Movies Like Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth

If you liked Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997), a animation and drama movie directed by Hideaki Anno and Masayuki, 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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EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)² (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and science fiction
A highly experimental film presenting a story out of chronological order taking place 15 years after a near-apocalyptic catastrophe, about four traumatized 14 year olds who are tasked with piloting massive humanoid…
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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation (2017)
★ 7.1/10Also science fiction and animation
The world is at war. Lelouch Lamperouge, an exiled prince, encounters a strange girl known as C.C., who gifts him with a great power. With this ability, Lelouch can get anyone to do as he wills. But the power of Geass…
3
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and science fiction
SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide…
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Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and science fiction
In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity that still exist on the ruined planet Earth. There, each lives a life…
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Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and science fiction
In 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…
6
Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK (2024)
★ 8.7/10Also animation and drama
A colossal-sized omnibus film bringing together the last two episodes of Attack on Titan in the franchise's first-ever theatrical experience. After venturing beyond the walls and separated from his comrades, Eren finds…
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Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and science fiction
After 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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Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and science fiction
Amuro Ray and the rest of the White Base crew, now denominated the 13th Autonomous Corps, return to outer space to support the rest of the Earth Federation forces for the decisive battle against the Principality of…
9
Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon (2025)
★ 8/10Also animation and science fiction
In a Kaiju-filled Japan, Kafka Hibino works in monster disposal. After reuniting with his childhood friend Mina Ashiro, a rising star in the anti-Kaiju Defense Force, he decides to pursue his abandoned dream of joining…
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Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and science fiction
In 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…
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Ghost in the Shell (1995)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and science fiction
In 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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Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fiction
Fourteen 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: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (2006)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and science fiction
The year is 2030, and an influx of refuges have effortlessly transformed themselves into a terrorist organization known as the "Individual Eleven." With a sadistic intent of mass destruction, will they triumph in…
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Battle Angel (1993)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and science fiction
In his travels as a bounty hunter, Hunter–Warrior and cyborg healer Ido one day discovers and repairs the remnants of a cyborg whom he names Gally. Though possessing the body of a young woman, Gally now embodies Ido's…
15
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fiction
The story takes place several years after Lelouch's "Zero Requiem" plan. He gave up his life to save the world and protect the ones he loved. The day Lelouch vi Brittannia fell was the day this war-torn world found…
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and drama
Cyborg 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…
17
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and science fiction
In 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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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (2005)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and animation
The year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as "The Laughing Man" swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, and espionage leaving no known…
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Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and drama
Twelve years after Char's rebellion, Hathaway Noa leads an insurgency against Earth Federation, but meeting an enemy officer and a mysterious woman alters his fate.
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Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fiction
After surviving attacks by Zeon's Char Aznable and Garma Zabi, the crew of Federation warship White Base and its mobile suits must battle Zeon forces through Asia, Europe, and the Atlantic Ocean if they are to reach…