Movies Like Dark Brown Eyes / Viva! Festa! in Hakata

If you liked Dark Brown Eyes / Viva! Festa! in Hakata (2019), a movie directed by Satoru Nakamura, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Shin Ultraman (2022)
★ 7.5/10
The Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly appearing across the country. Soon, the squad unexpectedly meets a giant silver humanoid who starts appearing every time a…
2
Leroy & Stitch (2006)
★ 6.5/10
Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley have finally caught all of Jumba's genetic experiments and found the one true place where each of them belongs. Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley are offered positions in the Galactic…
3
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997)
★ 7.4/10
Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production…
4
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)
★ 7.6/10
After the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant monsters called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji’s objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterious Evangelion…
5
Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon (2025)
★ 8/10
In a Kaiju-filled Japan, Kafka Hibino works in monster disposal. After reuniting with his childhood friend Mina Ashiro, a rising star in the anti-Kaiju Defense Force, he decides to pursue his abandoned dream of joining…
6
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL (2026)
★ 6.8/10
When a massive alien flower known as "Darol" unexpectedly erupts in a deadly event, unleashing monstrous creatures that decimate the population of Japan, Rita is caught in the destruction—and killed. But then she wakes…
7
Metropolis (2001)
★ 7.2/10
In the midst of societal conflict in the futuristic city of Metropolis, Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban set out to uncover the mystery behind the first human-like robot, Tima.
8
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
★ 7.8/10
Under constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to help defend the city of Tokyo-3: the mysterious Makinami Mari…
9
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
★ 7.5/10
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
10
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)
★ 8.2/10
In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity that still exist on the ruined planet Earth. There, each lives a life…
11
One Piece Heroines (2026)
★ 7/10
After failing to stop the thieves due to ill-fitting shoes, Nami storms into the shop where she bought them for a refund. However, the head designer offers to make her a new pair from scratch on one condition: she must…
12
Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse (2022)
★ 5.9/10
With the help of an ancient Kryptonian power, Lex Luthor unites the world’s Super-Villains to capture all of Earth's Super Heroes, until…only the DC Super Hero Girls are left to stop the Legion of Doom. Our heroes must…
13
Armitage III: Poly Matrix (1996)
★ 6.5/10
Ross Sylibus is assigned to a police unit on a Martian colony, to find that women are being murdered by a psychotic named D'anclaude. He is assigned a very unorthodox partner named Naomi Armitage, who seems to have…
14
Akira (1988)
★ 7.9/10
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.
15
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
★ 7.3/10
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul…
16
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
★ 6.2/10
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
17
Armitage: Dual Matrix (2002)
★ 6.4/10
Naomi Armitage and Ross Sylibus have changed their names and live with their daughter Yoko as a happy and normal family on Mars — until an android riot breaks out at an anti-matter plant on Earth.
18
Power Rangers (2017)
★ 6.2/10
Five ordinary teens must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes…
19
Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (2006)
★ 6.9/10
When a nuclear missile was fired at Washington in 1945, Captain America managed to detonate it in the upper atmosphere. But then he fell miles into the icy depths of the North Atlantic, where he remained lost for over…
20
Over the Moon (2020)
★ 7.2/10
Fueled by memories of her mother, resourceful Fei Fei builds a rocket to the moon on a mission to prove the existence of a legendary moon goddess.