Movies Like The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War
If you liked The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War (2015), a action and science fiction movie directed by Mamoru Oshii, 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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Patlabor: The Movie (1989)
★ 6.9/10Also action and science fictionA mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.
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Patlabor WXIII the Movie (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also action and science fictionSet in the year 2000, when the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate. What they discover leads to a series of government cover-ups…
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Mazinger Z: Infinity (2017)
★ 7/10Also action and science fictionWhen the evil Dr. Hell attacks the Earth, the mighty giant mecha Mazinger Z is formed to stop him.
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A-X-L (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and actionThe life of a teenage boy is forever altered by a chance encounter with cutting edge military technology.
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Batman (1943)
★ 6.2/10Also actionJapanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and…
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RoboCop (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also action and science fictionIn RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in…
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Space/Time (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and actionAfter a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or annihilate it entirely.
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Futureworld (1976)
★ 5.9/10Also action and science fictionTwo years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, reporters Chuck…
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Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and actionAs humanity picks up the pieces after the battle of Chicago, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history…while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With…
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Inuyashiki (2018)
★ 7.7/10Also action and science fictionA middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers.
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The Creator (2023)
★ 7/10Also science fiction and actionAmid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive…
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Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002)
★ 7.5/10Also action and science fictionJSDF pilot Akane has a fateful encounter when a new Godzilla emerges in Tateyama. As a countermeasure, a cyborg named Kiryu is constructed from the remains of the original. The machine is discovered to harbor the…
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Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
★ 6.2/10Also action and science fictionInventor Goro Ibuki creates a humanoid robot named Jet Jaguar. It is soon seized by an undersea race of people called the Seatopians. Using Jet Jaguar as a guide, the Seatopians send Megalon as vengeance for the…
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Men in Black 3 (2012)
★ 6.6/10Also action and science fictionAgents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the…
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King Kong Escapes (1967)
★ 6.1/10Also action and science fictionAn adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine…
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Surrogates (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and actionSet in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
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The Black Hole (1979)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and actionThe explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship…
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Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also action and science fictionSummoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows tired of fighting and refuses to continue.
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Logan's Run (1976)
★ 6.6/10Also action and science fictionIn the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th…
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Iron Man 3 (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also action and science fictionWhen Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.