Movies Like Barefoot Gen 2

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Barefoot Gen

1983·1h 23m·★ 8.0·Mori Masaki

Barefoot Gen (Animated) Collection3 shared cast incl. Issei Miyazaki & Masaki Kouda4 shared themes: radiation sickness, hiroshima bombing, post-war chaos period...

Akira

1988·2h 4m·★ 8.0·Katsuhiro Otomo

TMDB recommendsStarring Koichi Kitamura

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

2021·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Ayumu Watanabe

TMDB recommendsAnimation & Drama

Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper

2014·1h 50m·★ 6.7·Kobun Shizuno

TMDB recommendsAnimation & Drama

The Good German

2006·1h 48m·★ 6.0·Steven Soderbergh

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

Arve Rezzle: Mechanized Fairies

2013·25m·★ 5.3·Tatsuya Yoshihara

TMDB recommendsDrama & Animation

In This Corner of the World

2016·2h 10m·★ 7.8·Sunao Katabuchi

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Spirited Away

2001·2h 5m·★ 8.6·Hayao Miyazaki

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A Silent Voice: The Movie

2016·2h 9m·★ 8.2·Naoko Yamada

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Princess Mononoke

1997·2h 14m·★ 8.3·Hayao Miyazaki

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Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl

2019·1h 30m·★ 8.3·Soichi Masui

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

1984·1h 57m·★ 8.0·Hayao Miyazaki

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Donnie Darko

2001·1h 54m·★ 8.0·Richard Kelly

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The Wind Rises

2013·2h 6m·★ 7.8·Hayao Miyazaki

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Ride Your Wave

2019·1h 35m·★ 6.9·Masaaki Yuasa

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From Up on Poppy Hill

2011·1h 31m·★ 7.4·Goro Miyazaki

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Giovanni's Island

2014·1h 42m·★ 7.3·Mizuho Nishikubo

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Orange: Future

2016·1h 3m·★ 7.2·Hiroshi Hamasaki

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Colorful

2010·2h 7m·★ 7.3·Keiichi Hara

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Tamako Love Story

2014·1h 23m·★ 7.1·Naoko Yamada

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