Movies Like They Were Eleven

If you liked They Were Eleven (1986), a animation and romance movie directed by Tsuneo Tominaga and Satoshi Dezaki, 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
Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and thriller
As members of ESWAT, the elite forces serving Olympus, Deunan and Briaereos are deployed anywhere trouble strikes. Olympus finds itself under a stealth attack - cyborg terrorism, deadly nanotech zealots, and rioting…
2
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1979)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fiction
In the future, one can achieve immortality by obtaining a mechanized body. Orphaned, young Tetsuro hitches a ride on the space train Galaxy Express 999 in the hope of obtaining a cyborg body to avenge his mother's…
3
Titan A.E. (2000)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and science fiction
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
4
Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020)
★ 7/10Also animation and science fiction
It’s the dawn of a new age of heroes, and Metropolis has just met its first. But as Daily Planet intern Clark Kent – working alongside reporter Lois Lane – secretly wields his alien powers of flight, super-strength and…
5
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and science fiction
Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid…
6
Legion of Super-Heroes (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and science fiction
Kara, devastated by the loss of Krypton, struggles to adjust to her new life on Earth. Her cousin, Superman, mentors her and suggests she leave their space-time to attend the Legion Academy in the 31st century, where…
7
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and science fiction
Space Pirate Captain Harlock and his fearless crew face off against the space invaders who seek to conquer the planet Earth.
8
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and science fiction
Cooler has resurrected himself as a robot and is enslaving the people of New Namek. Goku and the gang must help.
9
Memories (1995)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and science fiction
Three back-to-back anime films by three different directors make up this sci-fi trilogy three years in the making.
10
Impostor (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and thriller
A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.
11
009 Re:Cyborg (2012)
★ 7/10Also animation and science fiction
009 Re:Cyborg follows a group of nine cyborgs, each of them created by a shadowy organization for use as weapons against humanity. The group turns on their creators to protect the population instead, using the powers…
12
Treasure Planet (2002)
★ 7.6/10Also science fiction and animation
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find…
13
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2007)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and thriller
The story takes place in the year 2034, two years after the events in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi has left Public Security Section 9, an elite counter-terrorist and…
14
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and animation
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-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
My Hero Academia: You're Next (2024)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and science fiction
In a society devastated by the effects of an all-out war between heroes and villains, a mysterious giant fortress suddenly appears, engulfing towns and people one after another. Then, a man reminiscent of All Might…
16
VIRGIN PUNK Clockwork Girl (2025)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and science fiction
In an unforgiving world, Ubu Kamigori hunts criminals as a bounty hunter. But one day, waiting in her home is the man she shares a sordid history with—Mr. Elegance. And so, her destiny begins to unravel.
17
Bubble (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and science fiction
In an abandoned Tokyo overrun by bubbles and gravitational abnormalities, one gifted young man has a fateful meeting with a mysterious girl.
18
Appleseed (2004)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and science fiction
In a utopian society created at the end of World War III, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of…
19
Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (1993)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and science fiction
It has been thirteen years since the Androids began their killing rampage and Son Gohan is the only person fighting back. He takes Bulma's son Trunks as a student and even gives his own life to save Trunks's. Now…
20
Vexille (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and science fiction
2067: Isolation: Japan seals herself off from the eyes of the world in the face of unilateral international policy setting strict limits on the use of robotic technology. The island nation exists only behind a veil of…