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Angel's Egg (1985)
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Original name: 天使のたまご
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, psychedelic, experimental, disturbing, existential, dark fantasy ...
Plot:
surrealism, girl, angel, religion, flood, warrior, little girl, very little dialogue, minimal dialogue, egg, mental disorder, post-apocalyptic future, water, myth, rain, fish, trust, existentialism, mysterious girl, embryo, symbolism, mistrust, distopia, cyberpunk, steampunk ...
Place:
japan, europe
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Most similar movies to Angel's Egg
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out adult animation, surreal, psychedelic and weird films with plots about surrealism, trippy, brutality, storytelling, imagination, fantasy world and artistic mostly in Animation, Drama and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Angel's Egg: Fantastic Planet (1973), The Girl From the Other Side (2022), Ghost in the Shell (1995), Serial Experiments Lain (1998), It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012). 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:
88%
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%
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, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Once upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands. The world was divided into an inner land and an outer land. People feared the outer land, inhabited by eerie beings, the carriers of curse. One day, on the border to the inner land ...
Style:
anime, dark fantasy, mysterious, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
curse, magic, friendship, outsider, fantasy world, magical creature, unlikely friendships, relationships, supernatural being, supernatural, creature, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
100%
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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:
86%
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:
83%
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:
80%
15K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, UK, West Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A quiet young English girl named Alice finds herself in an alternate version of her own reality after chasing a white rabbit. She becomes surrounded by living inanimate objects and stuffed dead animals, and must find a way out of this nightmare- no ...
Style:
surreal, disturbing, art house, adult animation, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
surrealism, alice in wonderland, little girl, arthouse horror, absurdism, mushroom, stop motion, rabbit, female protagonist, child protagonist, anthropomorphic animal, skeleton ...
Time:
1800s, year 1988, 20th century, 80s, 19th century ...
Place:
czech republic, central europe, czechoslovakia, australia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror
Country: Chile, Germany
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
María, a girl from Colonia Dignidad, in Chile —a kind of sectarian community, tyrannically mastered by the ruthless Paul Schäfer, a German madman, religious fanatic and child predator, who would end up turning the place into a torture center at ...
Style:
surreal, adult animation, disturbing, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stop motion, wolf, pig, military dictatorship, surrealism, haunted house, female protagonist, escape, terror, doll, darkness, folklore ...
Place:
chile, germany
Similarity:
100%
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%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A peasant woman is banished from her village and makes a deal with the devil to gain magical powers.
Style:
psychedelic, anime, adult animation, experimental, retro ...
Plot:
wedding, witch, deal with the devil, surrealism, female nudity, snake, rape, rape and revenge, burned at the stake, orgy, trippy, occult ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times
Place:
japan, france
Similarity:
67%
119K
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:
75%
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:
60%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Poland
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
Chronopolis tells the story of a gargantuan city lurking in the sky colonized by powerful immortals who have become jaded with eternal life. Most of their time is spent monotonously constructing bizarre and unusual objects while waiting for the ...
Style:
experimental, avant garde, existential, philosophical, surreal ...
Plot:
surrealism, immortality, eternal life, boredom, waiting, melancholy, architecture, loneliness, metaphysics, haunting, construction, creativity ...
Time:
80s, future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Heaven is a beautiful, clean suburban paradise as long as they follow one simple rule: DO NOT communicate with "The Evil One" that dwells on the other side of a giant wall that circles the town. One day after chasing one he discovers a ...
Style:
disturbing, psychedelic, captivating, surreal, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, underground, body horror, bird, worship, school, distopia, city, social misfits, society, bird attack, creepy kid ...
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%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our ...
Style:
philosophical, spiritual, psychedelic, surreal, cerebral ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
philosophy, existentialism, dream, surrealism, alternate reality, trippy, consciousness, bohemian life, sleeping, meaning of life, life philosophy, imagination ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, tibet
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%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czech Republic, France, UK, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A very free adaptation of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus', Goethe's 'Faust' and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. Svankmajer's Faust is a nondescript man who, after ...
Style:
surreal, art house, experimental, claymation, cerebral ...
Plot:
surrealism, faust, stop motion, mythology, fantasy world, deal with the devil, occult, folk horror, devil, pact with the devil, temptation, supernatural ability ...
Time:
90s
Place:
prague, europe, central europe, czechoslovakia, tokyo
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, 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:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Israel, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, USA, India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, Robin Wright decides to take her final job: preserving her likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount ...
Style:
surreal, philosophical, cerebral, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
distopia, moral dilemma, flying a kite, female protagonist, hallucination, actor's life, lifestyle, child illness, parallel world, escape from reality, one last job, society ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel
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%
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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, 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:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen ...
Style:
anime, mecha, psychological, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
loneliness, existentialism, self doubt, father son relationship, psychological trauma, loss, depression, giant robot, young heroes, post apocalypse, suffering, piloted giant robot ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
297K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
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, family friendly, teens, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot:
stop motion, children, monster, parallel world, alternate reality, fantasy world, secret place, heroine, imagination, doll, danger, young heroes ...
Time:
year 2009, y2k, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, michigan, usa, north america, texas
Similarity:
100%
26K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death.
Style:
adult animation, psychedelic, exciting, spiritual, anime ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
car accident, women, family relations, female protagonist, investigation, secrets, mental illness, wedding, deaf, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, robbery ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A continuation of the epic adventure of plucky Riko and Reg who are joined by their new friend Nanachi. Together they descend into the Abyss' treacherous fifth layer, the Sea of Corpses, and encounter the mysterious Bondrewd, a legendary White ...
Style:
anime, dark fantasy, suspense, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
brutality, underground, adventurer, supernatural ability, supernatural power, paranormal, travel, teamwork, eaten alive, exploration, journey, child abuse ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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