Movies Like Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings
If you liked Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings (2012), a thriller and animation movie directed by Yukihiro Miyamoto, 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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The Wonderland (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and fantasyThe story follows Akane, a girl with no self-confidence. On the day before her birthday, she meets a mysterious alchemist, Hippocrates, and his student, Pipo, who both tell her they're on a mission to save the world…
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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Fast Asleep! The Great Assault on the Dreaming World (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and fantasyOne 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…
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Spirited Away (2001)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and fantasyA young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion- (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and fantasyFollowing Madoka's rewriting of the universe, sacrificing herself and her happy normal days to save all magical girls from the cruel fate that awaited them by wiping witches out of existence, the despair still manifest…
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller and animationAs the young girls have discovered the truth about the cruel fate of a magical girl, one magical girl after another is destroyed. Throughout it all, there is one magical girl who continues to fight alone - Homura…
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The Girl from the Other Side (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and fantasyOnce 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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My Oni Girl (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and fantasyA shy teenage boy's inability to say no is tested when a headstrong girl drags him on a mystical journey amid summer snow to find her missing mom.
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Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice (1994)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and fantasyAs Usagi and her friends enjoy Christmas vacation, an unusual and fierce snowstorm hits town... The evil Snow Queen Kaguya has returned to claim Earth as her own. Crucial to Queen Kaguya's plan is a magical crystal…
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Epic (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and fantasyA teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their…
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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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A Letter to Momo (2012)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasy and animationA shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish…
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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie Part 2 (2023)
★ 8/10Also animation and fantasyOne by one, Sailor Moon’s friends and loved ones are targeted by a formidable new enemy who threatens to destroy everything and rule over the cosmos. After devastating losses, Sailor Moon endures her battle against…
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My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
★ 8.1/10Also fantasy and animationTwo sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs…
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Over the Sky (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and fantasyMio has long hidden her feelings for her childhood friend Arata. After an argument leaves their relationship uncertain, she sets out to reconcile with him but awakens in a mysterious version of Ikebukuro following an…
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Forgotten Island (2026)
★ 8/10Also animation and fantasyWhile celebrating their last night together, high school graduates and best friends Jo and Raissa stumble upon a mysterious portal that transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali. When they discover that the…
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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie Part 2 (2021)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and fantasyWhile under the care of the Outer Sailor Guardians, Hotaru begins to age rapidly. Then, the time comes for all the Sailor Guardians to reunite!
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Suzume (2022)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and fantasySuzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a…
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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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The Boy and the Heron (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and fantasyWhile the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to…
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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie Part 1 (2021)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and fantasyAfter a total solar eclipse, a dark circus troupe appears, Mamoru is stricken with a mysterious malady and bad things start happening across the city. Sequel to the Sailor Moon Crystal TV series.