Movies Like Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Light That Gathers

If you liked Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Light That Gathers (2016), a animation and drama movie directed by Tetsuro Araki, 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
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also 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. Half a year after the events of the original TV series, the heroes of…
2
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.
3
Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow (2014)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action
When man-eating Titans first appeared 100 years ago, humans found safety behind massive walls that stopped the giants in their tracks. But the safety they have had for so long is threatened when a colossal Titan…
4
GANTZ:O (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and science fiction
After being brutally murdered in a subway station, a teen boy awakens to find himself resurrected by a strange computer named Gantz, and forced to fight a large force of invading aliens in Osaka.
5
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mt. Natagumo Arc (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and action
The special consists of the 15-21 episodes of the Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 1.
6
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hashira Meeting Arc (2021)
★ 7/10Also animation and action
The special consists of the 22-26 episodes of the Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 1.
7
Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also action and animation
Six interlocking stories reveal Bruce Wayne's earliest adventures as Batman and the steps he took to become the grim avenger of Gotham City.
8
Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening (2018)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and action
Eren Yeager and others of the 104th Training Corps have just begun to become full members of the Survey Corps. As they ready themselves to face the Titans once again, their preparations are interrupted by the invasion…
9
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and science fiction
SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide…
10
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Sibling's Bond (2019)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and action
movie anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoge's Kimetsu no Yaiba by Ufotable. The movie consists of the first 5 episodes of the TV anime adaptation. A two-week theatrical release on 11 theaters began on March 29, 2019, a…
11
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and action
In the year 2045, after an economic disaster known as the Synchronized Global Default, rapid developments in AI propelled the world to enter a state of "Sustainable War". However, the public is not aware of the threat…
12
Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom (2015)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and action
As the Trost District is reclaimed from the Titans, Eren is taken under the wing of Captain Levi and his squad, who decide to try and teach him to master his mysterious abilities.
13
EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)² (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and science fiction
A highly experimental film presenting a story out of chronological order taking place 15 years after a near-apocalyptic catastrophe, about four traumatized 14 year olds who are tasked with piloting massive humanoid…
14
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and action
One year has passed since Guts left the Band of the Hawk and Griffith was imprisoned by the Kingdom of Midland for treason. In the dead of night, at a camping site where they hide, the Band of the Hawk is attacked by…
15
JUJUTSU KAISEN: Execution (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and action
A veil abruptly descends over the busy Shibuya area amid the bustling Halloween crowds, trapping countless civilians inside. Satoru Gojo, the strongest jujutsu sorcerer, steps into the chaos. But lying in wait are…
16
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and action
Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission…
17
Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also action and animation
InuYasha is a half-demon who was trapped in the Legendary Tree and was set free by Kagome, a girl who traveled 500 years through time. This time, both of them will have to face Menomaru, a Chinese demon whose father…
18
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…
19
Fist of the North Star (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and action
After a nuclear holocaust tears the world apart, mankind is forced to the harshness of not only the oppression of others who are much more powerful, but the dead earth which seems to be getting worse with every passing…
20
The Animatrix (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fiction
Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of…