Movies like Saving Sally

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Saving Sally (2016)
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Saving Sally (2016)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines, France, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Marty is an aspiring comic-book artist who is secretly in love with his best friend, Sally, the gadget inventor. Like every love story, there are complications: Sally has monsters for parents and a literal dick for a boyfriend, while Marty has the innate ability to do nothing about everything despite his vivid fantasies of defending the love of his life from the big bad world.
Style: psychological, romantic, captivating, semi serious, anime, tagalog, comic
Plot: unrequited love, teenager, inventor, gadget, obsession, friends to lovers, monster, child abuse, drawing, boyfriend, best friends in love, romance
Place: the philippines

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Most similar movies to Saving Sally

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, captivating, psychological and entertaining films with plots about teenager, love, relationships, friendship, school, slice of life and love affair mostly in Animation, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Saving Sally: RPG Metanoia (2010), A Whisker Away (2020), Crystal Skies of Yesterday (2018), Her Blue Sky (2019), Orange: Future (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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RPG Metanoia (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Nico's hundrum daily existence simply cannot compete with the fantasy life he leads the world's most popular MMORPG METANOIA, as the swashbuckling vagabond Zero, together with his companions: the spiritist Mang Ernie, renegade chi-master ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, anime
Audience: kids
Plot: video game, heroes, role playing, computer virus, virtual world, teenage protagonist, computer game, virtual reality, rescue mission, save the world, teenage life, game ...
Place: the philippines
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100%
 6.7
 14K
A Whisker Away (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Miyo "Muge" Sasaki is a peculiar second-year junior high student who has fallen in love with her classmate Kento Hinode. Muge resolutely pursues Kento every day, but he takes no notice of her. Nevertheless, while carrying a secret she can ...
Style: anime, feel good, captivating, unusual plot structure, visually appealing
Plot: cat, secret love, school, unrequited love, teenager, magic, transformation, classmate, love, supernatural, parallel world, love letter ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Crystal Skies of Yesterday (2018)
Genre: Animation, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The story of some senior high school students in a Chinese village, their dreams, friendships and romances.
Style: light, anime, sentimental, sincere, captivating
Plot: youth, coming of age, friendship, unrequited love, love, couples, society, family relations, high school, drawing, small town, slice of life ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 2K
Her Blue Sky (2019)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story: High school student Aoi lives with her elder sister, Akane, after a tragic accident took their parents away 13 years ago. Because Akane has since been taking care of her single-handedly, Aoi wants to move to Tokyo after her graduation to relieve her ...
Style: anime, touching, uplifting, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: lost love, loss of family, music, love and romance, young love, teenage love, time traveler, self doubt, supernatural, first love, talent, teenager ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 7.2
 896
Orange: Future (2016)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min.
Story: Twenty-six-year-old Hiroto Suwa; his wife, Naho; and their old high school classmates—Takako Chino, Azusa Murasaka, and Saku Hagita—visit Mt. Koubou to view the cherry blossoms together. While watching the setting sun, they reminisce about ...
Style: anime, psychological, disturbing, captivating, tragic ending ...
Plot: school, high school life, lifestyle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love story, relationship problems, teenage life, teenager, love triangle, love affair, relationships, time travel
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
To the Solitary Me Who Loved You (2022)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Traveling between ...
Style: anime, psychological, thrilling, romantic, captivating
Plot: parallel world, love interest, relationships, fantasy world, fall in love, couple relations, lifestyle change, love story, love, dream world, changing lives, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 5.4
 416
Over the Sky (2020)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mio is a girl in high school who slacks off. She and her childhood friend Arata and best friend Madoka spend their after-school days in Ikebukuro hanging out. One day, Madoka tells Mio that she loves Arata, and Mio realizes that she loves Arata, ...
Style: anime, sentimental, sincere, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: friends, unrequited love, love, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, male female relationship, love affair, fantasy world, high school life, underworld, disappearance
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (2022)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Tono Kaoru heard a rumor: The laws of space and time mean nothing to the Urashima Tunnel. If you find it, walk through and you'll find your heart's desire on the other side...in exchange for years of your own life. On the night Kaoru just ...
Style: anime, thrilling, captivating, psychological, romantic ...
Plot: tunnel, legend, adolescence, couples, school, couple relations, relationships, love affair, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, in love, fall in love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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 6.0
 578
Fragtime (2019)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min.
Story: Misuzu Moritani is an introvert who has always had difficulty interacting with her classmates, quickly becoming flustered whenever someone tries to talk to her. Sometimes, she will use her ability to stop time for three minutes to escape troublesome ...
Style: yuri, anime, captivating, touching, romantic ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian couple, lesbian romance, lesbian relationship, female protagonist, lesbian interest, love, slice of life, lesbian love, fall in love, lesbianism, lovers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
RE:cycle of the PENGUINDRUM Part 2: I Love You (2022)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story: What would you do to save someone you love? All brothers Shoma and Kanba know is that, after collapsing in an aquarium and apparently dying, their terminally ill sister Himari was somehow revived by a Penguin hat that she had wished for. Now ...
Style: anime, psychological, romantic, captivating
Plot: love affair, love story, fall in love, romantic friendship, love and romance, love interest, in love, couple relations, romantic relationship, relationships, male female relationship
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Happy-Go-Lucky Days (2020)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
Story: Love is love. Someday, the pain of being in love will be an endearing memory. No matter who the feelings are towards, no matter what form it takes, all love and lifestyles have the same value. An omnibus anime tells the stories of “The wedding of ...
Style: anime, romantic, entertaining, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: slice of life, relationships, lgbt, relationship problems, love interest, love affair, romantic friendship, couples, male female relationship, family relations, romantic relationship, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Rainbow Fireflies (2012)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: One year ago, Yūta lost his father from a car accident. Now in the 6th grade, Yūta goes to catch a beetle at a dam on a deep mountain. Yūta often went there with his father. There, Yūta meets a strange old man. Due to heavy rain, Yūta slips and ...
Style: anime, captivating, thrilling
Plot: time travel, sent to the past, back in time, time warp, changing the past or future, teenage boy, time traveler, time paradox, time jump, teenage life, lifestyle, teenager ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Heaven's Lost Property Final: Eternal My Master (2014)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
Story: Ikaros is an Angeloid and falls out of the sky. Tomoki Sakurai is a boy who believes the most important thing is to live a peaceful life. The two live tougher. Tomoki Sakurai has never seen Ikaros smile. Tomoki Sakurai sees Nymph and Astraea laugh ...
Style: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot: high school, wish fulfillment, mysterious character, teenager, love and romance, angel, unlikely partners, teenage protagonist, supernatural, parallel world, wings
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Child of Kamiari Month (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A year after losing her mother, a young girl learns that she must journey across Japan to the annual gathering of gods in the sacred land of Izumo.
Style: anime, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: slice of life, supernatural, folklore, child, mission, family relations, mother daughter relationship, teenager, teenage girl, mythology, demon, god ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Yugi and Kaiba have a special duel that transcends dimensions.
Style: anime, light, stylized, captivating, shounen
Audience: kids
Plot: monster, card playing, tournament, violence, friend, teenager, duel, teenage boy, teenage girl, friendship, power, game ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 7.2
 4K
Time of Eve (2010)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In the not-too-distant future, androids have come into common usage. Rikuo Sakisaka, who has taken robots for granted for his entire life, one day discovers that Sammy, his home android, has been acting independently and coming and going on her own. ...
Style: anime, captivating, light, seinen, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: maid, misunderstanding, cafe, artificial intelligence, robot, affection, household, fall in love, society, couples, friendship, cognitive science ...
Time: future, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 3.6
 27
W Wish (2004)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story: Junna Tōno has a twin sister named Senna. He is an ordinary student at Sakurahama Private High School. However, in the past, a traffic accident deprived him of his parents and his memory. Junna survived the accident and since then, he lived only ...
Style: anime, captivating, psychological
Plot: schoolboy, memory, teenage life, schoolgirl, amnesiac, brother sister relationship, teenager, family relations, amnesia, memory lapse, lifestyle, memory loss ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Free!: Take Your Marks (2017)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A special sequel anime for Free! to screen in Fall 2017.
Style: anime, entertaining, captivating, feel good, semi serious
Plot: slice of life, teenage life, friendship, school club, teenager, teamwork, friends, athlete's life, school
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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I've Always Liked You (2016)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min.
Story: Love is blooming at Sakuragaoka High School. Natsuki Enomoto has finally mustered the courage to confess to her childhood friend, Yuu Setoguchi. However, in the final moments of her confession, an embarrassed Natsuki passes it off as a ...
Style: anime, entertaining, sentimental, sweet, humorous ...
Plot: unrequited love, japanese school, high school sweetheart, love, love triangle, boy girl friendship, romantic friendship, friendship, lie, friendship between teens, japanese schoolgirl, japanese teenager ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 7.1
 606
Windaria (1986)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In a land filled with magic and mystery, two rival kingdoms are readying for war: Isa, the beautiful water-laden city, and Paro, the industrialized wasteland. Windaria follows the tale of two sets of lovers: Marin and Izu, a young pair of farmers ...
Style: anime, tragic ending
Plot: steampunk, tragedy, love, unrequited love, war, male female relationship, agent, mountain, tree, kingdom, farmer, flood ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Tamayura: Graduation Photo Part 4 - Ashita (2016)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Story: The last movie of a four-part finale of Tamayura.
Style: anime, entertaining, semi serious, satirical, feel good ...
Plot: slice of life, art, everyday life, satire, friendship, friends, teenager, relationships
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Psychic School Wars (2012)
Genre: Animation, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: It's a new school year at the local Junior High School i Kamakura. The school year starts off with a new transfer student Ryoichi Kyogoku who joins the 8th grade class. He has been ordered to join the school, and use his special gift of ...
Style: anime, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, manga ...
Audience: teens
Plot: school, high school life, coming of age, love triangle, psychic, friends, unrequited love, student, superpower, teenage love, supernatural, new love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 7.2
 405
Flip Flappers (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: How does the world look in your eyes? Papika and Cocona, the heroines of the story, hold the keys to open the door. When the two girls meet, their adventures in a different time and different overlapping dimension called "Pure Illusion" ...
Style: anime, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot: surrealism, magic, female protagonist, magical girl, fantasy world, teenage life, student, teenager, teenage girl, lgbt, underworld, conspiracy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Black Rock Shooter (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 52 min.
Story: The story of two girls bound in friendship, as well as Black Rock Star's struggle unfolding in another world. But when the two worlds come together... what will happen?
Style: anime, seinen, colorful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: isolation, loneliness, disappearance, alter ego, teenager, unlikely friendships, save the day, parallel universe, violence, parallel world, depression, high school ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.6
 168
Kanon (2002)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 286 min.
TV show
Story: 7 years since Yuuichi Aizawa visited his aunt Akiko in her little northern town, he returns to uncover memories and secrets that have vanished from his head. He soon realises that something supernatural is happening, and that all of his new female ...
Style: anime, thrilling, psychological, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: harem, family relations, male female relationship, relationship problems, lifestyle, relationships, satire, slice of life, amnesia, small town
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Little from the Fish Shop (2015)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, France, Slovakia
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Deep underneath the sea surface, accompanied by a fish orchestra, the voice of the ocean is telling a story of Little -- the Sea King's daughter. They left the plundered waters of their home to live among humans. They now lead a strenuous life ...
Style: fairy tale, sincere, captivating, anime, psychotronic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: teenage girl, stop motion, first love, supernatural power, prophecy, magic, little mermaid, love, merman, train conductor, family relations, parallel world ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (2014)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Kyungcheon is a pianist-in-training who loses his heart and becomes a milk cow. He lives as a man during the day, but becomes a milk cow at night and eats grass. Meanwhile, with the help of wizard Merlin, a satellite named Ilho fell from the cosmos ...
Style: anime, feel good, captivating, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot: anthropomorphic animal, cow, human animal relationship, animal human communication, friendship, teenage girl, animal life, satire, girl, rescue mission, teamwork, friends ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The movies will tell the story of the phenomenon known as "The First Summer of Love" that took place ten years before the first Eureka Seven anime, but was never depicted in full. The movies will then follow the main storyline of the first ...
Style: anime, mecha, feel good, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: boy, father son relationship, teenager, search and rescue, search for father, friendship, friendship between boys, uncover truth, friends, explosion
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 8.4
 315K
Your Name. (2016)
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, sweet, touching, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience: teens, date night, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: time travel, body swapping, school, beautiful scenery, friendship, girl, love, destiny, teenager, schoolgirl, memory loss, boy ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 2020s, year 2013
Place: tokyo, japan, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
A Tree of Palme (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A Tree of Palme is an interpretation of the Pinocchio tale. It concerns a small puppet, Palme, who was tasked by his creator to look over his ailing wife, Xian. After her passing, Palme is visited by a mysterious woman who he mistakenly believes to ...
Style: anime, surreal, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, heroic mission, heroes, good versus evil, imaginary, rivalry, escapades, danger, dystopian future, parallel world, lie, fight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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