Movies Like Crest of the Stars: Birth

If you liked Crest of the Stars: Birth (2000), a science fiction and romance movie directed by Osamu Nabeshima, 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
Titan A.E. (2000)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and science fiction
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
2
Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and science fiction
The troopers of two starships have joined forces to terminate a massive bug attack at a Federation outpost. Before the mission can be completed and the survivors evacuated, one ship abruptly departs and goes…
3
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and science fiction
The Mandalorian and Grogu join their misfit allies for an epic party, celebrating their heroism. As friends regale the crowd with tales of their adventures, a pirate threat looms.
4
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.
5
Babylon 5: The Road Home (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and science fiction
Travel across the galaxy with John Sheridan as he unexpectedly finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest to find his way back home. Along the way he reunites with some…
6
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and science fiction
Space Pirate Captain Harlock and his fearless crew face off against the space invaders who seek to conquer the planet Earth.
7
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fiction
On a future Earth, war between the Kingdom of Honneamise and its rival, The Republic, is inevitable. As evolving technology creates new ways to wage war, a small group seeks to propel mankind into space in their…
8
Blush (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and romance
When a horticulturalist-astronaut crashes onto a desolate planet, he encounters an ethereal visitor and discovers the joy of building a new life—realizing the universe has delivered something astonishing.
9
Space Adventure Cobra (1982)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and science fiction
Cobra, a notorious space pirate, is enlisted by bounty hunter Jane to rescue her sister from the strange being known as Crystal Bowie, but then finds himself drawn into a complex struggle over the fate of a mysterious…
10
Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1991)
★ 7/10Also animation and science fiction
Shizuka 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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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…
12
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out (2012)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and science fiction
Luke Skywalker embarks on a mission to destroy an Imperial base, but is relentlessly chased by a group of fanatic girls who think of him as a celebrity. Meanwhile, Darth Vader engages a rivalry with Darth Maul, in…
13
Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fiction
In Karakura Town, unidentifiable spirits begin appearing en mases. While attempting to deal with these strange souls, Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki meet Senna, a mysterious shinigami who wipes out most of them…
14
Armitage III: Poly Matrix (1996)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and science fiction
Ross Sylibus is assigned to a police unit on a Martian colony, to find that women are being murdered by a psychotic named D'anclaude. He is assigned a very unorthodox partner named Naomi Armitage, who seems to have…
15
Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fiction
Nobita, Doraemon, and the rest must come to the aid of mermaid princess Sophia, whose undersea kingdom is suffering under the weight of a war. Their only hope lies in a mythical sword from the planet Aqua...
16
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and science fiction
Federation trooper Johnny Rico is ordered to work with a group of new recruits on a satellite station on Mars, where giant bugs have decided to target their next attack.
17
Final Flight of the Osiris (2003)
★ 6.9/10Also science fiction and animation
Immediately before the events of The Matrix Reloaded, the crew of the hovercraft Osiris discovers a quarter of a million sentinels drilling through the surface of the earth towards the last human city of Zion. But can…
18
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 3: The Brightness Falls (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and science fiction
After discovering the face of their true enemy, someone who is related to Akito and responsible for the Geass placed upon him, W-0 attempts to return to their base at Castle Weisswolf. However, stranded in Warsaw due…
19
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and science fiction
As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, Anakin Skywalker and his new Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano plunge into a dangerous mission to rescue the kidnapped son of crime lord Jabba the Hutt.
20
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also science fiction and animation
Amanda Waller's top-secret "Task Force X" — consisting of Deadshot, Bronze Tiger, Killer Frost, Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn, and Copperhead — is on a mission to retrieve a mystical object so powerful that they're…