Movies Like Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone

If you liked Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989), a animation and action movie directed by Daisuke Nishio, 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
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and fantasy
Sixteen years ago, a mysterious masked ninja unleashes a powerful creature known as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox on the Hidden Leaf Village Konoha, killing many people. In response, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and…
2
Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and action
The Z Warriors discover an unopenable music box and are told to open it with the Dragon Balls. The contents turn out to be a warrior named Tapion who had sealed himself inside along with a monster called Hildegarn…
3
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and action
Not paying attention to his job, a young demon allows the evil cleansing machine to overflow and explode, turning the young demon into the infamous monster Janemba. Goku and Vegeta make solo attempts to defeat the…
4
Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans (1993)
★ 6.5/10Also action and animation
Dr. Raichi is one of the only survivors of the Tuffles, a race that once lived on Planet Plant before the coming of the Saiyans. The Saiyans not only massacred the entire Tuffle race, but also stole their technology…
5
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990)
★ 6.6/10Also action and animation
The evil Dr. Kochin uses the dragon balls to resurrect his mentor, Dr. Wheelo, in an effort to take over the world. Dr. Wheelo, his body having been destroyed by the avalanche that killed him fifty years before…
6
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and action
While the Saiyan Paragus persuades Vegeta to rule a new planet, King Kai alerts Goku of the South Galaxy's destruction by an unknown Super Saiyan.
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The Boy and the Beast (2015)
★ 7.9/10Also action and animation
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his…
8
Trinity Seven: Heaven's Library & Crimson Lord (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action
Heavens Library & Crimson Lord brings back Arata, Lilith and the rest of the Trinity Seven to face off against the greatest enemy in the history of the Trinity Seven; Lilith’s own father, who is revealed to be the…
9
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (1991)
★ 6.5/10Also action and animation
A Super Namekian named Slug comes to invade Earth. But the Z Warriors do their best to stop Slug and his gang.
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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and fantasy
Fleeing the war, the immortal Maquia, graced with eternal youth, finds a baby abandoned in the forest and decides to raise it as her own child, sparking a moving story between a mortal and a being who does not age.
11
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action
Class 1-A visits Nabu Island where they finally get to do some real hero work. The place is so peaceful that it's more like a vacation... until they're attacked by a villain with an unfathomable Quirk! His power is…
12
Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and action
After battling their way through all seven Singularities, the Chaldea Security Organization has finally arrived at the endpoint of the Grand Order: The Final Singularity, Grand Temple of Time: Solomon. Now is the time…
13
Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and fantasy
A retelling of Dragon Ball's origin with a different take on the meeting of Goku, Bulma, and Kame-Sen'nin. It also retells the Red Ribbon Army story; but this time they find Goku rather than Goku finding them.
14
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming (1994)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and action
A Saiyan Space pod crash-lands on Earth out of which a wounded Saiyan crawls: Broly, the Legendary Super Saiyan. The wounded Broly shouts out in frustration and turns into normal form. The place soon freezes, trapping…
15
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and fantasy
With the help of the "Dragon Sin of Wrath" Meliodas and the worst rebels in history, the Seven Deadly Sins, the "Holy War", in which four races, including Humans, Goddesses, Fairies and Giants fought against the…
16
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also action and animation
Tanjiro undergoes rigorous training with the Stone Hashira, Himejima, in his quest to become a Hashira. Meanwhile, Muzan continues to search for Nezuko and Ubuyashiki. A recap of Kimetsu no Yaiba episodes 55–56, with…
17
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also action and fantasy
The Elric brothers’ long and winding journey comes to a close in this epic finale, where they must face off against an unworldly, nationwide threat.
18
Son of Batman (2014)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and action
Batman learns he has a violent, unruly pre-teen son, secretly raised by the terrorist group known as The League of Assassins.
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Sintel (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and fantasy
A wandering warrior finds an unlikely friend in the form of a young dragon. The two develop a close bond, until one day the dragon is snatched away. She then sets out on a relentless quest to reclaim her friend…
20
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also action and fantasy
Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.