Movies Like Paradise of Innocence

If you liked Paradise of Innocence (2015), a animation movie directed by Takashi Nishikawa, 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
Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also animation
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.
2
Crayon Shin-chan: Super-Dimension! The Storm Called My Bride (2010)
★ 7.6/10Also animation
Shin-chan is approached by his time-traveling future bride-to-be Tamiko, who asks him to help save his adult self from the ruler of Neo Tokio.
3
Gintama: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also animation
What would have happened if the Shiroyasha never existed? Edo is thrown to chaos by a mysterious cause. Sakata Gintoki, now lives in a world where the future has changed, without him. What has happened to the Yorozuya?…
4
Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (2011)
★ 7.2/10Also animation
A spin-off scenario taking place after the events of the TV special Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku, in which Bardock survives the destruction of Planet Vegeta and is sent into the past, combating Frieza's…
5
Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020)
★ 7.8/10Also animation
Nobita travels to the future to show his beloved grandma his bride, but adult Nobita has fled his own wedding.
6
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
★ 7.9/10Also animation
The Flash finds himself in a war-torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate versions of his fellow heroes to restore the timeline.
7
Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also animation
When the creator of the world, Arceus, comes to pass judgement on humanity for the theft of the legendary Jewel of Life, Ash and his friends are sent back in time to possibly reverse the events that led to Arceus'…
8
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also animation
The Batman family has returned to the present to discover that Japan has disappeared, and a giant island - Hinomoto - is now in the sky over Gotham City. At the top sit the Yakuza, a group of superpowered individuals…
9
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
★ 8.4/10Also animation
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only…
10
Hello World (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also animation
A shy high schooler in Kyoto meets a man claiming to be his future self, who tells him he’s hacked into the past to save their first love.
11
See Me After Class (2012)
★ 7.2/10Also animation
Due to an error the male student Kagami Yuuki is registered for a room in the girls dormitory of his new co-ed high school. Since no male rooms are available he is left with no other option than to sleep in the girls…
12
Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (1993)
★ 7.6/10Also animation
It has been thirteen years since the Androids began their killing rampage and Son Gohan is the only person fighting back. He takes Bulma's son Trunks as a student and even gives his own life to save Trunks's. Now…
13
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also animation
A nationwide manhunt for Hank Venture leads to untold dangers and unexpected revelations, while The Monarch is literally out for Dr Venture's blood. An imposing evil from the past reemerges to wreak havoc on the…
14
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also animation
Doraemon and his friends travel to ancient Japan where they meet Kukuru. When Kukuru tells them that his tribe has been enslaved by Gigazombie, Doraemon decides to help him.
15
Scarlet (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also animation
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…
16
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also animation
When a massive alien flower known as "Darol" unexpectedly erupts in a deadly event, unleashing monstrous creatures that decimate the population of Japan, Rita is caught in the destruction—and killed. But then she wakes…
17
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu (2013)
★ 7.6/10Also animation
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…
18
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
★ 6.6/10Also animation
In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high…
19
Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also animation
Nobita accidentally finds a fossil dinosaur egg mixed with rocks in the dinosaur fossil exhibition site that he had visited before. He returns it to its original state with the 'time blanket'.
20
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also animation
Humanity's desperate battle to reclaim the Earth from Godzilla continues. The key to defeating the King of the Monsters may be Mechagodzilla, a robotic weapon thought to have been lost nearly 20,000 years ago.