Movies Like Doraemon Birthday Special: "The Giant Midnight Dora-Tanuki"

If you liked Doraemon Birthday Special: "The Giant Midnight Dora-Tanuki" (2013), a animation and fantasy movie directed by Sôichirô Zen, 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
Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and family
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.
2
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021 (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and science fiction
During summer vacation Nobita picks up a small rocket containing Papi, a palm-sized alien president escaping rebels on his home planet Pirika.
3
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Invasion!! Alien Shiriri (2017)
★ 7/10Also family and animation
When the mysterious Shiriri turns his parents into children, Shin-chan must trek across Japan to help return them to adult form.
4
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and fantasy
After 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…
5
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and science fiction
It is a dark time. The Jedi are no more, and the Empire rules the galaxy with an iron fist -- bringing tyranny to the Outer Rim world of Lothal. Their ominous presence is a cloud over the planet, squashing any hope of…
6
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and family
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.
7
Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1991)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and fantasy
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.
8
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie (2018)
★ 7.6/10Also family and animation
When their trip to San Lorenzo takes a turn for the worst, Arnold and his classmate’s only hope of getting home is retracing the dangerous path that led to Arnold's parents' disappearance.
9
Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also family and animation
Nobita 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.
10
Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet (1990)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and animation
Nobita and his friends get transported to an animal planet after a mysterious pink fog appears inside his house. They work together with the natives to find the origin of the fog.
11
Craig Before the Creek (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and family
Before he was Craig of the Creek, he was just Craig — a new kid in a new town. All Craig wants is to go back to his old friends at his old home. But when he learns that the nearby creek is hiding a lost treasure that…
12
Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party of Five (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also family and animation
Nobita is followed by a stray dog on his way home and decides to help it find its original owner with the help of Doraemon. They find out that the dog is actually a prince in its homeland in Africa.
13
SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway Kamp (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also tv movie and family
While at Kamp Koral for a reunion, SpongeBob and the gang are stalked by a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows as campers start disappearing one by one!
14
Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation (2024)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and family
When thrill-seeker Cricket tricks his family into taking a "road trip" in space, chaos in the cosmos quickly ensues. Despite growing frustrations between Cricket and his dad, Bill, the two must learn to appreciate each…
15
Plankton: The Movie (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also family and animation
Plankton's tangled love story with his sentient computer wife goes sideways when she takes a stand — and decides to destroy the world without him.
16
Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix (2007)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and science fiction
After a battle with Dr. Animo in a power plant, Ben notices something strange is happening with the Omnitrix but doesn't tell anyone. Tetrax arrives and tells them the Omnitrix is broadcasting a self-destruct signal…
17
LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and family
Poe Dameron and BB-8 must face the greedy crime boss Graballa the Hutt, who has purchased Darth Vader’s castle and is renovating it into the galaxy’s first all-inclusive Sith-inspired luxury hotel.
18
Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and family
Nobita finds a passage to a spaceship in another dimension. With their new friends, he and Doraemon fight the cruel leader of an exploited planet.
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001)
★ 7.1/10Also family and animation
Doraemon and his friends have to rescue the people of Birdopia from the wrongdoing of vengeful former bird troopers before they unleash a wicked ancient dragon.
20
Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs (1987)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and family
Nobita tries to prove to Doraemon and his friends that dinosaurs are still alive, and, after finding an underground cave, discovers a hollow earth civilization of knights and saurian steeds that Suneo must be rescued…