Movies like Princess Mononoke
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Princess Mononoke (1997)
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Original name: もののけ姫
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 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 destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
Style:
anime, captivating, stylized, atmospheric, exciting, philosophical, emotional, dark, adult animation, breathtaking ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
wolf, forest, mythology, human animal relationship, demon, nature, human spirit, talking animals, friendship, good versus evil, hopes, strong female character, leprosy, heroic mission, life & death, moral ambiguity, environmental, strong female lead, sword fight, female warrior, love, princess, master warrior, feral child, obsessive quest ...
Time:
15th century, 16th century, middle ages
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Most similar movies to Princess Mononoke
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, stylized, weird and visually appealing films with plots about friendship, transformation, storytelling, mentor, fantasy world, childhood and good versus evil mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Princess Mononoke: Spirited Away (2001), Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Wolf Children (2012), Castle in the Sky (1986), Pom Poko (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, exciting, captivating, serious, cerebral ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
post apocalypse, ecology, environmental, nature, apocalypse, female protagonist, giant insect, steampunk, teenage girl, insect, distopia, death of father ...
Time:
future, year 1984, middle ages
Place:
tokyo, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
Style:
anime, surreal, atmospheric, stylized, colourful ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, magic, surrealism, supernatural, dragon, witch, parallel world, ghost, human becoming an animal, fantasy world, rescue, bathhouse ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When Sophie, a shy young woman, is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.
Style:
anime, fairy tale, atmospheric, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, date night, pre-teens
Plot:
witch, magic, steampunk, supernatural ability, fantasy world, self discovery, demon, wizards, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians, magical, young woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.
Style:
anime, heartbreaking, sweet, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
werewolf, childhood, parents and children, single mother, children, social relations, wolf, mother daughter relationship, school, female werewolf, breast feeding, death of father ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
Style:
anime, fairy tale, visually appealing, stylized, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, lost civilization, steampunk, pirate, imaginary kingdom, magic, young heroes, orphan, castle, robot, artifact, runaway ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, wales
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Cartoons like Puss in Boots
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ...
Style:
anime, stylized, humorous, allegory, visually appealing ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, preschoolers, family outing
Plot:
raccoon, environmental, animals, environment, transformation, childhood, ethnic conflict, ecology, brutality, catastrophe, creativity, art ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers ...
Style:
anime, fairy tale, touching, colourful, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, preschoolers
Plot:
friendship, mysterious character, midget, childhood, beautiful scenery, secrets, daring rescue, friends, little people, runaway, self discovery, disney ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Inuyasha and his brother, Sesshomaru, each inherited a sword from their father after his death. However, their father had a third sword, named Sounga, that he sealed away. Seven hundreds years after his death, Sounga awakens and threatens ...
Style:
anime, exciting, semi serious, stylized, humorous
Audience:
kids, pre-teens
Plot:
supernatural, good versus evil, heroic mission, young heroes, escapades, youth, master warrior, curses spells and rituals, zombie, magic, beast, heroes ...
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Belgium, France
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that ...
Style:
stylized, fairy tale, anime, light, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, pre-teens
Plot:
good versus evil, magic, legends and myths, childhood, forest, monastery, celtic, heroic mission, self discovery, medieval, fairy, children ...
Time:
middle ages, 9th century
Place:
ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A spectacular journey of an unwilling young hero thrust into a mysterious past full of monsters, dragons, and strange hidden powers. Through a series of out of this world battles and adventures, Jun, a shy middle school boy, is transformed into a ...
Style:
anime, exciting, stylized, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
monk, battles, time travel, heroic mission, self discovery, escapades, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, destiny, legends and myths, giant spider, samurai ...
Time:
middle ages, 2010s
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Cartoons like How to Train Your Dragon
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The son of a sailor, 5-year old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One fateful day, he finds a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is no ordinary ...
Style:
touching, sweet, anime, scenic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
obsessive quest, magic, mermaid, magical, fish, love, friendship, magic realism, unlikely friendships, princess, sea, children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister ...
Style:
anime, atmospheric, feel good, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot:
children, countryside, friendship, magical, childhood, parents and children, teaching the ways of the world, sick mother, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, little girl, young heroes ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When mysterious foreign entrepreneurs appear with the intention of tearing down Treasure Town and replacing it with an amusement park, Black and White face their greatest adversaries yet. It is up to the destructive Black to save the fate of the ...
Style:
anime, psychedelic, stylized, exciting, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
good versus evil, orphan, friends, fantasy world, flying, heroic mission, save the day, mischievous children, heroes, escapades, rivalry, gangsters ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Two years have passed since the final battle with Sephiroth. Though Midgar, city of mako, city of prosperity, has been reduced to ruins, its people slowly but steadily walk the road to reconstruction. However, a mysterious illness called Geostigma ...
Style:
anime, visually appealing, exciting, stylized, tense ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
heroic mission, motorcycle chase, fight, video game, rescue, fantasy world, creature, androids and robots, enemy, heroes, warrior, future dystopia ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, exciting, sexy, adult animation, dark ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, samurai, ninja, demon, transformation, heroes, good versus evil, graphic violence, supernatural, ninja warrior, duel, master warrior ...
Time:
middle ages, ancient times
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Movies like Spirited Away
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all ...
Style:
anime, exciting, touching, serious, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dragon, wizards and magicians, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, heroes, young heroes, magic, sword, master villain, supernatural ability, heroic mission ...
Place:
europe, macedonia, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
Style:
anime, touching, stylized, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
world war two, tuberculosis, earthquake, hopes, dreams, airplane, inventions and discoveries, flying, aviation, love and romance, wartime, imagination ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
japan, germany, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In an underground world where tunnels extend everywhere, even though they live in dark and confined spaces, people wear protective clothes and lead quiet and enjoyable lives. Patema, a princess in her underground village, loves to explore the ...
Style:
anime, captivating, colourful, semi serious, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, fighting the system, self discovery, beautiful scenery, love and romance, steampunk, future dystopia, culture clash, conspiracy, escapades, investigation, good versus evil ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads ...
Style:
emotional, touching, atmospheric, stylized, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
folklore, friendship, wolf, courage, father daughter relationship, peril, celtic, family relations, good versus evil, legends and myths, human animal relationship, hunter ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That ...
Style:
anime, breathtaking, touching, intense, feel good ...
Plot:
training, mentor, beast, childhood, martial arts, friendship, father son relationship, destiny, loneliness, orphan, good versus evil, fantasy world ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Films like Coraline
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Style:
anime, touching, feel good, colourful, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, preschoolers, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
witch, self discovery, magic, friendship, coming of age, supernatural ability, cat, young heroes, wizards and magicians, friends, female protagonist, child ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Haru, a schoolgirl bored by her ordinary routine, saves the life of an unusual cat and suddenly her world is transformed beyond anything she ever imagined. The Cat King rewards her good deed with a flurry of presents, including a very shocking ...
Style:
anime, sweet, humorous, feel good, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, cat, rescue, friendship, talking cat, human animal relationship, prince, disorder, family relations, mischievous children, magic, coming of age ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 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:
emotional, disturbing, adult animation, serious, sad ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship, rabbit, journey, violent, british, survival, anthropomorphism, good versus evil, escapades, death, talking animals, violence ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Tanjirō Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, board the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, ...
Style:
anime, manga, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
master warrior, demon, superhuman powers, supernatural, magic, fight, demon hunter, mutilation, violence, heroes, manipulation, graphic violence ...
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The Primus extracts a Mixed Yuan Bead into a Spirit Seed and a Demon Pill. The Spirit Seed can be reincarnated as a human to help King Zhou establish a new dynasty, whereas the Demon Pill will create a devil threatening humanity. Ne Zha is the one ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, anime, light, tense
Plot:
rebelliousness, heaven, supernatural ability, spirit, demon, magic, good versus evil, battles, hopes, goddess, deity, heroes ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
china
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Howl's Moving Castle similar movies
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Horus, a kid living in a unnamed Scandinavian/Eastern Europe culture of the Iron Age, recovers the Sword of the Sun from the rock giant Moog and learns from his dying father that he must returns to his ancestral territory. In the process, he defends ...
Style:
anime, exciting, serious, 2d animation
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
giant, sword, demon, sword and sorcery, viking, troll, possession, wolf, good versus evil, rivalry, obsessive quest, escapades ...
Place:
scandinavia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Spain
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, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
good versus evil, mission, wizards and magicians, imaginary kingdom, obsessive quest, heroes, wizards, elf, witchcraft, childhood, friends, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
prehistory, 70s, prehistoric times
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Patterned after Japanese art and silk screens, Taro, The Dragon Boy is an animated feature about Japanese mythology and cultures, focusing on Taro, a young boy who has to make a voyage to a distant lake to save his mother, who has been turned into a ...
Style:
anime, vintage
Plot:
sword and sorcery, demon, witch, mythology, japanese mythology, snake, dragon
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, ...
Style:
gothic, surreal, dark fantasy, dark, scary ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, family outing, preschoolers ...
Plot:
monster, children, parallel world, alternate reality, stop motion, secret place, weirdo, fantasy world, clue, loneliness, heroine, family relations ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, michigan, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father ...
Style:
stylized, fairy tale, atmospheric, breathtaking, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
magic, samurai, creativity, imagination, stop motion, childhood, talking animals, friendship, monkey, plot twist, destiny, mentor ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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