Movies like Crusher Joe

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Crusher Joe (1983)
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Crusher Joe (1983)
Original name: クラッシャージョウ
Genre: Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Enter the tale of the Crusher Council, a group of rugged individuals known for assignments ranging from transportation to terraforming and everything in between. In the early days of space exploration the Crushers took on the job of destroying asteroids and defining space lanes. Because of their work, they were nicknamed "Crushers" which eventually became their business moniker. Despite the rough and ready nature of the Crushers' work, they subscribe to a few steadfast rules. Unethical and illegal assignments are taboo, and any Crusher accepting one is barred from the Union. Of course, this presents problems for shady clients who try to trick the Crushers into accepting misleading assignments. They know that once the Union accepts a case the Crushers are honor-bound to follow it through. Among the various worlds, the Crusher Council has a stunning reputation, and among the Crushers, the most elite team is the one led by Crusher Dan and his successor, Crusher Joe.
Style: anime, vintage
Plot: space, space opera, space travel, planet, surrealism, outer space, teenager, pirate, spacecraft, female nudity, father son relationship, teenage boy, space colony, young, female full frontal nudity
Time: future

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Most similar movies to Crusher Joe

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, futuristic, exciting and stylized films with plots about outer space, space, space opera, spacecraft, space and aliens, space wars and space travel mostly in Animation, Sci-Fi and Action genres. Some movies like Crusher Joe: Harlock: Space Pirate (2013), Toward the Terra (1980), Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (1981), Space Travelers: The Animation (2000), Space Pirate Captain Harlock (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Harlock: Space Pirate (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Space Pirate Captain Harlock and his fearless crew face off against the space invaders who seek to conquer the planet Earth.
Style: anime, computer animated, futuristic, exciting, epic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, pirate, space opera, society, outer space, rebelliousness, spacecraft, space battle, rebellion, space wars, battles, idealism ...
Time: future
Place: japan
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Toward the Terra (1980)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth.
Style: anime, manga
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Time: future
Place: east asia
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Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (1981)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Two years after the events of Galaxy Express 999, Earth has become a battlefield, and Tetsuro is summoned to board the Three-Nine once more. In this, the shattering, full-length theatrical conclusion to Leiji Matsumoto's epic story, all ...
Style: anime
Plot: space opera, space, train, outer space, coming of age
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35%
Space Travelers: The Animation (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story: New Cosmic Century 038, humanity is suddenly attacked by an unknown alien civilization known as the Orbital Ring System. Soon, the entire Earth Civilization Sphere has been cut off from the space colonies, and is under the control of the ORS.
Style: anime
Plot: space opera, space, outer space, space pirate, smuggler, alien attack, alien invasion, mercenary, space colony, alien, gun
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Space Pirate Captain Harlock (1978)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Space Pirate Captain Harlock is a manga series written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, serialized Akita Shoten's Play Comic from 1977 to 1979. The series was adapted into an animated television series in 1978 directed by Rintaro and ...
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Plot: space, superhero, pirate, space opera, distopia, dystopian future, space adventure, spaceship, fight, crew, alien invasion, space travel ...
Time: future
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Odin (1985)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Odin centers around the novice crew of the laser sailing space schooner Starlight as they embark on an historic interstellar test flight. They are intercepted by what seems to be a wrecked spaceship only to find that it contains a lone survivor; a ...
Style: anime, experimental, claymation, adult animation, 2d animation
Plot: space travel, space, space opera, starship captain, sos, save the world, spacecraft, rescue mission, grandmother grandson relationship, amnesia, plot twist, alien race ...
Time: distant future
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
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Duration: 135 min.
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Style: anime, exciting, captivating, futuristic
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Time: 23rd century
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30%
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Lensman (1984)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Kimball Kinnison, a young man from the agricultural planet Mquie and his Valerian companinon, Buscirk find a dying man with a legendary crystal lens embedded in his hand. As the man was dying, he mysteriously passed on the Lens to Kim. With more ...
Style: anime, psychedelic
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Amuro Ray and the rest of the White Base crew, now denominated the 13th Autonomous Corps, return to outer space to support the rest of the Earth Federation forces for the decisive battle against the Duchy of Zeon's forces.
Style: anime, mecha, exciting, serious, bleak ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: mobile suit gundam, battles, chaos, escapades, danger, imaginary, heroes, space and aliens, rivalry, young soldier, space, female nudity ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Knights of Sidonia: The Movie (2015)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The year is 3394. The solar system has been long destroyed by a strange alien race called Gauna. Now humans are barely maintaining population in their seed ships - the ones they also used to escape a thousand years ago. After several years of ...
Style: anime, mecha, tense, captivating, exciting ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars (1988)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story: For the past 150 years, humanity’s two greatest nations have been deadlocked in a meaningless war. In what is hoped to be a miraculous victory, the Alliance embarks on a battle to break through the Empire’s frontline. Like many other ...
Style: anime, exciting, serious, clever, stylized ...
Audience: teens
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Time: future, distant future
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Sol Bianca: The Legacy (1999)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story: Thousands of years into the future, mankind has colonized other planets across the galaxy and completely forgotten about Earth. On one part of the galaxy, the female space pirates and their colossal starship Sol Bianca get a surprise when a young ...
Style: anime, futuristic
Plot: space opera, pirate ship, pirate, spacecraft, hologram
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28%
Arcadia of My Youth (1982)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story: After a drawn-out, viciously-fought war, the earth has been conquered by the alien Illumidus Empire. Harlock, a captain in earth's fleet, crashes his ship to prevent the Illumidus from using it, and flat-out refuses to join them. With the help ...
Style: anime, exciting, semi serious, stylized, futuristic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
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Time: future
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
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Style: anime, saga, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
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Duration: 68 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Gall Force: Eternal Story (1986)
Genre: Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Two races, the Solnoids and the Paranoids, have been waging a war for centuries. Barely surviving a large scale space battle, seven Solnoids set course toward Chaos, a planet set to be the new homeland for their race. A malfunction during the light ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Space Adventure Cobra (1982)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
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Time: future
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26%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: In the year 1999, astronomer Professor Amamori has discovered a tenth planet within the solar system. Unfortunately, he also discovers that it is set to collide with the Earth on 9 September 1999, at 9:09:09 AM. Professor Amamori makes preparations ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
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Country: Japan, USA
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24%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
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Style: anime, mecha, futuristic, serious, epic ...
Audience: teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
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