Movies Like Cat Soup

If you liked Cat Soup (2001), a fantasy and animation movie directed by Tatsuo Sato, 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's Dorabian Nights (1991)
★ 7/10Also 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.
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
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and science fiction
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.
4
Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and fantasy
Iroha's life gets knocked off its orbit when Kaguya, a carefree runaway from the Moon, moves in and convinces her to perform in a virtual world together.
5
Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasy
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.
6
Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasy and animation
In Karakura Town, unidentifiable spirits begin appearing en mases. While attempting to deal with these strange souls, Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki meet Senna, a mysterious shinigami who wipes out most of them…
7
X (1996)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and fantasy
It's the year of destiny, and 15 year old Kamui Shiro, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence, having left when he was very young. He wants to be with his childhood friends, Fuma (his best…
8
Devilman - Volume 3: Devilman Apocalypse (2000)
★ 7/10Also animation and fantasy
Fear runs rampant throughout Tokyo with the revelation that demons in fact exist amongst us. Paranoia and the darker side of humanity boils onto the streets as people turn on one another, suspecting that anyone could…
9
Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and science fiction
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.
10
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…
11
xxxHOLiC The Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and fantasy
Invited to a wealthy client's mansion, time-traveling witch Yuko and her companions arrive to find a group of collectors assembled to participate in a mysterious auction. And the mystery only deepens when the…
12
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Invasion!! Alien Shiriri (2017)
★ 7/10Also animation and science fiction
When the mysterious Shiriri turns his parents into children, Shin-chan must trek across Japan to help return them to adult form.
13
Angel's Egg (1985)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and fantasy
In the ruins of a strange city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms. She bonds with a boy who is searching for a bird he saw in a dream.
14
Gintama: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and science fiction
What would have happened if the Shiroyasha never existed? Edo is thrown to chaos by a mysterious cause. Sakata Gintoki, now lives in a world where the future has changed, without him. What has happened to the Yorozuya?…
15
Scarlet (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fiction
After failing to avenge her father's murder, Princess Scarlet, wakes up in the "Land of the Dead." In this world filled with madness, if she does not achieve her revenge against her nemesis and reach the "No End…
16
Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fiction
It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a…
17
Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 (1987)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and animation
Ace female test pilot Kusomoto Elle humiliates macho tank driver Lt. Kilgore in the first demonstration of the advanced personal battle tank, the MADOX. Kilgore vows revenge, and gets his chance when the army rather…
18
Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and fantasy
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.
19
Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and fantasy
A strange disturbance in the World of the Living sends Ichigo and Kon to the Soul Society, where the Seireitei has been devastated by an explosion of reishi and Rukia is missing. Stranger still, none of the Soul…
20
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and fantasy
With their most formidable foe vanquished, Inuyasha and his comrades begin returning to their everyday lives. But their peace is fleeting as another adversary emerges: Kaguya, the self-proclaimed princess from the Moon…