Movies Like Sanctuary

If you liked Sanctuary (1996), a animation and crime movie directed by Takashi Watanabe, 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
Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray (2017)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and crime
A yakuza boss hires Goemon Ishikawa, a modern day samurai, to protect him aboard his cruise ship casino. Everything goes sideways when the famous thief, Lupin the Third, tries to rob the vessel. Lupin's being hunted by…
2
Scarlet (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and drama
After 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…
3
Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and drama
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…
4
Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and crime
Conan tries to track down Kaito Kid, who supposedly steals a replica of one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings during an auction.
5
Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1997)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and crime
Once brilliant teenage detective Shinichi Kudo was given a poison that reverted him to a 4-year-old. He's adopted the pseudonym Conan Edogawa so no one (save for an eccentric inventor) will know. Now he's got to solve…
6
Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and animation
Inspector Kei Mikhail Ignatov finds himself involved with an organization named Bifrost with the possibility of freeing his wife if he betrays Unit One. Koichi Azusawa coordinates an assault on the Public Safety Bureau…
7
Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and crime
A terrorist group invades a laboratory containing a deadly bacteria and destroys the lab with an explosion. They later announce via the internet they have gained possession of the bacteria and declare themselves to be…
8
Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and crime
As police inspector Yamato Kansuke pursues a certain man in the snowy mountains of Nagano, a shadow suddenly appears in his field of vision. While he's distracted, a rifle bullet fired by someone grazes his left eye…
9
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…
10
Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and drama
A rash of sniper attacks leaves the streets of Tokyo empty and the public terrified to go outside. It’s up to Conan and his friends to find the culprit, but the case goes deeper than it seems. Military cover-ups…
11
BLAME! (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also drama 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…
12
The Girl from the Other Side (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and drama
Once upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands. The world was divided into an inner land and an outer land. People feared the outer land, inhabited by eerie beings, the carriers of curse. One day, on…
13
Appleseed (1988)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and animation
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
Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 1 Wandering; Agateram (2020)
★ 7/10Also animation and drama
The wandering knight, Bedivere, reaches the end of his journey. It is A.D. 1273 in Jerusalem. The Holy Land has been transformed into a massive desert and its people have been forced out of their homes as three major…
15
Black Jack: The Movie (1996)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and drama
Black Jack is a master surgeon who possesses impeccable skills, enabling him to perform operations that are impossible for even the finest surgeons. He now is faced with his most difficult task to date and must…
16
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu (2013)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and drama
One year after the events of the anime, Rintarou begins to feel the repercussions of extensive time travel, and eventually completely fades from reality. Kurisu, being the only companion to remember him, now must find…
17
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Life That Burns (2017)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and drama
In the midst of an industrial revolution, the people of Hinomoto fight hordes of undead creatures, known as Kabane, using powerful armored trains. (Compilation film of the second half of the original TV series.)
18
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and crime
A new member from the Black Organization that shrunk Shinichi's body manages to find out about Shinichi's transformation into Conan. This discovery starts to put those around him in danger as Gin and the other Black…
19
Batman: Bad Blood (2016)
★ 7/10Also animation and crime
When Batman goes missing, it takes the entire Bat "family" - including Batwoman and Batwing - to keep the peace in Gotham and unravel the mystery behind the Dark Knight's disappearance.
20
Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and crime
Bombing case at Nichiuri TV in autumn. The Satsuki Cup, which crowns the winner of Japan's Hyakunin Isshu, is currently being filmed inside the facility. The incident results in a big commotion and, while the building…