Ido formerly lived in the floating land of Zalem, the paradise that hovers above the refuse heap of Scrap Iron City in which he now resides with his former lover, Chiren. In his travels as a bounty hunter — ...
Style:
anime, serious, manga, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, bounty hunter, robot, dystopia, nudity, killer robot, poverty, barbarian, mature, biopunk, computer ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
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, adult animation, bleak ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, drug abuse, dystopia, schizophrenia, conspiracy, disorder, addiction, trippy, society, fighting crime, consciousness, losing-it hero ...
Time:
future, year 2006, 2000s, near future, 21st century
Place:
california, texas, usa, san diego california
Similarity:
75%
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:
surreal, atmospheric, mecha, exciting, anime ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
giant robot, androids and robots, character study, multiple storylines, crime gone awry, robot, man versus machine, escapades, robot as menace, cyberpunk, imaginary, artificial intelligence ...
Time:
future, year 1987
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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:
adult animation, surreal, philosophical, experimental, black comedy ...
Plot:
illness, dark humor, surrealism, divorced parents, life & death, existentialism, depression, mental health, introspection, self discovery, art, obsession ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Birdboy and his animal friends plan their escape from an ecologically devastated island in this surreal, animated fantasy.
Style:
gloomy, psychological, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
escape, friends, pursuit, stranded, hallucination, monster, anthropomorphic animal, murder, island, death, nightmare, danger ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A.D. 2400, DEVA's central council detects an incident of unauthorized access into their mainframe. Someone on Earth was trying to hack into the system. The only information DEVA was able to retrieve was that hacker referred to themselves as ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
virtual reality, female protagonist, robot, space station, dystopian future, distopia, androids and robots, hacker, cyberspace, virtual world, investigation, piloted giant robot ...
Time:
future, distant future, 24th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In the year 2029, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is a reproduced version of its original 1995 ...
Style:
anime, philosophical, exciting, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, anti heroine, female spy, hacker, artificial intelligence, female warrior, cyberspace, ghost in the shell, policewoman, female police officer, science runs amok ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Based on the comic book by the creator of Ghost in the Shell, a young female soldier Deunan and her cyborg partner Briareos survive through the post World War 3 apocalyptic New York in search of human's future hope, the legendary city of ...
Style:
computer animated, mecha, exciting, anime, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
androids and robots, cyberpunk, danger, female warrior, save the world, heroic mission, heroes, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, demolished city, graphic violence, violent content ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 80s
Place:
japan, new york, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an ...
Style:
anime, philosophical, adult animation, cyber, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, artificial intelligence, hacker, cyborgs, cyberspace, distopia, mind game, investigation, androids, ghost in the shell, science runs amok ...
Time:
near future, future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 298 min.
TV show
Story:
Los Angeles 2032. A young woman wakes up with no memories, and possessing deadly skills. The only clues to her mystery are a locked data device and a tattoo of a black lotus. Putting together the pieces, she must hunt down the people responsible for ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, neo noir, tech noir, futuristic ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, mission, bounty hunter, danger, heroes, superpower, pursuit, love, murder, freedom fighter, chase, society ...
Time:
future, 2030s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
The year is 2030. Six months passed since the Laughing Man Incident was solved. About 3 million refugees are living in Japan, invited to fill the labor shortage. However, the emergent presence of the invited-refugees intensified their confrontation ...
Style:
anime, serious, suspenseful, exciting, cyber ...
Plot:
androids and robots, computer, terrorism, cyberpunk, ghost in the shell, artificial intelligence, battles, chaos, danger, heroes, rivalry, imaginary ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, taiwan
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
The year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as "The Laughing Man" swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, and espionage leaving no known suspects. New ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
cyberspace, cyberpunk, ghost in the shell, artificial intelligence, terrorism, hacker, investigation, danger, dystopian future, dishonesty, law enforcement, fighting crime ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
Freed of her responsibilities with the 501 Organization, Motoko Kusanagi must now learn how to take orders from Aramaki. Someone hacks the Logicomas, and Batou enlists the help of former army intelligence officer Ishikawa and former air artillery ...
Style:
anime, serious, exciting, psychological, stylized ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, ghost in the shell, terrorism, artificial intelligence, special agent, partner, danger, imaginary, fighting crime, undercover, technology gone awry ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
kurdistan, east asia, japan
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A new 3D version of Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society.
Style:
anime, exciting, suspense, captivating, adult animation ...
Plot:
cyborgs, cyberpunk, strong female lead, ghost in the shell, violence, tough girl, machine, twists and turns, computer hacker, computer, hacker, superhero ...
Time:
2030s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.
Style:
anime, mecha, manga, adult animation, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, robot, investigation, conspiracy, save the day, suicide, underground, buddy, buddy cop, kickass, police, artificial intelligence ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
29%
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:
28%
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:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
The upcoming installment's story takes place amidst signs of postwar reconstruction in the winter of 2028. Tensions are rising in New Port City as demonstrations are held concerning the interests of foreign cartels. This leads to a shooting ...
Style:
anime, philosophical, humorous, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
androids and robots, cyborgs, cyberpunk, distopia, brutality, violent, ghost in the shell, giant robot, fight scenes, supernatural, chase, culture clash ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Posing as lovers on vacation, Motoko and Batou work to try to stop a terrorist organization whose symbol is the Scrasath. Meanwhile, Togusa investigates a murder of a man who possessed a prosthetic leg manufactured by the Mermaid's Leg ...
Style:
anime, serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Plot:
androids and robots, cyberpunk, terrorism, ghost in the shell, fighting crime, special agent, partner, artificial intelligence, murder, imaginary, danger, undercover ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government ...
Style:
anime, mecha, adult animation, contemplative, manga ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
androids and robots, cyberpunk, police, doom, chaos, weapon system, political unrest, political intrigue, urban, chaos and mayhem, heroic mission, law enforcement ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
Similarity:
26%
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