Movies Like Higan

If you liked Higan (2002), a animation and science fiction movie directed by Yasushi Muraki, 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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Naruto OVA 9: Chunin Exam on Fire! and Naruto vs. Konohamaru! (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also animation
Naruto faces off against his old pupil Konohamaru in a tournament during the chuunin entrance exams.
2
Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies (2022)
★ 6/10Also animation
A hand drawn animated short by Studio Ghibli.
3
Matriculated (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and science fiction
The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.
4
Wanderers (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also science fiction and animation
This short film visualizes potential human exploration of the Solar System through a sequence of digitally reconstructed environments based on real astronomical data and spacecraft imagery. Depicting locations such as…
5
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021 (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and science fiction
During summer vacation Nobita picks up a small rocket containing Papi, a palm-sized alien president escaping rebels on his home planet Pirika.
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Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fiction
It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a…
7
X (1996)
★ 6.2/10Also animation
It's the year of destiny, and 15 year old Kamui Shiro, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence, having left when he was very young. He wants to be with his childhood friends, Fuma (his best…
8
One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fiction
The Straw Hats visits an island, known as Mecha Island, where a fisherman sings an old folk song about a Golden Crown. Searching for that mysterious treasure, they find a hidden entrance into the island. The island's…
9
Day & Night (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also animation
When Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each other at first, and quickly get off on the wrong foot. But as they…
10
Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 (1987)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and animation
Ace female test pilot Kusomoto Elle humiliates macho tank driver Lt. Kilgore in the first demonstration of the advanced personal battle tank, the MADOX. Kilgore vows revenge, and gets his chance when the army rather…
11
Thru the Mirror (1936)
★ 7.2/10Also animation
Mickey has been reading Alice in Wonderland, and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is alive.
12
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fiction
After a typhoon hits Nobita's town, he and Doraemon discover a wind sprite who, with some help from Doraemon's 22nd-century tech, takes them and their friends to a fantastic world of wind and storm people. But the wind…
13
Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth (1993)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and science fiction
Nobita and his friends find a portal to a mysterious resort filled with metal buildings. They soon discover that the person who opened the portal for them has an ulterior motive.
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BLAME! (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and animation
In the distant technological future, civilization has reached its ultimate Net-based form. An "infection" in the past caused the automated systems to spiral out of order, resulting in a multi-leveled city structure…
15
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and science fiction
Doraemon, 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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Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice (2012)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and science fiction
Ash and his two friends Iris and Cilan help a Keldeo battle against a powerful Dragon-type Pokémon named Kyurem its his test to become a Sacred Swordsman.
17
Girls und Panzer der Film (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also animation
When the Ministry of Education goes back on its promise to keep Ooarai Girls Academy open, the task of saving the five-mile-long Academy Ship from the wreckers falls to Miho and her barely-seasoned tankery team…
18
The Bodyguard (1944)
★ 7.4/10Also animation
Spike the bulldog, grateful to Jerry for getting him out of the dogcatcher's van, offers to help the little mouse any time he whistles. Tom, Jerry's feline tormentor, seeks to overcome this new disadvantage.
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Lou (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also animation
A lost-and-found box holds a mysterious and unseen monster within.
20
Chips Ahoy (1956)
★ 6.7/10Also animation
Chip and Dale are starving in their tree home when they notice a plentiful supply of acorns on an island in a lake. To get to the island, they borrow a miniature model ship of Donald's to sail on. The irate Donald…