Movies Like Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables
If you liked Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables (1990), a drama and animation movie directed by Isao Takahata, 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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Animal Crossing: The Movie (2006)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and dramaAi, a self-reliant girl who moves to Animal Village and works at Nook's Cranny, gradually becomes part of the community with guidance from its residents and embarks on a quest to plant pine trees for a Winter Festival…
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Colorful (2010)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and dramaUpon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kobayashi Makoto, who has just committed…
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Modest Heroes (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and adventureTwo 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.
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Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also drama and animationViolet Evergarden, a former soldier returned from war, comes to teach at a women's academy and changes a young girl's life.
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Summer Ghost (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and dramaAn 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…
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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and dramaFleeing 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.
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Welcome to Smelliville (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and adventureThe Oggly family arrive at the municipal rubbish dump of Smelliville and must look for a new home, but they never feel really welcome anywhere. They stink and are for most humans just a tad too oggly. When Firebottom…
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The Little Prince (2015)
★ 7.6/10Also adventure and animationBased on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when…
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Brave Story (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and adventureJr. High School Student Wataru and his friends like playing in an abandond building and looking for ghosts. However it seems he is not the only one. Another mysterious student Mitsuru shows Wataru that there is a…
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Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and adventureThe film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is…
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Mary and The Witch's Flower (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and adventureMary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.
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The Boy and the Heron (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and dramaWhile the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to…
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Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and dramaShy 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…
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Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and dramaThis engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. The school had old railroad cars for classrooms and was…
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Wildwood (2026)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and adventurePrue and her classmate Curtis are drawn into a magical forest filled with enchanted creatures, loyal allies, and formidable adversaries as they embark on a desperate quest to rescue Prue's abducted baby brother from a…
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The Pagemaster (1994)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and adventureRich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the…
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Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and adventureFirst compilation movie of the TV series which covers episodes 1-8 with new scenes added for the introduction. It covers the period from when Riko descends into the Abyss with her robot companion Reg, reaching the…
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Mai Mai Miracle (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and adventureInspired by her grandfather's stories, young Shinko embarks on wild flights of fancy about the history of the little town she lives in. But dreams can't fend off the realities of growing up.
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Child of Kamiari Month (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and dramaA 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.
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The Jungle Book (1967)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and adventureThe boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare…