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Metropolis (2001)
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Original name: メトロポリス
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 in a laboratory fire, she meets and befriends Kenichi, a boy who's traveled to Metropolis with his detective uncle in search of a scientist wanted for organ trafficking. Will her relationship with Kenichi, and the realization of the truth of her existence, change her destiny?
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, bleak, adult animation, exciting, suspenseful, anime, manga, adult anime, stylized ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
robot, steampunk, metropolis, artificial intelligence, androids, cyberpunk, rebellion, heroic mission, self discovery, save the day, uncover truth, androids and robots, life is a bitch, society, danger, imaginary, chaos and mayhem, dystopian future, bio weapon, imagination, missing person, trippy, dystopia, violence, utopia ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 1930s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Most similar movies to Metropolis
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out adult animation, anime, stylized and weird films with plots about distopia, danger, storytelling, art, fantasy world, dialogue and brutality mostly in Animation, Sci-Fi and Drama genres. Some movies like Metropolis: Ghost in the Shell (1995), Akira (1988), 9 (2009), Ergo Proxy (2006), Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, 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 ...
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anime, atmospheric, philosophical, futuristic, mind bending ...
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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%
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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:
86%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Luxembourg, UK, Russia
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their ...
Style:
adult animation, surreal, apocalyptic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
steampunk, post apocalypse, dystopia, apocalypse, survival, technology gone awry, vestiges of humanity, robot, fate of humanity, heroes, distopia, danger ...
Time:
future, 1940s, year 2009
Place:
canada
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100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 27 min.
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Story:
Ergo Proxy is a science fiction suspense anime television series, produced by Manglobe, which premiered across Japan on 25 February 2006 on the WOWOW satellite network. It is directed by Shukō Murase, with screenplay by Dai Satō et al.. Ergo Proxy ...
Style:
anime, cliffhanger, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, murder, mysterious character, artificial intelligence, society, dark humor, investigation, utopia, apocalypse, danger, fate of humanity ...
Time:
future
Place:
europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbeknownst to him, he becomes a key player in a dispute between rival ...
Style:
anime, philosophical, heartbreaking, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, little red riding hood, resistance fighter, dystopia, alternate history, politics, distopia, double agent, neo fascism, resistance, political unrest, dark hero ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
japan, east asia, poland, tokyo, germany
Similarity:
100%
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. ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, adult animation, cyber, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
cyberpunk, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, distopia, androids, investigation, robot, hacker, ghost in the shell, technology, computers and web ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
japan, taiwan, hong kong, asia, tokyo
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%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
14 years after third impact, Ikari Shinji awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn't aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, Nerv has been dismantled, and people who he once protected have turned against him. Befriending the enigmatic ...
Style:
mecha, futuristic, anime, psychological, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
androids and robots, loneliness, father son relationship, character study, dystopian future, imaginary, society, young heroes, escapades, danger, life is a bitch, giant robot ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and ...
Style:
philosophical, anime, cyber, adult animation, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, distopia, man versus machine, technology gone awry, hacker, apocalypse, artificial intelligence, alternate reality, female warrior, danger, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, year 2003, near future, 22nd century, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Under constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to help defend the city of Tokyo-3: the mysterious Makinami Mari Illustrous and the intense Asuka ...
Style:
mecha, anime, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
giant robot, brutality, apocalypse, post apocalypse, mental illness, escapades, good versus evil, man versus machine, imaginary, danger, dystopian future, heroes ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production overruns Rebirth became only the ...
Style:
anime, psychological, stylized, cult classic, mecha ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
androids and robots, evil alien, apocalypse, loneliness, hospital, surrealism, giant robot, transcendence, superhero, mature, worldwide chaos, heroic mission ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
androids and robots, artificial intelligence, female warrior, chaos, angel, battles, supernatural, save the world, parent child relationship, dystopian future, imaginary, man versus machine ...
Time:
near future
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
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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:
100%
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, 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:
100%
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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:
100%
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:
67%
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:
50%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Æon Flux is set in a bizarre, dystopian future world. The title character is a tall, leather-clad secret agent from the nation of Monica, skilled in assassination and acrobatics. Her mission is to infiltrate the strongholds of the neighboring ...
Style:
futuristic, adult animation, anime, cyber, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
agent, cyberpunk, dark heroine, cloning, secret agent, superhero, post apocalypse, surrealism, spy hero, dictator, utopia, apocalypse ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
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, adult animation, surreal ...
Plot:
surrealism, girl, little girl, angel, flood, warrior, religion, very little dialogue, minimal dialogue, egg, mental disorder, post-apocalyptic future ...
Place:
europe, japan
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.
Style:
sad, adult animation, emotional, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
rabbit, journey, violent, friendship, death, blood, animal, mature, animal protagonist, survival, violence, furry ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
209K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved ...
Style:
adult animation, crying, 3d animation, artsy, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, date night
Plot:
dog, politician, robot, friendship, resistance, stop motion, boy, protest, morality, mission, dystopia, island ...
Time:
2010s, 20th century, future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
110K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.
Style:
surreal, psychological, philosophical, psychedelic, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
dream, trippy, lucid dream, virtual reality, surveillance, hallucination, surrealism, villain, mental illness, scientist, psychiatrist, doctors and patients ...
Time:
future, year 2006, 2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. However the woman takes the ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, mindfuck, art house ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
surrealism, killer child, folk horror, baby, absurdism, arthouse horror, tree, dark humor, couple relations, monster, obsession, extreme ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
central europe, czechoslovakia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the voice only leads Roger deeper ...
Style:
adult animation, futuristic, surreal, exciting, atmospheric ...
Plot:
dystopian future, conspiracy, dystopic future, brutality, distopia, society, chaos, corporate crime, life is a bitch, danger, bomb, cyberpunk ...
Time:
future, distant future
Place:
europe, eastern europe, scandinavia, paris france, stockholm sweden ...
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, 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:
26%
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