Movies Like Patlabor: The Movie

If you liked Patlabor: The Movie (1989), a action and animation movie directed by Mamoru Oshii, 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
Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and mystery
Conan tries to track down Kaito Kid, who supposedly steals a replica of one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings during an auction.
2
Mazinger Z: Infinity (2017)
★ 7/10Also action and science fiction
When the evil Dr. Hell attacks the Earth, the mighty giant mecha Mazinger Z is formed to stop him.
3
Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and mystery
On a dark night, the Japanese police is raided by a spy. Different countries' intelligence agencies - such as England's MI6, Germany's BDN, and America's CIA - as well as the FBI's secret files are going to be taken…
4
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and science fiction
U.C. 0123. After a generation of peace, the Earth Federation has begun to build new space colonies to house humanity's growing population. But a new force, the aristocratic Crossbone Vanguard, plans to seize the…
5
Appleseed (2004)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and action
In a utopian society created at the end of World War III, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of…
6
Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and mystery
A terrorist group invades a laboratory containing a deadly bacteria and destroys the lab with an explosion. They later announce via the internet they have gained possession of the bacteria and declare themselves to be…
7
Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and action
Shibuya, Tokyo, is bustling with the Halloween season. A wedding is being held at Shibuya Hikarie, where Detective Miwako Sato of the Metropolitan Police Department is dressed in a wedding dress. While Conan and the…
8
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target (1998)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and mystery
Ran’s secret past revealed! Ten years ago, something happened between her mom and dad. Now, plagued by nightmares, Ran is starting to remember… Meanwhile, a murderous card dealer breaks out of jail to seek revenge. His…
9
Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1997)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and mystery
Once brilliant teenage detective Shinichi Kudo was given a poison that reverted him to a 4-year-old. He's adopted the pseudonym Conan Edogawa so no one (save for an eccentric inventor) will know. Now he's got to solve…
10
Appleseed (1988)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and science fiction
In the futuristic city of Olympus, built on the ashes of the third world war, a police officer and her cyborg partner fight terrorism.
11
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and action
While visiting Hachijo-jima, Conan sneaks aboard a security boat heading to the Pacific Buoy, an off-shore facility constructed near the coasts built to connect surveillance cameras used by police forces around the…
12
Lupin III: The First (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and mystery
The iconic "gentleman thief" Lupin III returns in an action-packed, continent-spanning adventure, as Lupin III and his colourful underworld companions race to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Bresson Diary, before…
13
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (1999)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and mystery
Kaitou Kid dares to challenge the police once more, setting his sights on the Russian Imperial Easter Egg. With the date, time, and place, the Osaka police force scrambles to stop him. But this time, Kid may have…
14
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and action
At the opening ceremony of the WSG (World Sports Games) Tokyo Games, a sports festival held once every four years, it is announced that the world's first vacuum superconducting maglev with a maximum speed of 1,000…
15
Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (2004)
★ 7/10Also animation and mystery
Once again, Kaitou Kid crosses swords with Conan Edogawa in this annual installment of the Detective Conan movie franchise. After receiving a letter from the thief, famous actress Juri Maki seeks the help of private…
16
Gintama: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also action and animation
What would have happened if the Shiroyasha never existed? Edo is thrown to chaos by a mysterious cause. Sakata Gintoki, now lives in a world where the future has changed, without him. What has happened to the Yorozuya?…
17
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and science fiction
When the Punisher takes out a black-market weapons dealer, he stumbles upon a far-reaching terrorist plot devised by a group known as Leviathan.
18
Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and mystery
Mouri Kogoro is called to a special case in the ancient capital of Kyoto. There, Conan meets Heiji and they team up once again to solve the case, recover the stolen Healing Buddha statue, and even discover the identity…
19
Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and action
As members of ESWAT, the elite forces serving Olympus, Deunan and Briaereos are deployed anywhere trouble strikes. Olympus finds itself under a stealth attack - cyborg terrorism, deadly nanotech zealots, and rioting…
20
Appleseed Alpha (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and science fiction
The Third World War (2099–2126) devastated part of the Earth. Former nations are reforming while new powers emerge, and groups of humans struggle to survive in ruined cities. The story follows Deunan Knute and her…