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Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)
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Original name: GHOST IN THE SHELL／攻殻機動隊2.0
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In the year 2029, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is a reproduced version of its original 1995 counterpart. Among a numerous enhancements, for the film's 2.0 release, were a number of scenes were overhauled with 3D animation, visual improvements, and soundtrack rerecorded in 6.1 surround sound.
Style:
anime, philosophical, exciting, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, stylized, serious, futuristic, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, anti heroine, female spy, hacker, artificial intelligence, female warrior, cyberspace, ghost in the shell, policewoman, science runs amok, female police officer, terrorism, woman fights a man, mind game, uncover truth, undercover, chaos, danger, law enforcement, fighting crime, good versus evil, technology gone awry, special agent, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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Most similar movies to Ghost in the Shell 2.0
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, adult animation, stylized and serious films with plots about cyberpunk, danger, artificial intelligence, distopia, violence, imaginary and rivalry mostly in Animation, Sci-Fi and Action genres. Some movies like Ghost in the Shell 2.0: A Scanner Darkly (2006), Perfect Blue (1997), Armitage III: Dual Matrix (2001), Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999), Psycho-Pass (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
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%
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:
80%
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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%
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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%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story takes place in the year 2034, two years after the events in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi has left Public Security Section 9, an elite counter-terrorist and anti-crime unit specializing in ...
Style:
anime, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot:
androids and robots, hacker, cyberpunk, politics, ghost in the shell, dystopian future, terrorism, investigation, imaginary, cyberspace, artificial intelligence, secret agent ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an ...
Style:
anime, philosophical, adult animation, cyber, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, artificial intelligence, hacker, cyborgs, cyberspace, distopia, mind game, investigation, androids, ghost in the shell, science runs amok ...
Time:
near future, future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
75%
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:
36%
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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:
67%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Psycho-Pass is a Japanese anime television series that takes place in the future where it is possible to instantaneously measure a person's mental state, personality, and the probability that a person will commit crimes with a device installed ...
Style:
anime, atmospheric, stylized, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, human nature, master criminal, police investigation, partners against crime, graphic violence, death, investigation, criminal, mastermind, psychology, chase ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
japan
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:
15%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story:
Beauty is only skin deep, but when you can’t see beneath the skin, how can you know what you’re really dealing with? In a world where perfect androids called Boomers have infiltrated every aspect of society, it’s the job of Branch to maintain ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, exciting, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
androids and robots, cyberpunk, society, supernatural, imaginary, chaos and mayhem, parallel world, dystopian future, ghost, man versus machine, rivalry, life is a bitch ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong, Canada, India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, cerebral, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
cyberpunk, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, female protagonist, robot, technology, distopia, hacker, dystopia, tough girl, androids, chase ...
Time:
future, year 2017, near future, 2010s, year 2011
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Texhnolyze is a Japanese anime television series directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, from a screenplay by Chiaki Konaka, and produced by Yasuyuki Ueda, with original character design by Yoshitoshi ABe.
The events take place in the vibrant yet dilapidated ...
Style:
anime, psychological, tech noir, neo noir, manga ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, power struggle, dystopia, gang war, cyberspace, very little dialogue, imaginary, gory, mysterious character, life is a bitch, existentialism, escapades ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
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:
75%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
Freed of her responsibilities with the 501 Organization, Motoko Kusanagi must now learn how to take orders from Aramaki. Someone hacks the Logicomas, and Batou enlists the help of former army intelligence officer Ishikawa and former air artillery ...
Style:
anime, serious, exciting, psychological, stylized ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, ghost in the shell, terrorism, artificial intelligence, special agent, partner, danger, imaginary, fighting crime, undercover, technology gone awry ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
kurdistan, east asia, japan
Similarity:
26%
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%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
The year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as "The Laughing Man" swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, and espionage leaving no known suspects. New ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
cyberspace, cyberpunk, ghost in the shell, artificial intelligence, terrorism, hacker, investigation, danger, dystopian future, dishonesty, law enforcement, fighting crime ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A new 3D version of Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society.
Style:
anime, exciting, suspense, captivating, adult animation ...
Plot:
cyborgs, cyberpunk, strong female lead, ghost in the shell, violence, tough girl, machine, twists and turns, computer hacker, computer, hacker, superhero ...
Time:
2030s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
As members of ESWAT, the elite forces serving Olympus, Deunan and Briaereos they are deployed everywhere trouble strikes. Olympus finds itself under a stealth attack - cyborg terrorism, deadly nanotech zealots, and rioting citizens are just some of ...
Style:
computer animated, mecha, adult animation, anime, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
androids and robots, cyborgs, terrorism, cyberpunk, imaginary, chaos and mayhem, heroic mission, dystopian future, artificial intelligence, battles, fight, military ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Mars. Days before Halloween 2071. Villains blow up a tanker truck on Highway One, releasing a deadly virus that kills hundreds. Fearing a bigger, even more devastating biochemical attack, an astronomical reward is offered for the arrest and capture ...
Style:
anime, adult anime, adult animation, witty, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, mars, bounty hunter, space opera, chase, terrorist, danger, revenge, vengeance, outer space, martial arts, gunfight ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, space western, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Posing as lovers on vacation, Motoko and Batou work to try to stop a terrorist organization whose symbol is the Scrasath. Meanwhile, Togusa investigates a murder of a man who possessed a prosthetic leg manufactured by the Mermaid's Leg ...
Style:
anime, serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Plot:
androids and robots, cyberpunk, terrorism, ghost in the shell, fighting crime, special agent, partner, artificial intelligence, murder, imaginary, danger, undercover ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
The upcoming installment's story takes place amidst signs of postwar reconstruction in the winter of 2028. Tensions are rising in New Port City as demonstrations are held concerning the interests of foreign cartels. This leads to a shooting ...
Style:
anime, philosophical, humorous, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
androids and robots, cyborgs, cyberpunk, distopia, brutality, violent, ghost in the shell, giant robot, fight scenes, supernatural, chase, culture clash ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government ...
Style:
anime, mecha, adult animation, contemplative, manga ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
androids and robots, cyberpunk, police, doom, chaos, weapon system, political unrest, political intrigue, urban, chaos and mayhem, heroic mission, law enforcement ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
The year is 2030. Six months passed since the Laughing Man Incident was solved. About 3 million refugees are living in Japan, invited to fill the labor shortage. However, the emergent presence of the invited-refugees intensified their confrontation ...
Style:
anime, serious, suspenseful, exciting, cyber ...
Plot:
androids and robots, computer, terrorism, cyberpunk, ghost in the shell, artificial intelligence, battles, chaos, danger, heroes, rivalry, imaginary ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, taiwan
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set in the year 2000 (between the events of Patlabor and Patlabor 2), when the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate. What they discover leads to a series of ...
Style:
anime, serious, suspenseful, stylized, manga ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, investigation, artificial intelligence, danger, fighting crime, giant robot, cyberpunk, androids and robots, robot, genetic engineering, disorder, chaos ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 2000
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, east asia
Similarity:
24%
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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:
23%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
A freelance reporter stumbles on a desperate military operation. An army chopper has crashed and its cargo has been activated. Now there are two killer androids running loose in the wilderness and have the daughter of their inventor as their target. ...
Style:
anime, mecha, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, murder, artificial intelligence, chaos, ghost, supernatural, man versus machine, dystopian future, woman in danger, investigation, life is a bitch, race against time ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in a futuristic Japan after the end of a brutal world war, science has advanced by leaps and bounds giving humanity the choice to prolong life and reduce suffering with the use of sophisticated cybernetics. With all of humanity linked into one ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, suspense, melancholic, computer animated ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, ghost in the shell, artificial intelligence, terrorism, distopia, fantasy world, cyberspace, investigation, robot, scientist, murder, memory ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In the year 2045, after an economic disaster known as the Synchronized Global Default, rapid developments in AI propelled the world to enter a state of "Sustainable War". However, the public is not aware of the threat that AI has towards ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, tense, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
female warrior, cyberpunk, battles, fight, technology, hi-tech, warrior, humanity, save the day, artificial intelligence, sexist, male versus female ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 21st century
Place:
kyoto japan, japan
Similarity:
22%
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