Movies like Mirai
Mirai (2018) is a animation movie directed by Mamoru Hosoda. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
★ 8.5 · 6,879 votes · Animation, Drama, War
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 surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
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2. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
★ 8.1 · 9,163 votes · Fantasy, Animation, Family
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 seeks help from the spirits to find her.
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3. Princess Mononoke (1997)
★ 8.3 · 9,374 votes · Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, 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 destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
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4. Akira (1988)
★ 7.9 · 5,067 votes · Animation, Sci-Fi, Action
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
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5. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
★ 8.4 · 4,730 votes · Animation, Drama, Romance
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 do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?
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6. Your Name. (2016)
★ 8.5 · 13,097 votes · Animation, Romance, Drama
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 adjust their lives around each other.
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7. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
★ 7.9 · 4,099 votes · Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
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8. The Wind Rises (2013)
★ 7.8 · 3,514 votes · Animation, Drama, History
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
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9. Perfect Blue (1998)
★ 8.3 · 3,396 votes · Animation, Thriller
Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
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10. The Little Prince (2015)
★ 7.6 · 3,053 votes · Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met.
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11. Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu (2013)
★ 7.6 · 415 votes · Sci-Fi, Animation, Drama
One year after the events of the anime, Rintarou begins to feel the repercussions of extensive time travel, and eventually completely fades from reality. Kurisu, being the only companion to remember him, now must find a way to bring him back.
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12. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
★ 6.8 · 2,580 votes · Animation, Adventure, Family
When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.
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13. Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
★ 7.6 · 3,955 votes · Animation, Adventure, Family
Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.
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14. Peter Pan (1953)
★ 7.2 · 5,863 votes · Animation, Family, Adventure
Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Neverland, the kids must face Captain Hook and foil his attempts to get rid of Peter for good.
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15. Pokémon 3: The Movie (2000)
★ 6.6 · 714 votes · Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
When the sadness of her father's disappearance gets to Molly Hale, she unknowingly uses the Unown to create her own dream world along with Entei, who she believes to be her father. When Entei kidnaps Ash's mother, Ash — alongside Misty and Brock — invade the mansion looking for his mom and trying to stop the mysteries of Molly's Dream World and Entei!
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16. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- (2024)
★ 6.5 · 497 votes · Action, Animation, Fantasy
Tanjiro undergoes rigorous training with the Stone Hashira, Himejima, in his quest to become a Hashira. Meanwhile, Muzan continues to search for Nezuko and Ubuyashiki. A recap of Kimetsu no Yaiba episodes 55–56, with new footage and special end credits.
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17. Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (2001)
★ 6.8 · 444 votes · Animation, Family, Action
The Team Rocket leader, Giovanni, has found Mewtwo in a remote area of the Johto region. As Giovanni tries to re-capture Mewtwo, Ash and his friends are kidnapped by Domino, a new Team Rocket member, while trying to rescue Pikachu from Jessie and James. The Clone Pokemon are also captured and are then used as bait for Mewtwo. The situation then becomes a battle between the wills of Mewtwo and Giovanni; and Mewtwo also tries to discover if it and the clones have a purpose in life, even though they are products of science.
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18. Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (2009)
★ 7.1 · 326 votes · Family, Animation, Adventure
When the creator of the world, Arceus, comes to pass judgement on humanity for the theft of the legendary Jewel of Life, Ash and his friends are sent back in time to possibly reverse the events that led to Arceus' vendetta.
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19. Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)
★ 7.2 · 819 votes · Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
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 and saved by a mysterious boy named Shun. However, Shun disappears and Asuna embarks on a journey of adventure to the land of Agartha with her teacher Mr. Morisaki to meet a Shun again. Through her journey she comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss.
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