Movies Like Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
If you liked Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll (2019), a drama and fantasy movie directed by Haruka Fujita, 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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Summer Ghost (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and dramaAn urban legend says that lighting fireworks at an abandoned airfield will beckon the "summer ghost," a spirit that can answer any question. Three teenagers, Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryo, each have their own reason to show up…
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Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and dramaThis engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. The school had old railroad cars for classrooms and was…
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Modest Heroes (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasyTwo tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.
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The Boy and the Heron (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and fantasyWhile the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to…
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Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and dramaShy outcast Kokoro has been avoiding school for weeks when she discovers a portal in her bedroom mirror. She reaches through and finds herself transported to an enchanting castle where she is joined by six other…
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Whisper of the Heart (1995)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and dramaShizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: "Seiji Amasawa."
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Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
★ 8.4/10Also fantasy and animationSophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings (2012)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and fantasyMadoka Kaname, an ordinary middle-schooler, along with her best friend Sayaka Miki, are offered the chance to have any wish they want granted by the mysterious Kyubey, and become magical girls and fight witches…
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Children of the Sea (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and fantasyRuka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dugongs, are brought to the aquarium, Ruka feels drawn to them and…
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Drifting Home (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and fantasyOne fateful summer, a group of elementary school kids set adrift on an abandoned apartment building must look within themselves to find a way back home.
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Arrietty (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasy and animation14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human…
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The Little Prince (2015)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and fantasyBased on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when…
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Sing a Bit of Harmony (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and dramaSatomi is fine being alone until an AI named Shion joins her class with a song and a promise to make her happy. While Shion’s musical numbers and princess gowns don’t quite pass as human, her antics bring Satomi closer…
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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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Mai Mai Miracle (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and dramaInspired by her grandfather's stories, young Shinko embarks on wild flights of fancy about the history of the little town she lives in. But dreams can't fend off the realities of growing up.
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Angel's Egg (1985)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and fantasyIn the ruins of a strange city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms. She bonds with a boy who is searching for a bird he saw in a dream.
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A Little Princess (1995)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and fantasyWhen her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who…
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When Marnie Was There (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and dramaUpon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may…
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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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The Cat Returns (2002)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasy and animationYoung Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.