Movies Like Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
If you liked Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021), a animation and action movie directed by Katsuichi Nakayama and Kazuya Tsurumaki, 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: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fictionFourteen 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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Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and science fictionAfter 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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Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and science fictionSEELE 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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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and dramaOriginally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production…
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Ghost in the Shell (1995)
★ 7.9/10Also action and animationIn 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: DEATH (TRUE)² (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and science fictionA 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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Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)
★ 7.4/10Also action and animationIn 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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Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fictionOn 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…
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Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK (2024)
★ 8.8/10Also animation and actionA 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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Altered Carbon: Resleeved (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and science fictionOn the planet Latimer, Takeshi Kovacs must protect a tattooist while investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside a no-nonsense CTAC.
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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fictionThe 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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GANTZ:O (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and science fictionAfter being brutally murdered in a subway station, a teen boy awakens to find himself resurrected by a strange computer named Gantz, and forced to fight a large force of invading aliens in Osaka.
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Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and science fictionA member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbeknownst to him, he becomes a key…
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Armitage: Dual Matrix (2002)
★ 6.4/10Also action and animationNaomi Armitage and Ross Sylibus have changed their names and live with their daughter Yoko as a happy and normal family on Mars — until an android riot breaks out at an anti-matter plant on Earth.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)
★ 7.9/10Also science fiction and actionBatman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.
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Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and actionIn 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former…
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and dramaCyborg 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…
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Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also action and animationPosing as lovers on vacation, Motoko and Batou work to try to stop a terrorist organization whose symbol is the Scrasath. Meanwhile, Togusa investigates a murder of a man who possessed a prosthetic leg manufactured by…
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PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie (2015)
★ 7/10Also animation and science fictionIn 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…
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Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fictionAfter 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…