Movies Like Whoever Steals This Book
If you liked Whoever Steals This Book (2025), a animation and fantasy movie directed by Daiki Fukuoka, 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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Brave Story (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and fantasyJr. High School Student Wataru and his friends like playing in an abandond building and looking for ghosts. However it seems he is not the only one. Another mysterious student Mitsuru shows Wataru that there is a…
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Modest Heroes (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasyTwo tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.
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Mary and The Witch's Flower (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and fantasyMary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.
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Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge (2013)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and fantasyOne day, Kurapika spots a child who looks very similar to his childhood friend, Pyro. However, when he catches up to him, the boy steals Kurapika's eyes with some kind of magical power. Gon, Leorio, and Killua promise…
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To Every You I've Loved Before (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also animationWhile struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she…
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Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and fantasyIt all began quite suddenly. Akihito, who appears human but is actually half yomu with the power to quickly heal himself, sees a freshman girl who appears ready to jump from the school rooftop. The girl, Mirai, who has…
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Whisper of the Heart (1995)
★ 7.9/10Also animationShizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: "Seiji Amasawa."
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Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (1999)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasy and animationSakura Kinomoto, a Card Captor, wins a game of chance and is awarded a trip to Hong Kong, along with her best friend Tomoyo and her rival, Syaoran Li. It turns out that the ancient rival of Clow Reed, the creator of…
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Poupelle of Chimney Town (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and fantasyThe story is about a young boy named Lubicchi and a trashman named Poupelle who meet on a Halloween night in a city that is full of tall chimneys. The chimneys pour out black smoke and the true sky cannot be seen.
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and fantasyNobita and Doraemon use time tree Mochi and catch a big bird, which has been extinct for 500 years ago. To protect the animal, Nobita and Doraemon go to Beremon Island, overseen by a golden beetle named Herakles.
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Momo (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyMomo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time…
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Arrietty (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasy and animation14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human…
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Welcome to Smelliville (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasyThe Oggly family arrive at the municipal rubbish dump of Smelliville and must look for a new home, but they never feel really welcome anywhere. They stink and are for most humans just a tad too oggly. When Firebottom…
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and fantasyAfter a typhoon hits Nobita's town, he and Doraemon discover a wind sprite who, with some help from Doraemon's 22nd-century tech, takes them and their friends to a fantastic world of wind and storm people. But the wind…
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The Imaginary (2023)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and fantasyAmanda and her imaginary friend Rudger go on thrilling make-believe adventures. But when Rudger finds himself alone, he faces a mysterious threat.
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasyDoraemon and Nobita decide to build a perfect toy robot. However, their creation turns out to be a little more uncanny than an object of appreciation and wonder.
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Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and fantasyA group of five Genesect have invaded the big city and pose a threat to the supply of electricity, which attracts the attention of the legendary Pokémon Mewtwo. Satoshi, Pikachu and his friends must come to the rescue…
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Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and fantasyFinally, the day of Mai's high school graduation has arrived. While Sakuta eagerly waits for his girlfriend, an elementary schooler who looks exactly like her appears before him. Suspicious, and for all the wrong…
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Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1991)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and fantasyShizuka ends up in the fantasy world of the 'Arabian Nights' story. However, Doraemon, Nobita, Suneo, and Jyaian must find her from the imaginary Middle East and bring her back to the real life.
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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Dangerous Honeymoon -The Lost Daddy- (2019)
★ 7/10Also animationHiroshi and Misae have never been to a honeymoon trip to a foreign country. One day, Misae discovered an inexpensive and family-friendly holiday package to Australia and the Nohara family decided to make it their first…