Movies Like Dead Leaves
If you liked Dead Leaves (2004), a animation and action movie directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, 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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Alien³ (1992)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and actionAfter escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more…
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Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and actionIn the year 2045, after an economic disaster known as the Synchronized Global Default, rapid developments in AI propelled the world to enter a state of "Sustainable War". However, the public is not aware of the threat…
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Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fictionIn 1998, Beavis and Butt-Head are sentenced to Space Camp by a “creative” judge. Their obsession with a docking simulator (huh huh) leads to a trip on the Space Shuttle, with predictably disastrous results. After going…
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Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fictionOn a future Earth, war between the Kingdom of Honneamise and its rival, The Republic, is inevitable. As evolving technology creates new ways to wage war, a small group seeks to propel mankind into space in their…
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Ghost in the Shell (1995)
★ 7.9/10Also action and animationIn the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The…
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Altered Carbon: Resleeved (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and science fictionOn the planet Latimer, Takeshi Kovacs must protect a tattooist while investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside a no-nonsense CTAC.
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Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)
★ 7.4/10Also action and animationIn the year 2029, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'.
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Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001)
★ 6/10Also action and science fictionA horrific explosion creates a dimensional portal between Tromaville and its dimensional mirror image, Amortville. While the Toxie is trapped in the mirror dimension, Tromaville comes under the control of his evil…
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Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also action and animationIn San Francisco, Jill Valentine is dealing with a zombie outbreak and a new T-Virus, Leon Kennedy is on the trail of a kidnapped DARPA scientist, and Claire Redfield is investigating a monstrous fish that is killing…
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Fortress (1992)
★ 6.1/10Also action and science fictionIn the future, the inmates of a private underground prison are computer-controlled with cameras, dream readers, and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife Karen are locked inside…
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Armitage: Dual Matrix (2002)
★ 6.4/10Also action and animationNaomi Armitage and Ross Sylibus have changed their names and live with their daughter Yoko as a happy and normal family on Mars — until an android riot breaks out at an anti-matter plant on Earth.
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Akira (1988)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and science fictionA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
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Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and science fictionAfter the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant monsters called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji’s objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterious Evangelion…
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The Animatrix (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fictionStraight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of…
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Heavy Metal (1981)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and science fictionThe embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
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Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fictionFourteen years after Third Impact, Shinji Ikari awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn't aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, NERV has been dismantled, and people who he once protected have turned against…
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and science fictionCyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in…
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PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie (2015)
★ 7/10Also animation and science fictionIn a futuristic Japan, the Sibyl System is charged with keeping the peace. When the state of SEAUn brings the Sibyl System in to test its effectiveness, it becomes a haven of peace and safety—for a time. Eventually…
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Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons - The Movie (2020)
★ 7/10Also animation and actionThe assassin Deathstroke tries to save his family from the wrath of H.I.V.E. and the murderous Jackal.
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Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and science fictionIn the year Universal Century 0079, humans have colonized the area of space lying in between the Earth and the moon. However, the ambitious Zabi family, rulers of the Duchy of Zeon, the grouping of colonies furthest…