Movies like Millennium Actress
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Millennium Actress (2001)
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Original name: 千年女優
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a key she had lost and thought was gone forever, the filmmaker could not have imagined that it would not only unlock the long-held secrets of Chiyoko’s life... but also his own.
Style:
anime, emotional, adult animation, surreal, touching, tense, atmospheric, talky, serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
lost love, female protagonist, actor's life, interview, love and romance, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past, love story, movie star, mother daughter relationship, lovers apart, longing, unlikely friendships, filmmaking, surrealism, aging, nostalgia, train station, earthquake, recluse, underground, moving, mature, beauty, girl power ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 2000s, 1940s, 70s, 60s, 1930s ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, china, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, weird, visually appealing and touching films with plots about storytelling, mentor, loneliness, fantasy world, artistic, friendship and imagination mostly in Animation, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Millennium Actress: Perfect Blue (1997), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Wolf Children (2012), The Garden of Words (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
adult animation, suspense, suspenseful, surreal, anime ...
Audience:
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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
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, emotional, anime, witty, feel good ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no ...
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touching, depressing, anime, sad, heartbreaking ...
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kids, adult
Plot:
world war two, hunger, orphan, war, homelessness, survival, siblings relations, children, desperation, death of child, boy, anti war ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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, colorful ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot:
werewolf, childhood, children, parents and children, single mother, wolf, female werewolf, death of father, supernatural, school, family relations, wilderness ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her - but ultimately she must confront her fate, the ...
Style:
touching, anime, emotional, melancholic, lyrical ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, children, princess, parents and children, dream, female protagonist, self discovery, japanese woman, family relations, surrealism, melancholy ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, year 2013
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and ...
Style:
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Plot:
rain, shoemaker, youth, overcoming, unlikely couple, age difference, young lovers, teenage life, grownups, relationships, shyness, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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anime, touching, sentimental, emotional, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens
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Place:
japan, germany, asia, tokyo
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%
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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, touching, fairy tale, visually appealing, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teen drama, preschool
Plot:
friendship, midget, tiny, little people, cat, daring rescue, friends, self discovery, runaway, magical, tragedy, mysterious character ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
japan, seattle, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past ...
Style:
anime, touching, feel good, humorous, manga ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
time travel, high school, supernatural ability, friendship, classmate, teenage girl, coming of age, school, changing the past or future, friends, love, teenage love ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
100%
38K
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:
manga, anime, stylized, humorous, allegory ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
environment, furry, magic, food, social commentary, forest, transformation, shapeshifting, shapeshifter, youkai, smoking, past ...
Time:
near future, year 1994, 60s, 20th century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
12K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.
Style:
surreal, anime, cerebral, adult animation, psychological ...
Plot:
self discovery, surrealism, trippy, hopes, righting the wronged, family relations, danger, supernatural, dealing with death, family in danger, couples, imaginary ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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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:
75%
384K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
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Story:
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Style:
anime, touching, melancholic, sweet, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family outing, kids, teen drama
Plot:
time travel, body swapping, beautiful scenery, plot twist, destiny, school, love story, girl, friendship, schoolgirl, love, memory loss ...
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year 2016, year 2013, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
tokyo, japan, east asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, History, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story is set in 1963 in Yokohama. Kokuriko Manor sits on a hill overlooking the harbour. A 16 year-old girl, Umi, lives in that house. Every morning she raises a signal flag facing the sea. The flag means “I pray for safe voyages”. A 17 ...
Style:
touching, anime, sentimental, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, destiny, friendship, teenage life, love and romance, teenage love, happy ending, self discovery, twists and turns, high school life, relationships, heartwarming ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, england
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50%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
sad, adult animation, emotional, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
usa, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Porco Rosso, known in Japan as Crimson Pig (Kurenai no Buta) is the sixth animated film by Hayao Miyazaki and released in 1992. You're introduced to an Italian World War I fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing "air ...
Style:
anime, humorous, cult classic, talky, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, pre-teens, kids, adult
Plot:
transformation, aviation, airplane, fascism, anthropomorphic animal, unrequited love, fighter pilot, cartoon pig, heroes, escapades, heroic mission, haunted by the past ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, tokyo, croatia, fictional island, europe ...
Similarity:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, feel good, sweet, atmospheric, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, toddlers, kids, preschool
Plot:
children, friendship, magic, magical, sisters, countryside, young heroes, child protagonist, teaching the ways of the world, sister sister relationship, little girl, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, asia, seattle, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Israel, Australia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?" The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You'll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain, in easy to follow, simple terms ...
Style:
surreal, adult animation, ironic, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
meaning of life, life philosophy, stop motion, self discovery, human nature, introspection, society, social misfits, hopes, apartment building, suicide, butterfly effect ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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anime, adult animation, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night
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Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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21%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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kids, teens, adult
Plot:
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Place:
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67%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
future
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
A dream of falling from the sky...and then birth. Rakka is born from a large cocoon into the Old Home, greeted by a group of females with small wings on their backs and shining halos above their heads. Soon Rakka’s own wings grow, a halo is placed ...
Style:
touching, anime, emotional, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A long time ago, a winged maiden was held prisoner in a castle - cursed never to experience love, lest she die. Centuries later, in a sleepy coastal town, a young girl relives this agony.
Style:
anime, sincere, touching, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage love, impossible love, magic, summer, imaginary, social relations, youth, teenage life, tragic love, family relations, unfulfillment, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, semi serious, captivating, manga, colorful ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
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japan, tokyo
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