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The Red Turtle (2016)
42K
Original name: La tortue rouge
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Japan, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.
Style:
meditative, atmospheric, stylized, anime, colorful, adult animation, surreal, visual, manga, serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
nature, loneliness, island, raft, sea turtle, isolation, desert island, sea, swimming, magic realism, turtle, solitude, beach, baby, forest, hallucination, fish, night, falling from height, angry, tsunami, castaway, flood, transformation, melancholy ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
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Most similar movies to The Red Turtle
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, whimsical, weird and stylized films with plots about friendship, runaway, magic realism, art, childhood, magic and coming of age mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Red Turtle: The Illusionist (2010), 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007), Fantasia 2000 (1999), Angel's Egg (1985), Louise by the Shore (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
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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, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
Takaki and Akari are two classmates in elementary school. During their time together they have become close friends. Their relationship is tested when Akari moves to another city because of her parents' jobs. Both of them struggle to keep their ...
Style:
depressing, anime, touching, emotional, scenic ...
Audience:
kids, date night, teen drama
Plot:
love and romance, life philosophy, coming of age, relationships, lovers apart, young lovers, teenage love, nostalgia, hopes, love story, love, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, future, 90s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, stylized, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
classical music, music, art, musician, pianist, couple relations, imaginary, buddies, friendship, halloween, trippy, winter ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, year 1999
Place:
usa, rome italy, grand central station manhattan new york city, new york, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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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 ...
Plot:
surrealism, girl, little girl, angel, flood, warrior, religion, very little dialogue, minimal dialogue, egg, mental disorder, post-apocalyptic future ...
Place:
europe, japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Thailand, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a ...
Style:
disturbing, surreal, art house, philosophical, cerebral ...
Plot:
surrealism, jungle, magic realism, supernatural, loneliness, existentialism, interspecies sex, buddhist monk, buddhism, reincarnation, life philosophy, introspection ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
asia, thailand, india, tokyo, japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: France, Canada, Belgium
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
On the last day of summer, Louise, an old woman realizes that the last train has departed without her. She finds herself alone in a small seaside resort town, abandoned by everyone. The weather quickly turns for the worse followed by the seasonal ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, aesthetic, existential, surreal
Plot:
old people, old age, philosophy, loneliness, beach, memory, elderly, holiday, robinson crusoe, nudity, christmas eve, flying ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 2000s
Place:
brittany
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:
36%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as ...
Style:
touching, stylized, emotional, fairy tale, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
young heroes, folklore, children, supernatural ability, celtic, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, selkie, legends and myths, ocean, getting home, lighthouse ...
Time:
year 2014, 80s, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland, japan, tokyo
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
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, date night, family friendly, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
witch, steampunk, magic, supernatural ability, magical, fantasy world, love story, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, self discovery, transformation, demon ...
Time:
year 2004, year 2005, 20th century, 1900s, 2000s ...
Place:
japan, seattle, tokyo
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Years after the war between the Children of Water and the Children of Fire, Oceanus, a god of the sea, presents Prince Sirius with the eye of Algarock, thereby putting him in charge of those that dwell under the waves. But when Sirius encounters a ...
Style:
anime, aesthetic, fairy tale, adult animation, light ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
monarchy, tragedy, fae, sword and sorcery, scared, magic, humanoid, heroine, battles, black, merman, firefly ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 124 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, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
friendship, magic, supernatural, surrealism, witch, parallel world, imaginary, fantasy world, ghost, japanese mythology, creature, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, seattle
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Beyond the human realm, there is a magical race of beings who control the tides and the changing of the seasons. One of these beings, a young girl named Chun, seeks something more—she wants to experience the human world! At sixteen, she finally ...
Style:
anime, suspense, surreal, captivating, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
magic, violence, friendship, society, redemption, revenge, vengeance, heroes, youth, betrayal, mentor, danger ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
Style:
touching, anime, emotional, sentimental, psychological ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, teens
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, childhood, dream, countryside, young girl, loneliness, teenage life, asthma, imaginary friend, orphan, magic realism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
japan, hokkaido, asia, england, tokyo
Similarity:
33%
384K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must ...
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 ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2013, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
tokyo, japan, east asia
Similarity:
32%
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:
32%
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:
anime, touching, sweet, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
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:
32%
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 ...
Style:
anime, emotional, adult animation, surreal, touching ...
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, longing, lovers apart ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 1940s, 2000s, 1930s ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, china, asia
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Sixth-graders Kosuke and Natsume grew up in the same apartment building as childhood friends. During summer break, while playing in the apartment building that is set to be demolished, they find themselves caught in a strange phenomenon. All they ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, captivating, epic fantasy, complex
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
friendship, abandoned building, sea, storm, sea adventure, adventure hero, magic, summer vacation, apartment building, phenomenon, raft, summer ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 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, manga, dieselpunk, visual ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
steampunk, lost civilization, magic, love story, orphan, imaginary kingdom, young heroes, friendship, pirate, treasure, escape, villain ...
Time:
year 1986
Place:
wales, japan, tokyo
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love. Just as they become ...
Style:
anime, touching, sweet, romantic, captivating ...
Plot:
slice of life, beach, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, love, friendship, relationships, tragedy, surfing, fire, fall in love, firefighter ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Belgium, France, Luxembourg
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:
fairy tale, anime, colorful, surreal, scenic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, pre-teens
Plot:
medieval, celtic, legends and myths, magic, monastery, imaginary, good versus evil, heroic mission, self discovery, fairy, children, art ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, year 2009, 2000s, 9th century
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
31%
78K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.
Style:
adult animation, surreal, philosophical, depressing, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, depression, sex scene, stop motion, loneliness, sex toy, relationships, existentialism, melancholy, infidelity, inferiority complex, sex shop ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, 2000s
Place:
cincinnati ohio
Similarity:
31%
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183K
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, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
fish, magical, mermaid, magic, animal, obsessive quest, friendship, magic realism, transformation, princess, children, sea ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, China
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Hodaka, a high school boy who moves from his isolated island home to the city of Tokyo, who immediately becomes broke! After finally finding work at a shady occult magazine, the sky rains every day until amidst the hustle and bustle of the big city, ...
Style:
anime, touching, exciting, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
weather, friendship, fall in love, love, magic, teenager, girl, couples, magical girl, magical power, climate change, flood ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
31%
220K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, two young boys experience an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another ...
Style:
3d animation, entertaining, funny, sexy, cute ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
friendship, water, coming of age, ocean, disguise, seaside town, friends, sea voyage, male female friendship, sea adventure, friendship between boys, monster ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 1950s, year 1959, 20th century ...
Place:
italy, europe, riviera, mediterranean sea
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommedon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter ...
Style:
sweet, anime, talky, light, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
time travel, magic, good versus evil, dragon, imaginary kingdom, fish out of water, sword and sorcery, heroes, friendship, sorcery, imaginary, danger ...
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster ...
Style:
anime, touching, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dealing with death, parallel world, imaginary, radio, myth, teenage life, escape attempt, mountain, rescue, life & death, spirit, supernatural ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The kingdom of Takicardie quakes under the rule of the tyrannical King Charles V-et-III-font-VIII-et-VIII-font-XIV, whose favourite pastime is shooting birds. His archenemy is a cheeky mockingbird, whose favourite pastime is thwarting the king’s ...
Style:
stylized, surreal, anime, adult animation, mind bending ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
surrealism, bird, impossible love, lovers apart, forbidden love, imaginary kingdom, escape, painting, king, love, robot, charm ...
Time:
medieval times, year 1980
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
One hot summer day a little girl gets lost in an enchanted forest of the mountain god where spirits reside. A young boy appears before her, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear. And so a wondrous adventure awaits...
Style:
anime, touching, sincere, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
spirit, childhood, friendship, love, fall in love, supernatural, little girl, nature, folklore, relationships, abrupt ending, forest ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
30%
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