Movies Like Roujin Z

If you liked Roujin Z (1991), a animation and drama movie directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo, 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
Summer Wars (2009)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and science fiction
Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of their matriarch. His…
2
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and drama
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
3
Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and science fiction
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…
4
A Wind Named Amnesia (1990)
★ 6/10Also animation and drama
A wind has swept the Earth taking all the memories from everyone. No one knows who they are, how to speak, or how to use the tools of modern civilization. Two years later, a young man who has been re-educated travels…
5
Appleseed Alpha (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and science fiction
The Third World War (2099–2126) devastated part of the Earth. Former nations are reforming while new powers emerge, and groups of humans struggle to survive in ruined cities. The story follows Deunan Knute and her…
6
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…
7
Patlabor: The Movie (1989)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fiction
A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.
8
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…
9
Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (1992)
★ 7/10Also animation and science fiction
Dr. Gero's Androids #13, #14, and #15 are awakened by the laboratory computers and immediately head to the mall where Goku is shopping. After Goku, Trunks, and Vegeta defeat #14 and #15, #13 absorbs their inner…
10
Mazinger Z: Infinity (2017)
★ 7/10Also science fiction and animation
When the evil Dr. Hell attacks the Earth, the mighty giant mecha Mazinger Z is formed to stop him.
11
Macross Plus: The Movie (1995)
★ 7/10Also animation and science fiction
Three decades after the great war between the humans and the Zentradi, the U.N. government is developing new technologies to use in their transforming fighter aircraft by running tests on the colony planet Eden…
12
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and science fiction
U.C. 0123. After a generation of peace, the Earth Federation has begun to build new space colonies to house humanity's growing population. But a new force, the aristocratic Crossbone Vanguard, plans to seize the…
13
Appleseed (1988)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and science fiction
In the futuristic city of Olympus, built on the ashes of the third world war, a police officer and her cyborg partner fight terrorism.
14
Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and science fiction
A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet…
15
Barbie Video Game Hero (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and science fiction
When Barbie is accidentally pulled into her favourite game, she teams up with the roller skater Bella and her friend Cutie, to stop a mischievous emoji who is trying to take control of the game.
16
Astro Boy (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and science fiction
Set in the futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (Atom) is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he had lost. Unable to fulfill his creator's expectations, Astro…
17
King of Thorn (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and science fiction
A mysterious virus, nicknamed Medusa, is spreading around Japan, turning its victims into stone. Given the impossibility of finding an immediate cure, the government opts for cryopreserving a select group of patients…
18
Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and science fiction
Iroha's life gets knocked off its orbit when Kaguya, a carefree runaway from the Moon, moves in and convinces her to perform in a virtual world together.
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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.
20
Napping Princess (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and drama
Japan, 2020, a few days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. Although she should be studying for her final exams, Kokone, a schoolgirl who lives in a small town with her widowed father, a mysterious and talented…