Movies Like Gdleen

If you liked Gdleen (1990), a animation and science fiction movie directed by Takao Kato and Toyoo Ashida, 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
Space Adventure Cobra (1982)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and science fiction
Cobra, a notorious space pirate, is enlisted by bounty hunter Jane to rescue her sister from the strange being known as Crystal Bowie, but then finds himself drawn into a complex struggle over the fate of a mysterious…
2
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fiction
On 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…
3
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…
4
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…
5
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons - The Movie (2020)
★ 7/10Also animation and science fiction
The assassin Deathstroke tries to save his family from the wrath of H.I.V.E. and the murderous Jackal.
6
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also science fiction and animation
Amanda Waller's top-secret "Task Force X" — consisting of Deadshot, Bronze Tiger, Killer Frost, Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn, and Copperhead — is on a mission to retrieve a mystical object so powerful that they're…
7
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…
8
Babylon 5: The Road Home (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and science fiction
Travel across the galaxy with John Sheridan as he unexpectedly finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest to find his way back home. Along the way he reunites with some…
9
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and science fiction
Federation trooper Johnny Rico is ordered to work with a group of new recruits on a satellite station on Mars, where giant bugs have decided to target their next attack.
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Injustice (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and science fiction
When Lois Lane is killed, an unhinged Superman decides to take control of the Earth. Determined to stop him, Batman creates a team of freedom-fighting heroes. But when superheroes go to war, can the world survive?
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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…
12
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fiction
In UC 0093, the Federation has recovered from its defeat and has created a new anti-colonial special forces unit to deal with rebel forces: Londo Bell. Elsewhere in space, Char Aznable reappears out of self-imposed…
13
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and science fiction
A nationwide manhunt for Hank Venture leads to untold dangers and unexpected revelations, while The Monarch is literally out for Dr Venture's blood. An imposing evil from the past reemerges to wreak havoc on the…
14
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and science fiction
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing fifty-five-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl, but does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
15
America: The Motion Picture (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also animation and comedy
A chainsaw-wielding George Washington teams with beer-loving bro Sam Adams to take down the Brits in a tongue-in-cheek riff on the American Revolution.
16
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and science fiction
The Batman family has returned to the present to discover that Japan has disappeared, and a giant island - Hinomoto - is now in the sky over Gotham City. At the top sit the Yakuza, a group of superpowered individuals…
17
PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie (2015)
★ 7/10Also animation and science fiction
In 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…
18
Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and science fiction
The troopers of two starships have joined forces to terminate a massive bug attack at a Federation outpost. Before the mission can be completed and the survivors evacuated, one ship abruptly departs and goes…
19
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…
20
Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and comedy
Dragon Cry is a magical artifact of deadly power, formed into a staff by the fury and despair of dragons long gone. Now, this power has been stolen from the hands of the Fiore kingdom by the nefarious traitor Zash…