Movies Like Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King
If you liked Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (2000), a animation and adventure movie directed by Tsutomu Shibayama, 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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Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and adventureDoraemon and his friends travel to ancient Japan where they meet Kukuru. When Kukuru tells them that his tribe has been enslaved by Gigazombie, Doraemon decides to help him.
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Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and adventureSewashi and Doraemon find themselves way back in time and meet Nobita. It is up to Doraemon to take care of Nobita or else he will not return to the present.
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs (1987)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and adventureNobita tries to prove to Doraemon and his friends that dinosaurs are still alive, and, after finding an underground cave, discovers a hollow earth civilization of knights and saurian steeds that Suneo must be rescued…
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and adventureDoraemon and Nobita decide to build a perfect toy robot. However, their creation turns out to be a little more uncanny than an object of appreciation and wonder.
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Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and adventureDoraemon and Nobita discover a mysterious golden ring far beneath the ice in Antarctica, leading them to uncover an ancient, ruined city.
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express (1996)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and science fictionDoraemon went missing for 3 days. But it turns out later that he went to the 22nd century to buy a mystery galactic express train ticket whose destination is a secret until the passengers arrive there and see for…
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Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and familyDoraemon, Nobita and his friends go to find Utopia, a perfect land in the sky where everyone lives with happiness, using an airship having a time warp function.
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Regular Show: The Movie (2015)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and science fictionAfter a high school lab experiment goes horribly wrong, Mordecai and Rigby must go back in time to battle an evil volleyball coach in order to save the universe — and their friendship.
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Space Heroes (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and familyNobita and friends decide to make a movie inspired by the space adventures of their heroes, but their fiction turns into a reality.
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Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure Into the Underworld - The Seven Magic Users (2007)
★ 7.2/10Also family and adventureNobita wishes the world into a magic-reliant one with Doraemon's Moshimo-Box, and, along with his friends, must stop an asteroid from hitting the planet with help from a sorcerer-in-training.
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Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and adventureNobita travels to the future to show his beloved grandma his bride, but adult Nobita has fled his own wedding.
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001)
★ 7.1/10Also family and animationDoraemon and his friends have to rescue the people of Birdopia from the wrongdoing of vengeful former bird troopers before they unleash a wicked ancient dragon.
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Yo-kai Watch: The Movie (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and adventureWhen the evil Yo-Kai Kin, Gin and Bronzlow makes the Yo-Kai Watch disappear from time so they can help Dame Dedtime prevent humans and Yo-Kai from being friends, Nate Adams finds help in the Yo-Kai Hovernyan, who takes…
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Gintama: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and science fictionWhat would have happened if the Shiroyasha never existed? Edo is thrown to chaos by a mysterious cause. Sakata Gintoki, now lives in a world where the future has changed, without him. What has happened to the Yorozuya?…
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Scarlet (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fictionAfter failing to avenge her father's murder, Princess Scarlet, wakes up in the "Land of the Dead." In this world filled with madness, if she does not achieve her revenge against her nemesis and reach the "No End…
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Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1991)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and adventureShizuka ends up in the fantasy world of the 'Arabian Nights' story. However, Doraemon, Nobita, Suneo, and Jyaian must find her from the imaginary Middle East and bring her back to the real life.
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Cat Soup (2001)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasy and animationThe surreal black comedy follows Nyatta, an anthropomorphic kitten, on his travel to the land of the dead and back in an effort to save his sister's soul.
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Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also family and adventureAsh meets the Mythical Pokémon Volcanion when it crashes down from the sky, creating a cloud of dust—and a mysterious force binds the two of them together! Volcanion despises humans and tries to get away, but it’s…
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Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas (1998)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and familyNobita coaxes his friends to join him for a treasure hunt but an eerie event transports them to the past. However, their hunt for treasure is not easy as they come face-to-face with pirates.
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Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and adventureNobita accidentally finds a fossil dinosaur egg mixed with rocks in the dinosaur fossil exhibition site that he had visited before. He returns it to its original state with the 'time blanket'.