Movies Like The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
If you liked The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006), a fantasy and animation movie directed by Mamoru Hosoda, 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.
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Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and fantasyIroha's life gets knocked off its orbit when Kaguya, a carefree runaway from the Moon, moves in and convinces her to perform in a virtual world together.
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Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu (2013)
★ 7.6/10Also science fiction and animationOne 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…
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Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and dramaAkari Yoshiyama is graduating high school soon and is expected to lead new life after she passes the university entrance exam, while her mother is working as a pharmacologist. However, her mother has a car accident and…
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Summer Ghost (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and dramaAn urban legend says that lighting fireworks at an abandoned airfield will beckon the "summer ghost," a spirit that can answer any question. Three teenagers, Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryo, each have their own reason to show up…
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Scarlet (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and dramaAfter failing to avenge her father's murder, Princess Scarlet, wakes up in the "Land of the Dead." In this world filled with madness, if she does not achieve her revenge against her nemesis and reach the "No End…
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The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and science fictionA week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.
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Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and fantasyYuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed…
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Persona3 THE MOVIE #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and fantasyAfter realizing the value of life and the importance of his own allies, Makoto finally got his smile back. He finds himself learning more about those comrades and getting closer to them. Makoto wishes that everything…
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Child of Kamiari Month (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and dramaA 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.
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Persona3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and fantasyIn the spring, male student Makoto Yuki transfers to Gekkoukan High School. However, as he heads to his new dormitory, listening to the music on his headphones, he is stopped. More precisely, time has stopped, and the…
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Sing a Bit of Harmony (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and dramaSatomi is fine being alone until an AI named Shion joins her class with a song and a promise to make her happy. While Shion’s musical numbers and princess gowns don’t quite pass as human, her antics bring Satomi closer…
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Napping Princess (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and animationJapan, 2020, a few days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. Although she should be studying for her final exams, Kokone, a schoolgirl who lives in a small town with her widowed father, a mysterious and talented…
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Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and dramaAfter a draining December, Sakuta is quickly nearing the end of his second year of high school. Since Mai is a third-year student, they don't have much time left together before graduation rolls around. Meanwhile, his…
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The Girl from the Other Side (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and dramaOnce upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands. The world was divided into an inner land and an outer land. People feared the outer land, inhabited by eerie beings, the carriers of curse. One day, on…
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Mai Mai Miracle (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and dramaInspired by her grandfather's stories, young Shinko embarks on wild flights of fancy about the history of the little town she lives in. But dreams can't fend off the realities of growing up.
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings (2012)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and fantasyMadoka Kaname, an ordinary middle-schooler, along with her best friend Sayaka Miki, are offered the chance to have any wish they want granted by the mysterious Kyubey, and become magical girls and fight witches…
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Only Yesterday (1991)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and dramaIn lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
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Angel's Egg (1985)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and fantasyIn the ruins of a strange city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms. She bonds with a boy who is searching for a bird he saw in a dream.
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Mirai (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and fantasyFour-year-old Kun struggles with jealousy after his newborn sister, Mirai, begins receiving most of his family’s attention. Retreating to the garden, he encounters Mirai as a teenager from the future and embarks on…
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Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (1993)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and science fictionIt has been thirteen years since the Androids began their killing rampage and Son Gohan is the only person fighting back. He takes Bulma's son Trunks as a student and even gives his own life to save Trunks's. Now…