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When the Wind Blows (1986)
15K
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II
Style:
adult animation, depressing, apocalyptic, disturbing, touching, realistic, serious, sad, controversial, anime ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, cold war, nuclear threat, tragedy, countryside, nuclear explosion, apocalypse, epidemic, nuclear disaster, chaos, nuclear bomb, post apocalyptic, nuclear fallout, world war two, disaster, insurance, nuclear, dystopia, husband wife relationship, bomb shelter, elderly couple, doomsday, atomic bomb, trippy ...
Time:
20th century, distant future, year 1986, 80s
Place:
europe, england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, adult animation, stylized and serious films with plots about death, friendship, depression, flashback, psychological drama, art and storytelling mostly in Animation, Drama and War genres. Some movies like When the Wind Blows: Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Barefoot Gen (1983), My Dog Tulip (2009), Waltz with Bashir (2008), Ethel & Ernest (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, depressing, anime, sad, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
world war two, hunger, orphan, war, homelessness, survival, siblings relations, children, desperation, death of child, boy, anti war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1988, year 1945, post world war two
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people. Based on the acclaimed manga by Nakazawa Keiji, the author of Barefoot Gen, who was 6 years old ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, political, heartbreaking, rough ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
world war two, nuclear holocaust, anti war, bombing, disaster, atomic bomb, radioactivity, radiation sickness, nuclear, burned alive, atrocity, demolished city ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, hiroshima japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
adult animation, sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dog, dog sex, pets, rescue, friendship, german shepherd, lgbtq, puppy love, friends, bittersweet, gay, gay lead character ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Documentary, Animation, Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, War
Country: Israel, France, Germany, USA, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Much awarded animated documentary, in which director and Israeli army veteran Ari Folman interviews friends and former soldiers about their memories of the 1982 Lebanon war and especially the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut. The usage on ...
Style:
adult animation, rough, experimental, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
politics, military, mass murder, memory loss, soldier, haunted by the past, guilt, male pubic hair, catastrophe, memory, mission, army ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
lebanon, israel, middle east, palestine, beirut lebanon
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, History
Country: UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and times of his parents, two ordinary Londoners living through extraordinary events.
Style:
adult animation, captivating, light, sentimental, exciting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
art student, husband wife relationship, family home, servant, world war two, art, international relations, married couple, depression, family relations, worried mother, sad ending ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, year 1939, 1930s, 1950s ...
Place:
london, england
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100%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.
Style:
anime, political, disturbing, adult animation
Plot:
radiation sickness, starvation, virus outbreak, bombing, post apocalyptic, nuclear disaster, nuclear holocaust, post war, nuclear fallout, group, radiation, child abuse ...
Place:
hiroshima japan, japan
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An American scientist constructs a laser satellite with hopes of preventing any nuclear conflicts from occurring. However, after a fatal error from both the US and the USSR governments, war breaks out and humanity faces a new bloodshed.
Style:
anime, apocalyptic, tense, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
world war three, cold war, nuclear war, doomsday, moral ambiguity, militarism, ethical dilemma, anti war, survival, hopelessness, post apocalyptic, nuclear holocaust ...
Time:
80s, near future
Place:
usa, ussr, west germany, moscow russia, middle east ...
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38%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Plague Dogs is a 1982 animated film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Richard Adams. The story is centred on two dogs named Rowf and Snitter, who escape from a research laboratory in Great Britain. In the process of telling the story, ...
Style:
adult animation, disturbing, heartbreaking, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
horror for children, adult
Plot:
dog, laboratory, animal rights, pets, danger, chase, animal testing, mature, escapades, fugitives, animal experimentation, compassion ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: France, UK, South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Scotland, late 1950s. A struggling illusionist visits an isolated community and meets a young lady who is convinced that he is a real magician.
Style:
breathtaking, stylized, touching, sad, visual ...
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
magician, art, magic, friendship, coming of age, loneliness, theater, very little dialogue, imagination, mentor, transformation, character study ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 2010s, year 1959, year 2010 ...
Place:
england, scotland, france, edinburgh scotland, scottish highlands ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on Paco Roca's comic of the same title (2008 Spanish National Comic Prize), WRINKLES is a 2D animated feature-length film for an adult audience. Wrinkles portrays the friendship between Emilio and Miguel, two aged gentlemen shut away in a ...
Style:
adult animation, sad, touching, humorous, sentimental ...
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, friendship, retirement home, aging, childhood memory, fighting the system, parents and children, rescue, dementia, senior citizen, old people, slow burn ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
37%
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:
rabbit, journey, violent, friendship, death, blood, animal, mature, animal protagonist, survival, violence, furry ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
37%
156K
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:
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Time:
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Place:
canada
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36%
Genre: Animation, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, adult animation, thought provoking, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
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Time:
1940s, 1930s, 2010s, 20th century, year 1943 ...
Place:
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Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, atmospheric, sentimental, melancholic, serious ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
countryside, friendship, childhood, coming of age, self discovery, adolescence, childhood memory, village life, deadend life, nostalgia, female protagonist, marriage ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Qatar, France, Lebanon, Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.
Style:
thought provoking, inspirational, adult animation, stylized, anime ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
single mother, introspection, friendship, painter, fantasizing, mute child, girl, healing, house arrest, wise man, coming of age, biker ...
Time:
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Similarity:
36%
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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:
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Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
36%
880
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama
Country: Singapore
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Animated film based on the life and stories of Manga writer Yoshihiro Tatsumi who revolutionised the art form with darker, more adult stories. The film animates several of his stories
Style:
adult animation, realistic, touching, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
writer's life, prodigy, rise to the top, lifestyle, ambition, biopic, art, performer's life, artists and showbiz, life, magic realism, cartoonist ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
railroad, surrealism, uncover truth, mysterious character, society, haunted by the past, murder, mental disorder, train, cat, christmas, train station ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place:
czechoslovakia, prague, czech republic, poland, central europe ...
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya ...
Style:
anime, sincere, touching, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
bullying, disability, deaf, sign language, friendship, teenager, high school, japanese schoolgirl, coming of age, japanese school, suicide attempt, redemption ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Sergio driving a taxi in a white Naples overflowing sadness and garbage. Pouring rain leads her clients through the city trying to process the death of his brother, who started ten years earlier for Tibet and never returned. A pop singer, a recycler ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, touching, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, napoli italy, naples italy
Similarity:
35%
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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:
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Genre: Animation, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Cambodia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Cambodia, once the ancient kingdom of Funan, April 17th, 1975. The entire country falls under the tyranny of Angkar, the communist party of the Khmer Rouge. The cities are abandoned, the population is thrown to the roads and forced to walk towards ...
Style:
adult animation, anime, disturbing, exciting, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, communism, struggle for survival, khmer rouge, separation from family, little boy, husband wife relationship, leech, cambodian civil war, teenager, labor camp, starvation ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 1977, year 1975, year 1978 ...
Place:
cambodia
Similarity:
35%
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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:
australia, middle east, new orleans, california, israel ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 26 min.
Story:
A young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes the boy on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.
Style:
sweet, sad, christmas classics, heartbreaking, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
christmas, imaginary kingdom, holiday, northern lights, xmas, winter, snow, christmas spirit, cold, bittersweet, new year's eve, ice ...
Time:
year 1982, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
antarctic, england, brighton
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
Chirin is an innocent though adventurous young lamb whose carefree life on the farm comes to an abrupt end when a wolf murders his mother. Confused and angry, Chirin pursues the wolf into the mountains, seeking revenge. The laws of nature are ...
Style:
anime, disturbing, adult animation, 2d animation
Audience:
kids
Plot:
revenge, anthropomorphism, tragedy, coming of age, dog, sheep, outcast, rabbit, determination, mountain, orphan, wolf ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Three artists struggling against the grid of society find spiritual renewal.
Style:
experimental, contemplative, psychological, surreal, mind bending ...
Plot:
unemployment, friends, friendship, hopes, self discovery, introspection, society, bad trip, materialism, small town, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, northern california
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a war as entertainment, organized and operated by adults. But as they embrace the ...
Style:
anime, dieselpunk, adult animation, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
airplane, battles, military, rivalry, danger, haunted by the past, mortal combat, friendship, fighter plane, aviation, aeroplane, moving ...
Place:
japan, asia, seattle
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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:
35%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland, UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Qatar
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The film brings the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil-painting hand-painted by 125 professional oil-painters who travelled from all across the world to the Loving ...
Style:
adult animation, visually stunning, artsy, period piece, costume drama ...
Plot:
painter, painting, artist, art, suicide, genius, skill, art history, mysterious death, doctor, guilt, death ...
Time:
19th century, year 2017, ancient times, 2010s, year 1990
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Once upon a time, a poor woodcutter and his wife lived in a great forest. Cold, hunger, poverty and a war raging all around them meant their lives were very hard. One day, the woodcutter's wife rescues a baby. A baby girl thrown from one of ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, historical drama, 2d animation
Plot:
woodcutter, snow, forest, lumberjack, abandoned baby, family relations, holocaust, dog, life, goat, poverty, flashback ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
35%
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