Movies Like Mushi-Shi: The Next Chapter - Drops of Bells

If you liked Mushi-Shi: The Next Chapter - Drops of Bells (2015), a animation and mystery movie directed by Hiroshi Nagahama, 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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Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A lonely dragon wants to be loved (2025)
★ 8.8/10Also animation and fantasy
Miss Kobayashi, Tohru, Ilulu, and Kanna’s peaceful lives are shaken when Kanna’s father, Kimun Kamui, forces her to return to the Dragon World. As a war brews between the Chaos and Harmony factions, Kanna tries to…
2
Summer Ghost (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and mystery
An urban legend says that lighting fireworks at an abandoned airfield will beckon the "summer ghost," a spirit that can answer any question. Three teenagers, Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryo, each have their own reason to show up…
3
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me (2018)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and fantasy
Yuuta and Rikka are in their third year of high school. One day in Spring, Touka declares that she will take Rikka to Italy with her, as her job has stabilized there and thinks they should migrate together as a family…
4
Okko's Inn (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and fantasy
12-year-old Oriko Seki, who lost her parents in a car accident, ended up living in her grandmother's Onsen Ryokan "Haru no Ya." With the ghost "Uribou" cohabitating with her and all the other odds, she ended up…
5
Persona3 THE MOVIE #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and fantasy
After realizing the value of life and the importance of his own allies, Makoto finally got his smile back. He finds himself learning more about those comrades and getting closer to them. Makoto wishes that everything…
6
Child of Kamiari Month (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and fantasy
A year after losing her mother, a young girl learns that she must journey across Japan to the annual gathering of gods in the sacred land of Izumo.
7
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and fantasy
In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara.
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Persona3 THE MOVIE #3 Falling Down (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and fantasy
The season turns to autumn and the fight of Makoto and his group S.E.E.S. with the strange monsters known as ‘Shadows’ is getting closer to the end. Makoto and his allies engage in life-or-death battles with Shadows in…
9
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and fantasy
Finally, the day of Mai's high school graduation has arrived. While Sakuta eagerly waits for his girlfriend, an elementary schooler who looks exactly like her appears before him. Suspicious, and for all the wrong…
10
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…
11
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and fantasy
The battle is over, and they can go about their normal lives now... or so they thought. With no time to rejoice after miraculously saving Mirai from Beyond the Boundary, Mirai lost all her memories. Akihito, now a high…
12
Children of the Sea (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and fantasy
Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dugongs, are brought to the aquarium, Ruka feels drawn to them and…
13
Modest Heroes (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasy
Two tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.
14
Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and mystery
Shy outcast Kokoro has been avoiding school for weeks when she discovers a portal in her bedroom mirror. She reaches through and finds herself transported to an enchanting castle where she is joined by six other…
15
Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and mystery
Synopsis Kogoro and Conan came to Yokohama according to a request from a mysterious man. But that was a trap of this man. Ran and the Detective Boys will be taken as hostages. If they don't solve the request of the man…
16
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion- (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also mystery and animation
Following Madoka's rewriting of the universe, sacrificing herself and her happy normal days to save all magical girls from the cruel fate that awaited them by wiping witches out of existence, the despair still manifest…
17
Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (2020)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and fantasy
Tai is now a university student, living alone, working hard at school, and working every day, but with his future still undecided. Meanwhile, Matt and others continue to work on Digimon incidents and activities that…
18
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie Part 1 (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and fantasy
The Sailor Guardians enjoy a brief moment of peace until Mamoru's Golden Crystal is stolen by Sailor Galaxia and the mysterious Sailor Starlights appear. One by one, Sailor Moon’s friends and loved ones are targeted by…
19
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie Part 1 (2021)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and fantasy
After a total solar eclipse, a dark circus troupe appears, Mamoru is stricken with a mysterious malady and bad things start happening across the city. Sequel to the Sailor Moon Crystal TV series.
20
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…