Movies Like Paprika

If you liked Paprika (2006), a animation and science fiction movie directed by Satoshi Kon, 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
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…
2
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and science fiction
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The…
3
Neo Tokyo (1989)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and animation
A trilogy of separate stories. In "Labyrinth labyrinthos", a girl and her cat enter a strange world. In "Running Man", a racer takes on the ultimate opponent. In "Construction Cancellation Order", a man must shut down…
4
The Garden of Sinners: Future Gospel (2013)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and science fiction
A side story of the original Kara no Kyōkai - the Garden of sinners movie series divided into 2 parts. In the first part, Shizune Seo, who finds her life too predictable due to her precognition, and Mitsuru‎ Kamekura…
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The Relative Worlds (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and science fiction
Shin has shut his heart ever since his mother died when he was young. His childhood friend Kotori has been looking after him ever since. Now that they are in the third year of high school, and it seems like they can…
6
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and thriller
A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbeknownst to him, he becomes a key…
7
Altered Carbon: Resleeved (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and science fiction
On the planet Latimer, Takeshi Kovacs must protect a tattooist while investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside a no-nonsense CTAC.
8
Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and science fiction
Second compilation movie of the TV series which covers episodes 9-13. Riko and Reg descend to the third and fourth layer where Riko has her first experience of the Curse.
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Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and science fiction
In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity that still exist on the ruined planet Earth. There, each lives a life…
10
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…
11
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and science fiction
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
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fiction
Fourteen years after Third Impact, Shinji Ikari awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn't aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, NERV has been dismantled, and people who he once protected have turned against…
13
Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion (2011)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and science fiction
Rescued by Doctor Easter from a deadly assault on their headquarters by Dimsdale Boiled, Rune Balot finds temporary shelter in "Paradise," a high-tech laboratory where the Scramble 09 protocol originated. While the…
14
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…
15
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and science fiction
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing fifty-five-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl, but does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
16
Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon (2025)
★ 8/10Also animation and science fiction
In a Kaiju-filled Japan, Kafka Hibino works in monster disposal. After reuniting with his childhood friend Mina Ashiro, a rising star in the anti-Kaiju Defense Force, he decides to pursue his abandoned dream of joining…
17
Perfect Blue (1998)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and thriller
Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt…
18
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone (2014)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fiction
The upcoming installment's story takes place amidst signs of postwar reconstruction in the winter of 2028. Tensions are rising in New Port City as demonstrations are held concerning the interests of foreign cartels…
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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.
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Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and animation
Rune Ballot is a down-and-out teen prostitute in Mardock City. One day, she's picked up by an ambitious casino manager named Shell who gives her everything she could want. Renewed by a false innocence, a false past…