Movies like The Crossing 2021
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The Crossing (2021)
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Original name: La Traversée
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In a small town plunged into darkness, two children, Kyona and Adriel, are separated from their parents and, facing the path of exile alone, embark on a heroic journey that will take them from childhood to adolescence, in search of refuge, peace and the hope of finding their family.
Style:
anime
Plot:
forest, circus, bird, tattoo, woman, village, train, gang, art, snow, fire, street kid, teenage girl, theft, exile, nomad, tunnel, migrant, brother sister relationship, drawing, child, immigration, child trafficking, gender disguise, boy killed ...
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Most similar movies to The Crossing
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, adult animation, captivating and stylized films with plots about train, friendship, coming of age, death, female protagonist, flashback and drawing mostly in Animation, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like The Crossing: The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024), Alois Nebel (2011), Miss Hokusai (2015), Look Back (2024), A Silent Voice (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Once upon a time, a poor woodcutter and his wife lived in a great forest. Cold, hunger, poverty and a war raging all around them meant their lives were very hard. One day, the woodcutter's wife rescues a baby. A baby girl thrown from one of ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, historical drama, 2d animation
Plot:
woodcutter, snow, forest, lumberjack, abandoned baby, family relations, holocaust, dog, life, goat, poverty, flashback ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A train dispatcher encounters a mute stranger who appears out of nowhere, and finds himself mysteriously involved with a murder in Poland. The end of the eighties in the twentieth century. Alois Nebel works as a disÂpatcher at the small railway ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
railroad, surrealism, uncover truth, mysterious character, society, haunted by the past, murder, mental disorder, train, cat, christmas, train station ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place:
czechoslovakia, prague, czech republic, poland, central europe ...
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66%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The time: 1814. The place: Edo, now known as Tokyo. A much accomplished artist of his time and now in his mid-fifties, Tetsuzo can boast clients from all over Japan, and tirelessly works in the garbage-loaded chaos of his house-atelier. He spends ...
Style:
anime, touching, sentimental, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
art history, artist, father daughter relationship, drawing, painting, sister sister relationship, illness, painter, rivalry, society, family relations, dog ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What ...
Style:
manga, emotional, melancholic, shoujo, shounen ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
drawing, friendship, female protagonist, coming of age, slice of life, high school life, personal growth, self discovery, youth, rivalry, bittersweet, collaboration ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
56%
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:
54%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Qatar, France, Lebanon, Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.
Style:
thought provoking, inspirational, adult animation, stylized, anime ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
single mother, introspection, friendship, painter, fantasizing, mute child, girl, healing, house arrest, wise man, coming of age, biker ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: France, Canada, Belgium
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
On the last day of summer, Louise, an old woman realizes that the last train has departed without her. She finds herself alone in a small seaside resort town, abandoned by everyone. The weather quickly turns for the worse followed by the seasonal ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, aesthetic, existential, surreal
Plot:
old people, old age, philosophy, loneliness, beach, memory, elderly, holiday, robinson crusoe, nudity, christmas eve, flying ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 2000s
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a cabin of the deep of the forest, a child and his father leas a wild and hard life in utmost isolation. The child grows up fearing and admiring his father, with the ghosts haunting the forest as his only companions. Until the day he discovers ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, captivating, anime ...
Audience:
family outing, preschool
Plot:
ghost, village, woods, fish out of water, life turned upside down, supernatural, parents and children, isolation, family relations, fall in love, youth, disorder ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, Family
Country: France, Belgium, South Korea, Switzerland
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
This remarkable animated documentary traces the unconventional upbringing of the filmmaker Jung Henin, one of thousands of Korean children adopted by Western families after the end of the Korean War. It is the story of a boy stranded between two ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, stylized, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
adoption, hopes, adopted son, haunted by the past, self discovery, homecoming, obsessive quest, introspection, parent child relationship, korean war, children, biopic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
switzerland, seoul, korea, asia
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Monaco
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Summer 1998 - Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn.
Style:
adult animation, social, captivating, thought provoking, psychological ...
Plot:
dispute, dog, death, social relations, religious conflict, religious hypocrisy, religious differences, society, religious persecution, life is a bitch, female protagonist, woman ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1998
Place:
afghanistan, asia
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Determined to stop drinking, Joseph moves into a friend's house and convinces his ex-wife Emma to join him. In the troubled times of Quebec independence referendum, this is the account of their stormy reunion.
Style:
independent film, romantic drama, atmospheric, melancholic, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nationalism, political unrest, small town life, summer, drawing, art, fishing, love, literature, politics, cooking, poetry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
quebec, canada
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Luxembourg, Canada, Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A lost cat, a giant talkative frog and a tsunami help a bank employee without ambition, his frustrated wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.
Style:
anime, captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
tsunami, lifestyle change, changing lives, self discovery, relationship problems, marital problem, husband wife relationship, meaning of life, saving a life, introspection, cat, earthquake ...
Time:
year 2011
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
In 1920s Japan the boy Akeno lives without his father, but he has a mysterious friend. When Akeno gets kidnapped by soldiers, his friend sets out to return him home. But soon they both realize, something mysterious happened in their lives.
Style:
rough, captivating, suspense, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
fog, father son relationship, military, friend, journey, travel, childhood trauma, loneliness, soldier, fear, tradition, boy ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
48%
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, captivating, disturbing, yuri, yaoi
Plot:
school club, orchestra, high school, musician, high school life, classical music, competition, tournament, female protagonist, music band, teenage life, women ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
Following Studio Petit's popularity for Time Journey's, the crew is now faced with 3 anime at the same time. Rushing to fill the quotas, the owner of Studio Petit hires Takashimadaira, a veteran producer to help Kuromi. However, all ...
Style:
anime, semi serious, captivating, tense, emotional
Plot:
workplace, creative process, behind the scenes, job, coworker, workplace situations, female artist, woman, employer employee relationship, management, teamwork, slice of life ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: France, UK, South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Scotland, late 1950s. A struggling illusionist visits an isolated community and meets a young lady who is convinced that he is a real magician.
Style:
breathtaking, stylized, touching, sad, visual ...
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
magician, art, magic, friendship, coming of age, loneliness, theater, very little dialogue, imagination, mentor, transformation, character study ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 2010s, year 1959, year 2010 ...
Place:
england, scotland, france, edinburgh scotland, scottish highlands ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Isabella, the daughter of the noble York family, is enrolled in an all-girls academy to be groomed into a dame worthy of nobility. However, she has given up on her future, seeing the prestigious school as nothing more than a prison from the outside ...
Style:
anime, tear jerker, sincere, compassionate, serious ...
Plot:
letter, slice of life, adoption, steampunk, female protagonist, war veteran, female friendship, sister sister relationship, aristocracy, half sister, working life, teaching the ways of the world ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The Mouse and his child (the two parts of a single small wind-up toy), go on a quest to become "self-winding".
Style:
anime, independent film, philosophical, 2d animation
Plot:
mouse, child, slavery, anthropomorphism, literary, fortune teller, donkey, elephant, journey, empire, prophecy, fortune telling ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A poor miller gets tricked by the Devil and accidentally sells his daughter for a bit of gold. But Satan can't take her because she's too pure and has wept on her hands. So Satan orders the miller to cut her hands off. It's the ...
Style:
adult animation, captivating, psychological, disturbing, fairy tale ...
Plot:
child, devil, poverty, good versus evil, running for your life, runaway, supernatural, family problems, demon, life is a bitch, crow, women's liberation ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
The second movie of a four-part finale of Tamayura.
Style:
anime, semi serious, feel good, teen, captivating ...
Plot:
slice of life, friendship, art, graduation, friends, teenage protagonist, teenager, teenage life, lifestyle, teenage girl, adolescence, group of friends ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
17 year-old Sayako Amanokawa aspires to become a journalist, just like Kanemoto, an elite newspaper writer she looks up to. But Kanemoto, shamed from an erroneous report about a corruption scandal, jumps in front of a train and commits suicide. ...
Style:
anime, psychological, suspense, spiritual, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigative journalism, journalism, investigation, female protagonist, occult, supernatural, ghost, investigative reporter, supernatural ability, uncover truth, crime solving, supernatural power ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
Chirin is an innocent though adventurous young lamb whose carefree life on the farm comes to an abrupt end when a wolf murders his mother. Confused and angry, Chirin pursues the wolf into the mountains, seeking revenge. The laws of nature are ...
Style:
anime, disturbing, adult animation, 2d animation
Audience:
kids
Plot:
revenge, anthropomorphism, tragedy, coming of age, dog, sheep, outcast, rabbit, determination, mountain, orphan, wolf ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Having been one of the most eminent scholars of the recent past, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's Barla life.
Style:
serious, reflective, meditative, inspirational, educational ...
Plot:
exile, religious, perseverance, religious persecution, devotional, resilience, house arrest, biopic
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two ...
Style:
anime, realistic, touching, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship, young heroes, social differences, forceful separation, life turned upside down, society, deportation, village, white supremacy, dancing, post war, disaster ...
Time:
20th century, post world war two, year 1946, 2010s, 1940s ...
Place:
asia, japan, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Sergio driving a taxi in a white Naples overflowing sadness and garbage. Pouring rain leads her clients through the city trying to process the death of his brother, who started ten years earlier for Tibet and never returned. A pop singer, a recycler ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, touching, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
buddhism, taxi driver, surrealism, workplace, life turned upside down, workplace situations, dream, brother brother relationship, communist, dealing with death, radio dj, urban ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, napoli italy, naples italy
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on Paco Roca's comic of the same title (2008 Spanish National Comic Prize), WRINKLES is a 2D animated feature-length film for an adult audience. Wrinkles portrays the friendship between Emilio and Miguel, two aged gentlemen shut away in a ...
Style:
adult animation, sad, touching, humorous, sentimental ...
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, friendship, retirement home, aging, childhood memory, fighting the system, parents and children, rescue, dementia, senior citizen, old people, slow burn ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Kyoko, who couldn't believe anything in the world and lived a desolate life, meets Katsuya Honda, who has been assigned as an educational trainee. She is at the mercy of Katsuya, who is rude and has a strong habit, and she is gradually ...
Style:
anime, shoujo
Plot:
friendship, high school, dysfunctional family, bullying, school, slice of life, older man younger woman relationship, young love, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, gang, depression ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
After losing her parents, young flower selling Midori is put up by a fairground group. She is abused and forced to slavery, until the arrival of an enigmatic magician of short stature, who gives her hope for a better future.
Style:
anime, disturbing, depressing, adult anime, psychological ...
Plot:
rape, body horror, female nudity, sadism, child abuse, freak, murder, punishment, threesome, pedophile, circus, orphan ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 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, 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:
34%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, History
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Early 20th century, in the Ughetto family's home village, Ughettera, Northern Italy. Life in the region had become very difficult and the Ughettos dreamed of a better life abroad. Legend has it that Luigi Ughetto crossed the Alps and started a ...
Style:
period drama
Plot:
italian immigrant, stop motion, emigration, photograph, death, voice over narration, rape, ruins, migrant, postman, mountain, snow ...
Time:
1900s, 1910s
Place:
france, italy
Similarity:
33%
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