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Wolf Children (2012)
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Original name: おおかみこどもの雨と雪
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, sentimental, touching, manga, adult animation, depressing ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
werewolf, childhood, children, parents and children, single mother, wolf, female werewolf, death of father, supernatural, school, family relations, wilderness, breast feeding, friendship, human becomes animal, social relations, love, transformation, self discovery, nature, coming of age, heartwarming, furry, brother sister relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Most similar movies to Wolf Children
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, manga, touching and whimsical films with plots about friendship, coming of age, love, family relations, teenager, childhood and storytelling mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Drama genres. Some movies like Wolf Children: The Boy and the Beast (2015), The Secret World of Arrietty (2010), Mirai (2018), A Whisker Away (2020), Flavors of Youth (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
future, 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A story of encounters and partings interwoven between people; this is a human drama with feelings that touch one's heart gradually, which everyone has experienced at least once.
Style:
anime, touching, sentimental, thought provoking, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, orphan, teenager, love, baby, female protagonist, friendship, military, death, warrior ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
92%
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:
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Place:
japan, seattle, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The movie follows a 4-year old boy who is struggling to cope with the arrival of a little sister in the family until things turn magical. A mysterious garden in the backyard of the boy's home becomes a gateway allowing the child to travel back ...
Style:
anime, touching, sincere, adult animation, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
time travel, house, family relations, sibling relationship, jealousy, parents and children, baby, boy, child, little boy, magic, grandfather granddaughter relationship ...
Time:
2010s, future
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
86%
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, captivating, feel good, unusual plot structure, visually appealing ...
Plot:
cat, secret love, unrequited love, classmate, school, teenager, parallel world, supernatural, magic, love, transformation, supernatural power ...
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100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Japan
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, adult animation, light, manga, scenic ...
Plot:
friendship, dream, food, coming of age, love, life, family relations, model, teenage boy, everyday life, lifestyle, society ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, china, shanghai
Similarity:
100%
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:
86%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. Will Naruse be able to convey the anthem of her heart?
Style:
anime, sincere, touching, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
school, friendship, mute, healing, love and romance, high school, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, teenager, coming of age, youth, high school life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Haru, a schoolgirl bored by her ordinary routine, saves the life of an unusual cat and suddenly her world is transformed beyond anything she ever imagined. The Cat King rewards her good deed with a flurry of presents, including a very shocking ...
Style:
anime, sweet, atmospheric, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, cat, furry, human animal relationship, friendship, talking cat, prince, anthropomorphic animal, family relations, disorder, mischievous children, magic ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister ...
Style:
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Audience:
family outing, family friendly, toddlers, kids, preschool
Plot:
children, friendship, magic, magical, sisters, countryside, young heroes, child protagonist, teaching the ways of the world, sister sister relationship, little girl, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
1950s, year 1988, 20th century, 50s
Place:
japan, asia, seattle, tokyo
Similarity:
89%
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:
79%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Ainu tribe, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to ...
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Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
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Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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83%
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Country: Japan, China
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
77%
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:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, hokkaido, asia, england, tokyo
Similarity:
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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:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, seattle
Similarity:
75%
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:
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Time:
year 2014, 80s, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland, japan, tokyo
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, touching, feel good, fairy tale, colorful ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
seattle, europe, tokyo, japan
Similarity:
75%
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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
Similarity:
78%
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:
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Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
80%
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:
88%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The movie of Natsume's Book of Friends series.
Natsume has been busy, navigating between humans and Yokai when he coincidentally reunites with an old classmate, Yuki. It brings back painful memories of a certain Yokai. Meanwhile, Natsume also ...
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shoujo, anime, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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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:
100%
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:
67%
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:
75%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In an underground world where tunnels extend everywhere, even though they live in dark and confined spaces, people wear protective clothes and lead quiet and enjoyable lives. Patema, a princess in her underground village, loves to explore the ...
Style:
anime, semi serious, captivating, manga, colorful ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, steampunk, self discovery, dystopia, imaginary, love and romance, culture clash, conspiracy, fighting the system, escapades, investigation, good versus evil ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Luxembourg, France, China, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads ...
Style:
touching, emotional, atmospheric, stylized, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, date night, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
folklore, wolf, friendship, father daughter relationship, celtic, wolf pack, peril, legends and myths, family relations, happy ending, human animal relationship, hunter ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
A powerful mushi appears during an eclipse, drawing other mushi to form a huge shadow that blocks the sun over a small village. Looking for clues about the mushi, Ginko meets a child who is afflicted by a strange disease that manifests itself when ...
Style:
anime, philosophical, atmospheric, contemplative, adult animation ...
Plot:
supernatural, folklore, nature, village, shadow, macabre, symbolism, investigation, haunting, adaptation, isolation, ritual ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
12-year-old Oriko Seki, who lost her parents in a car accident, ended up living in her grandmother's Onsen Ryokan "Haru no Ya." With the ghost "Uribou" cohabitating with her and all the other odds, she ended up training to ...
Style:
anime, feel good, exciting, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
orphan, grandmother granddaughter relationship, ghost, innkeeper, supernatural, dream, school, spirit, teacher, childhood memory, inn, loss of mother ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
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