Movies like Wolf Children
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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, sentimental, touching, colourful, feel good, depressing, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
werewolf, childhood, parents and children, single mother, children, social relations, wolf, mother daughter relationship, school, female werewolf, breast feeding, death of father, supernatural, family relations, wilderness, friendship, transformation, love, self discovery, nature, coming of age, brother sister relationship, countryside, teenager, loneliness ...
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, touching, manga and weird films with plots about friendship, love, childhood, fantasy world, transformation, mentor and coming of age mostly in Animation, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Wolf Children: The Boy and the Beast (2015), The Secret World of Arrietty (2010), Your Name. (2016), The Anthem of the Heart (2015), Mirai (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
anime, breathtaking, touching, intense, feel good ...
Plot:
training, mentor, beast, childhood, martial arts, friendship, father son relationship, destiny, loneliness, orphan, good versus evil, fantasy world ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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93%
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, fairy tale, touching, colourful, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, preschoolers
Plot:
friendship, mysterious character, midget, childhood, beautiful scenery, secrets, daring rescue, friends, little people, runaway, self discovery, disney ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
anime, touching, feel good, humorous, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
time travel, high school, friendship, supernatural ability, school, teenage girl, changing the past or future, classmate, coming of age, teenage love, friends, love ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, 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, thought provoking, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
life is a bitch, teenager, family relations, parents and children, baby, orphan, love, death, female protagonist, friendship, hopes, military ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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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, sweet, romantic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family outing, kids, teen drama
Plot:
time travel, body swapping, school, girl, beautiful scenery, love, friendship, destiny, schoolgirl, teenager, memory loss, boy ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
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:
friendship, school, mute, healing, love and romance, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, musical performance, daydreamer, family relations, parents separation, singing
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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, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
time travel, family relations, house, parents and children, sibling relationship, jealousy, child, baby, time traveler, little boy, magic, boy ...
Time:
future
Place:
tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Animation, 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:
anime, atmospheric, feel good, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot:
children, countryside, friendship, magical, childhood, parents and children, teaching the ways of the world, sick mother, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, little girl, young heroes ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 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 ...
Style:
anime, captivating, stylized, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
wolf, forest, mythology, human animal relationship, demon, nature, human spirit, talking animals, friendship, good versus evil, hopes, strong female character ...
Time:
15th century, 16th century, middle ages
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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, humorous, feel good, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, cat, rescue, friendship, talking cat, human animal relationship, prince, disorder, family relations, mischievous children, magic, coming of age ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 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, colourful ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, magic, surrealism, supernatural, dragon, witch, parallel world, ghost, human becoming an animal, fantasy world, rescue, bathhouse ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, France
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, emotional, colourful, fairy tale, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, date night, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
folklore, young heroes, supernatural, children, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, ocean, getting home, lighthouse, celtic, magic, legends and myths ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
japan, europe, ireland, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Style:
anime, touching, feel good, colourful, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, preschoolers, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
witch, self discovery, magic, friendship, coming of age, supernatural ability, cat, young heroes, wizards and magicians, friends, female protagonist, child ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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, exciting, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
spirit, friendship, childhood, forest, supernatural, folklore, love, little girl, nature, japanese mythology, slice of life, forces of nature ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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, touching, tense, atmospheric, talky ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
actor's life, female protagonist, lost love, popularity, love and romance, retired, haunted by the past, unfulfilled love, love story, mother daughter relationship, samurai, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
anime, touching, emotional, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, teens
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, childhood, dream, loneliness, countryside, adolescence, teenage life, imaginary friend, magic realism, twists and turns, orphan ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, hokkaido, asia, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
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:
anime, touching, atmospheric, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, children, princess, parents and children, dream, adolescence, self discovery, female protagonist, japanese woman, family relations, artist ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no ...
Style:
touching, anime, depressing, heartbreaking, dramatic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
world war two, hunger, war, orphan, homelessness, survival, siblings relations, desperation, bomb, death of child, anti war, childhood ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, post world war two
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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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:
school, secret love, cat, teenager, classmate, love, unrequited love, magic, supernatural, transformation, parallel world, love letter ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
obsessive quest, magic, mermaid, magical, fish, love, friendship, magic realism, unlikely friendships, princess, sea, children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Movies similar to Spirited Away
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, colourful, atmospheric, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
rain, shoemaker, unlikely couple, age difference, youth, grownups, overcoming, older woman younger man relationship, shyness, teenage life, love and romance, teen angst ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, 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, captivating, colourful, semi serious, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, fighting the system, self discovery, beautiful scenery, love and romance, steampunk, future dystopia, culture clash, conspiracy, escapades, investigation, good versus evil ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, tokyo
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75%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Japan
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Three different stories of youth set in different cities of China. 1 Shanghai Love. 2 Sunny Breakfast. 3 Small Fashion Show. Directed by Zhenxing Yi, the plot revolves around a young man working in Beijing. He used to live with his grandma in ...
Style:
anime, light, sweet, atmospheric, uplifting ...
Plot:
life, friendship, dream, love, coming of age, family relations, model, teenage boy, society, lifestyle, multiple storylines, summer ...
Place:
japan, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Luxembourg, France
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:
emotional, touching, atmospheric, stylized, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
folklore, friendship, wolf, courage, father daughter relationship, peril, celtic, family relations, good versus evil, legends and myths, human animal relationship, hunter ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
One Christmas Eve three people, a middle-aged alcoholic named Gin, a former drag queen Hana and a dependent runaway girl Miyuki, discover an abandoned newborn while looking through the garbage.
Style:
anime, touching, atmospheric, witty, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
holiday, christmas, baby, homeless, friends, life is a bitch, parents and children, friendship, lgbt, melancholy, runaway, gay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Your Name.
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, touching, sincere, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
bullying, teenager, deaf, sign language, disability, high school, friendship, japanese school, japanese schoolgirl, coming of age, suicide attempt, teenage girl ...
Place:
japan
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76%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He’s good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time out hanging out in the all-powerful online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has – until the girl of his dreams, ...
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
virtual reality, artificial intelligence, code breaking, computer, chaos, technology gone awry, teenage life, save the world, satellite, family relations, code, adaptation ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story is set in 1963 in Yokohama. Kokuriko Manor sits on a hill overlooking the harbour. A 16 year-old girl, Umi, lives in that house. Every morning she raises a signal flag facing the sea. The flag means “I pray for safe voyages”. A 17 ...
Style:
anime, sentimental, touching, atmospheric, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
high school, friendship, destiny, twists and turns, teenage life, fighting the system, teenager, love and romance, self discovery, teenage love, longing, high school life ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1963
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 ...
Style:
anime, captivating, touching, surreal, romantic ...
Plot:
friendship, supernatural, demon, exorcist, mythical creature, ghost, friends, japanese mythology, love, love and romance, nobody believes, school ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, teenager, fall in love, love, magic, couples, girl, climate change, magical girl, magical power, flood ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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