Movies Like Gegege no Kitaro: Yokai Express! The Phantom Train
If you liked Gegege no Kitaro: Yokai Express! The Phantom Train (1997), a fantasy and animation movie directed by Takao Yoshizawa, 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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Yo-kai Watch The Movie 2: Lord Enma and the Stories, Nyan! (2015)
★ 7.9/10Also family and animationWhen Keita frees Whisper, a ghost-like yōkai, from 190 years of imprisonment, Whisper pledges to protect Keita from supernatural dangers. Whisper also gives Keita a watch that allows Keita to see other yōkai. Together…
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Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and fantasyWith their most formidable foe vanquished, Inuyasha and his comrades begin returning to their everyday lives. But their peace is fleeting as another adversary emerges: Kaguya, the self-proclaimed princess from the Moon…
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Yo-kai Watch: The Movie (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedyWhen the evil Yo-Kai Kin, Gin and Bronzlow makes the Yo-Kai Watch disappear from time so they can help Dame Dedtime prevent humans and Yo-Kai from being friends, Nate Adams finds help in the Yo-Kai Hovernyan, who takes…
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X (1996)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and fantasyIt's the year of destiny, and 15 year old Kamui Shiro, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence, having left when he was very young. He wants to be with his childhood friends, Fuma (his best…
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Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (2003)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and fantasyInuyasha and his brother, Sesshomaru, each inherited a sword from their father after his death. However, their father had a third sword, named Sounga, that he sealed away. Seven hundreds years after his death, Sounga…
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Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island (2004)
★ 7.6/10Also fantasy and animationThe mysterious island of Houraijima has reappeared after 50 years, and with its reappearance has brought the attack of four gods, the Shitoushin, who have their eyes set on the powers that protect and sustain the…
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Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasy and animationIn 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…
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DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and horrorJess joins her friends at a party in a dilapidated mansion hosted by the mysterious Seth. When odd things begin to happen to Jess and her friends, the Phantom Stranger intervenes to save her from a dreary fate.
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Brave Story (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and fantasyJr. High School Student Wataru and his friends like playing in an abandond building and looking for ghosts. However it seems he is not the only one. Another mysterious student Mitsuru shows Wataru that there is a…
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Ghost Cat Anzu (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and fantasyPrecocious tween Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in rural Japan. Living in a temple with her grandfather, she meets Anzu, a giant "ghost cat" and notorious layabout tasked with looking after her…
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Blue Exorcist: The Movie (2012)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and fantasyThe atmosphere in True Cross Academy is lively and boisterous in the days leading up to the grand festival held once every 11 years. During this time, Okumura Rin is entrusted with the responsibility of suppressing the…
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Demon City Shinjuku (1988)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and animationTen Years ago, Genichiro Izayoi died trying to stop the sorcerer Rebi Ra, and as a result Shinjuku became a playground for demons. And now, the day approaches when Rebi Ra will complete his decade-long ritual to plunge…
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Cat Soup (2001)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasy and animationThe surreal black comedy follows Nyatta, an anthropomorphic kitten, on his travel to the land of the dead and back in an effort to save his sister's soul.
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Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report (1994)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and fantasyWhen the Spirit World is flooded due to an unusual rainfall which overflows the River Sanzu (aka the River Styx), Lord Koenma senses an extremely powerful enemy. He entrusts Death God Botan, to deliver to Spirit…
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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Fast Asleep! The Great Assault on the Dreaming World (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and comedyOne night, the Nohara family were enjoying a pleasant dream, when suddenly a big fish appeared in their dreams and ate them. The next morning, Hiroshi read in the newspaper that everybody in another town had the same…
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Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and fantasyInuYasha 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…
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express (1996)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and familyDoraemon went missing for 3 days. But it turns out later that he went to the 22nd century to buy a mystery galactic express train ticket whose destination is a secret until the passengers arrive there and see for…
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Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and familyDoraemon, 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.
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The Garden of Sinners: Epilogue (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and fantasyMarch 1999: Mikiya Kokutou meets Shiki Ryougi again at the same place where he met her for the first time four years ago...
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Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple (2018)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and comedyA large scale catastrophe is occurring across the planet. Ability users are discovered after the appearance of a mysterious fog, apparently having committed suicide, so the Armed Detective Agency sets out to…