Movies like Princess Mononoke

A feature-film shortlist from the cached Film Atlas engine. The interactive map may include more titles or newer results. These are similarity matches, not a guarantee of age suitability.

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   Howl's Moving Castle

   Same director

   2004 · 119 min · Adventure · Animation · Fantasy

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   Sophie, 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.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • strong shared themes: adventure and anime

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   Spirited Away

   Same director

   2001 · 125 min · Animation · Family · Fantasy

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   A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • shared themes: anime and spirit

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   Warriors of the Wind

   Same director

   1984 · 95 min · Adventure · Animation · Fantasy

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   After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • strong shared themes: adventure and anime

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   Pom Poko

   Shared cast

   1994 · 119 min · Adventure · Animation · Fantasy

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   The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ancient art of transformation until they are even able to appear as humans in hilarious circumstances.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a principal cast member

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   My Neighbor Totoro

   Same director

   1988 · 86 min · Animation · Family · Fantasy

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   Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • shared themes: anime and rural area

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   Ponyo

   Same director

   2008 · 100 min · Animation · Family · Fantasy

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   When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • shared themes: adventure and anime

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   Castle in the Sky

   Same director

   1986 · 125 min · Action · Adventure · Animation · Family · Fantasy

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   A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • shared themes: adventure and anime

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   The Cat Returns

   Strong story similarity

   2002 · 75 min · Adventure · Animation · Drama · Family · Fantasy

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   Young 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.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: adventure and anime
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Wolf Children

   Strong story similarity

   2012 · 117 min · Animation · Drama · Family · Fantasy

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   After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: adult animation and anime
   • shared genre DNA

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    Tales from Earthsea

    Strong story similarity

    2006 · 116 min · Adventure · Animation · Fantasy

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    As crops dwindle and dragons reappear, mankind stands on the verge of total chaos. Lord Archmage Sparrowhawk, a powerful wizard, and Arren, a troubled young prince, search for the force behind this mysterious imbalance that threatens to destroy the land of Earthsea.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: adult animation and anime

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