Movies Like Diebuster: The Movie

If you liked Diebuster: The Movie (2006), a action and drama movie directed by Atsushi Nishigori and Masahiko Otsuka, 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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Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 3: The Brightness Falls (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also action and animation
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…
2
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars (2009)
★ 7.9/10Also action and science fiction
Seven years have passed after the battle of Teppelin... Humans have since reclaimed the surface of the earth and enjoy an unprecedented period of peace and prosperity. However, humanity's increasing population growth…
3
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 4: Memories of Hatred (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also action and animation
While W-0 is away, Leila and the remaining crew at base find themselves surrounded by Britannian Knightmares. Piloting the Vercingetorix, Shin Hyuuga leads the enemy charge, having usurped the position of Grand Master…
4
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and action
Twelve years after Char's rebellion, Hathaway Noa leads an insurgency against Earth Federation, but meeting an enemy officer and a mysterious woman alters his fate.
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Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 5: To Beloved Ones (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also action and animation
The Ark Fleet has been destroyed, and a significant number of the enemy's troops have been wiped out due to its crash landing. As the remaining forces of the Holy Order of Michael regroup in order to launch a final…
6
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 2: The Wyvern Divided (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also action and animation
The war between Euro Britannia and the European Union continues. New orders are given to the W-0 Unit. To land in the middle of the enemy territory as a diversion. The pilots of the W-0 Unit consist only of the…
7
Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars (1985)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and adventure
As Nobita, Gian, Shizuka, and Suneo are making their own space movie, a fleeing bug-sized alien president makes his way to Earth, and needs the help of the kids and Doraemon to stop an oppressive dictatorship…
8
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation (2017)
★ 7.1/10Also science fiction and animation
The world is at war. Lelouch Lamperouge, an exiled prince, encounters a strange girl known as C.C., who gifts him with a great power. With this ability, Lelouch can get anyone to do as he wills. But the power of Geass…
9
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and drama
Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production…
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and adventure
Doraemon and Nobita decide to build a perfect toy robot. However, their creation turns out to be a little more uncanny than an object of appreciation and wonder.
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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…
12
Mazinger Z: Infinity (2017)
★ 7/10Also action and science fiction
When the evil Dr. Hell attacks the Earth, the mighty giant mecha Mazinger Z is formed to stop him.
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Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and science fiction
Under constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to help defend the city of Tokyo-3: the mysterious Makinami Mari…
14
My Hero Academia: You're Next (2024)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and action
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…
15
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fiction
The story takes place several years after Lelouch's "Zero Requiem" plan. He gave up his life to save the world and protect the ones he loved. The day Lelouch vi Brittannia fell was the day this war-torn world found…
16
Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and adventure
Sewashi and Doraemon find themselves way back in time and meet Nobita. It is up to Doraemon to take care of Nobita or else he will not return to the present.
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Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising (2013)
★ 8/10Also action and animation
Autobots, Decepticons, Predaking and Predacons form an unlikely alliance to battle a resurrected Unicron.
18
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons - The Movie (2020)
★ 7/10Also animation and action
The assassin Deathstroke tries to save his family from the wrath of H.I.V.E. and the murderous Jackal.
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Patlabor: The Movie (1989)
★ 6.9/10Also action and animation
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.
20
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992)
★ 6.5/10Also action and animation
Cooler has resurrected himself as a robot and is enslaving the people of New Namek. Goku and the gang must help.