Movies like Belle

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Belle (2021)
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Belle (2021)
Original name: 竜とそばかすの姫
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Suzu is a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious dragon-like figure appears before her.
Style: anime, captivating, disturbing, visual, adult animation, manga, 2d animation, comfort
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: virtual world, fictional reality, friendship, magic, society, teenager, virtual reality, internet, singing, social media, love, coming of age, girl, death of mother, slice of life, alternate reality, fantasy world, teenage life, lifestyle, grief, idol, heartwarming, video game, school, artificial intelligence ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: japan

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Most similar movies to Belle

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, captivating, manga and touching films with plots about friendship, teenager, love, coming of age, magic, supernatural and school mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Drama genres. Some movies like Belle: A Whisker Away (2020), Summer Wars (2009), Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Wolf Children (2012), The Boy and the Beast (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ...
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100%
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Summer Wars (2009)
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, ...
Style: anime, humorous, stylized, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: virtual reality, artificial intelligence, code breaking, satellite, technology gone awry, teenage life, save the world, family relations, code, relationships, technology, adaptation ...
Time: year 2009, future, 21st century
Place: japan, east asia, asia
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100%
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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, kids, family friendly, date night, teen drama
Plot: witch, steampunk, magic, supernatural ability, imaginary, fantasy world, self discovery, magical, demon, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians, transformation ...
Time: year 2004, year 2005, 20th century, 1900s, 2000s ...
Place: japan, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Wolf Children (2012)
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, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot: werewolf, childhood, parents and children, children, single mother, wolf, female werewolf, death of father, supernatural, family relations, wilderness, school ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Boy and the Beast (2015)
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, touching, breathtaking, poignant, intense ...
Plot: training, mentor, beast, friendship, martial arts, destiny, orphan, good versus evil, fantasy world, japanese schoolgirl, loneliness, boy ...
Time: 2010s
Place: japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
To the Forest of Firefly Lights (2011)
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, exciting, sincere, sad ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: spirit, childhood, friendship, slice of life, forest, love, supernatural, folklore, nature, little girl, summer, countryside ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
73%
Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki are two close friends who are part of the Kitauji High School music club. Quiet and reserved Yoroizuka plays the oboe while lively and popular Kasaki plays the flute. The group has decided to play Liz and the Blue ...
Style: anime, sincere, sentimental, captivating, light ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, friendship, brass band, bird, school, supernatural, couples, music, society, female friendship, love letter, book ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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NiNoKuni (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Adapted from the video game series of the same name, NiNoKuni follows high school peers Yuu and Haru who must travel between two separate yet parallel worlds to help save their childhood friend, Kotona, whose life is in danger. In this magical quest ...
Style: anime, manga, disturbing, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: creature, desperation, love, school, friends, student, friendship, alternate universe, alternate reality, parallel universe, isekai, magic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Napping Princess (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Hirune Hime is set in the Kojima region of Okayama Prefecture in the year 2020, two days after the scheduled Tokyo Olympics. Kokone lives together with her father, who is always working on modifying cars. As she begins to investigate a strange dream ...
Style: anime, captivating, entertaining, unusual plot structure, mecha
Audience: kids
Plot: father daughter relationship, dream, magic, friendship, fantasy world, search for father, magical, family relations, girl, escapades, teenager, dream world ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Anthem of the Heart (2015)
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, singing, daydreamer, high school, japanese high school ...
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100%
Weathering with You (2019)
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, teenager, love, magic, couples, girl, climate change, magical girl, magical power, summer ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The Perfect World of Kai (2007)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Amamiya Shu transfers to Moriwaki elementary filled with hope and ambition. But it doesn't take long before he gets picked on by the class bullies, and gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest. Igniting his meeting ...
Style: anime, disturbing, sincere, touching, thought provoking ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot: talent, children, friendship, forest, friendship between boys, rivalry, teacher student relationship, love, son, piano, grandmother grandson relationship, friend ...
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100%
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Spring time in April and the last of the cherry blossoms are still in bloom. The usually aloof bookworm with no interest in others comes across a book in a hospital waiting room. Handwritten on the cover are the words: "Living with Dying." ...
Style: anime, sincere, disturbing, romantic, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens
Plot: tragedy, friendship, teenage life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage girl, love story, teenage boy, romantic relationship, bucket list, fall in love, love and romance, friends ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
Patema Inverted (2013)
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, semi serious, manga, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: friendship, fighting the system, self discovery, dystopia, steampunk, imaginary, love and romance, culture clash, conspiracy, escapades, investigation, good versus evil ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he ...
Style: anime, entertaining, exciting, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot: grief, fire, parakeet, spirituality, teenage boy, poverty, coming of age, bullying, courage, education, world war two, teenage life ...
Time: year 1943, 1940s, 20th century, year 1947, year 1944
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100%
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
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, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience: date night
Plot: life is a bitch, family relations, parents and children, teenager, orphan, love, baby, female protagonist, friendship, military, adoption, mother son relationship ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
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, fairy tale, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: witch, self discovery, magic, friendship, coming of age, supernatural ability, young heroes, cat, wizards and magicians, friends, female protagonist, teenage girl ...
Time: year 1989
Place: seattle, europe
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100%
Children of the Sea (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dugongs, are brought to the aquarium, Ruka feels drawn to them and begins to realize that she has the ...
Style: anime, exciting, captivating, disturbing, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: friendship, sea, female protagonist, supernatural, parents and children, youth, danger, baby, philosophy, fantasy world, teenager, crazy love ...
Time: 2010s
Place: japan
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67%
Somali and the Forest Spirit (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: The world is ruled by spirits, goblins, and all manner of strange creatures. Human beings are persecuted, to the very point of extinction. One day, a golem and a lone human girl meet. This is a record of the pair, one a member of a ruined race, the ...
Style: anime, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: preschool
Plot: creature, golem, friendship, slice of life, magic, father daughter relationship, interspecies friendship, supernatural, supernatural power, child protagonist, survival, beast ...
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100%
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Mirai (2018)
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, manga ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: time travel, family relations, house, parents and children, jealousy, sibling relationship, baby, boy, child, time traveler, magic, grandfather granddaughter relationship ...
Time: 2010s, future
Place: tokyo
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50%
Aikatsu! 10th Story: Starway to the Future (2023)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story: While Akari is shining brightly as Starlight Queen, the duo unit "Cosmos", composed of Ichigo and Akari, just had a successful first live event! As time flows by while their activites continue, Ichigo, who is now in her third year of ...
Style: captivating, funny, semi serious, entertaining, feel good
Plot: friendship, school, idol, student, singing, academy, high school, friends, teenager, adolescence, music, musician ...
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34%
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Big Fish & Begonia (2016)
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, captivating, surreal, claymation ...
Audience: kids
Plot: magic, revenge, friendship, vengeance, violence, society, redemption, heroes, betrayal, youth, mentor, danger ...
Time: 2010s
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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 ⇓
32%
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Inu-oh (2021)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, History, Music, Musical
Country: Japan, China
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Born to an esteemed family, Inu-oh is afflicted with an ancient curse that has left him on the margins of society. When he meets the blind musician Tomona, a young biwa priest haunted by his past, Inu-oh discovers a captivating ability to dance. The ...
Style: anime, disturbing, captivating, psychological, visual ...
Plot: buddy, dancer, friendship between men, deformity, blindness, blind man, bonding, social issues, friendship, society, music, social problems ...
Time: 14th century
Place: japan, kyoto japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Sound! Euphonium the Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day (2019)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Kumiko is now a second year and one of the senior players of the euphonium section. With new underclassmen joining the concert band, Kumiko will have to learn new things in order to deal with awkward and difficult underclassmen. She and third-year ...
Style: anime, disturbing, captivating, yuri, yaoi
Plot: orchestra, high school, school club, high school life, competition, classical music, tournament, female protagonist, musician, music band, music, teenage life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Ride Your Wave (2019)
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, feel good, romantic, sweet ...
Plot: beach, slice of life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, tragedy, love and romance, friendship, surfing, fire, fall in love, firefighter, loss ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A boy falls in love with his junior in a Kyoto college club, and struggles daily to be noticed by her. However, she is naïve and unsophisticated and is completely indifferent to him.
Style: anime, sweet, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience: teens
Plot: theatre play, binge drinking, summer, party, drinking, fall in love, love, youth, friendship, hopes, love and romance, escapades ...
Time: 2010s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)
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, captivating, sentimental, serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: dealing with death, parallel world, imaginary, grief, radio, teenage life, escape attempt, rescue, life & death, spirit, supernatural, myth ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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