Movies Like Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling

If you liked Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (1991), a animation and action movie directed by Katsuhisa Yamada, 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
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedy
As the perpetually lecherous Ataru and his friends prepare for a carnival at Tomobiki High School, they gradually realize the days are literally repeating themselves. Any effort to break the pattern dumps them back…
2
Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix (1994)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedy
Kuno purchases a strange egg, believing that the mysterious powers of the legendary Phoenix will help him defeat Ranma. But when the egg hatches on his head, the bird goes out of control and wreaks havoc all over…
3
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021 (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and adventure
During summer vacation Nobita picks up a small rocket containing Papi, a palm-sized alien president escaping rebels on his home planet Pirika.
4
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and adventure
Doraemon, Nobita and his friends go to find Utopia, a perfect land in the sky where everyone lives with happiness, using an airship having a time warp function.
5
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002)
★ 7.7/10Also action and animation
With their most formidable foe vanquished, Inuyasha and his comrades begin returning to their everyday lives. But their peace is fleeting as another adversary emerges: Kaguya, the self-proclaimed princess from the Moon…
6
Ranma 1/2 the Movie 2: Nihao My Concubine (1992)
★ 7.9/10Also action and comedy
With the Tendos, the Saotomes, Ryoga, Shampoo and Ukyo misinterpreting Tatewake Kuno's invitation to his two loves, Akane and 'The Pig Tailed Girl', to try his new yacht, a whole new episode of chaos begins in the…
7
Urusei Yatsura: Only You (1983)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and romance
Six-year-old Ataru steps on Elle's shadow during an impromptu game of shadow-tag; in Elle's culture, this is viewed as a marriage proposal. Eleven years later, Elle returns to Earth in order to marry Ataru — by which…
8
One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also action and animation
The Straw Hats visit a recreational island, run by Baron Omatsuri, who asks them to complete a series of ordeals if they wish to stay on the island. Luffy accepts and the Straw Hats work together to complete them, but…
9
Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and adventure
A brave young animal explorer teams up with two trusty friends to find a powerful artifact before his greedy uncle can get his paws on it.
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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Fast Asleep! The Great Assault on the Dreaming World (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and animation
One night, the Nohara family were enjoying a pleasant dream, when suddenly a big fish appeared in their dreams and ate them. The next morning, Hiroshi read in the newspaper that everybody in another town had the same…
11
Trinity Seven: Eternity Library & Alchemic Girl (2017)
★ 7/10Also animation and action
Arata inadvertently touches "Hermes Apocrypha," Lilith's Grimoire. Suddenly, he is enveloped by a bright white light, and a girl appears before him. She calls herself Lilim, and treats both Arata and Lilith as her…
12
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and animation
When his best friend Gary is suddenly snatched away, SpongeBob takes Patrick on a madcap mission far beyond Bikini Bottom to save their pink-shelled pal.
13
Batman Ninja (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and action
Batman, along with many of his allies and adversaries, finds himself transported to feudal Japan by Gorilla Grodd's time displacement machine.
14
The Case of Hana & Alice (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and comedy
After transferring to Ishinomori Middle School, Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa overhears her classmates discussing a strange rumor. The previous occupant of her seat, a nondescript "Judas," is missing and presumed murdered…
15
Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express (1996)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action
Doraemon went missing for 3 days. But it turns out later that he went to the 22nd century to buy a mystery galactic express train ticket whose destination is a secret until the passengers arrive there and see for…
16
Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1991)
★ 7/10Also animation and adventure
Shizuka 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.
17
Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and adventure
Doraemon 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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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea (2026)
★ 8/10Also animation and adventure
After concluding the opening ceremony of the Demon Kingdom Federation Tempest, Rimuru and his companions are invited by the Celestial Emperor Hermesia of the great elven nation – the Magi Dynasty Salion – to visit her…
19
Stitch! The Movie (2003)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedy
The continuing adventures of Lilo, a little Hawaiian girl, and Stitch, the galaxy's most-wanted extraterrestrial. Stitch, Pleakley, and Dr. Jumba are all part of the household now, but what Lilo and Stitch don't know…
20
Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and adventure
Doraemon and Nobita discover a mysterious golden ring far beneath the ice in Antarctica, leading them to uncover an ancient, ruined city.