Movies Like

Gate (2015) TV Show

7.5 193 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: On August 20XX, a gate suddenly appears in Tokyo's Ginza district, unleashing a portal where monsters, medieval knights and other fantasy beings come from another world and wreak havoc on Tokyo. The Japanese Defense Force take action against these monsters and push them back into the "Gate". Third Reconnaissance Team is dispatched to the "Special Region" lead by officer (and otaku) Youji Itami. On their travels, they are joined by a beautiful elf girl who is a survivor from the dragon's rampage and guide the group across the dangerous new world.

Plot: elves, kidnapping, magic, air force, politics, conspiracy, disaster, gunfight, ...

Slayers (1995) TV Show

7.5 51 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 104

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Follows the exploits of the young sorceress Lina Inverse, whose life revolves around food, treasure, and fighting. After stealing treasure from a group of bandits, Lina is accosted by stragglers during her journey to the next town. She's not in any real danger, but a dim-witted but good-natured swordsman named Gourry Gabriev springs to her rescue anyways. The two team up, and head to Atlas City, fighting foes they encounter on the way. Unbeknownst to them, two mysterious figures are hot on their tail, and they are especially interested in the “treasure” Lina and Gourry have stolen.

Plot: magic, anime, high fantasy, based on light novel

Cast

Manaka Iwami

Natsumi Kawaida

Makoto Furukawa

Yuuichirou Umehara

Though I Am an Inept Villainess (2026) TV Show

7.5 2 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 11

Story: Just as His Highness’s favored butterfly Reirin is beloved by the prince, jealous “court sewer rat” Keigetsu uses magic to swap their bodies—and their destinies. With a looming execution, Reirin embraces her new, healthy body, while Keigetsu learns Reirin’s life isn’t what it seems as she’s pulled into an inner-court conspiracy.

Plot: princess, romance, villainess, anime, josei, ancient china, based on light novel

Cast

Ricardo Daru00edn

Carla Peterson

Cu00e9sar Troncoso

Andrea Pietra

The Eternaut (2025) TV Show

7.5 529 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Argentina

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-MA

Story: After a devastating toxic snowfall kills millions, Juan Salvo and a group of survivors in Buenos Aires must resist an invisible threat from another world.

Plot: extraterrestrial technology, snowstorm, alien invasion, based on graphic novel, aliens

Cast

Michael Cera

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Ellen Wong

Kieran Culkin

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

7.5 8.7K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance

Country: Japan, United Kingdom

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.

Plot: video game, skateboarding, ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend, toronto, canada, animated scene, dating, ...

Cast

Shuichiro Umeda

Hina Youmiya

Makoto Furukawa

SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary (2024) TV Show

7.5 34 votes

Genre: Animation, Mystery

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 22

Story: Kobato decides to become an honest, humble citizen after enduring a bitter experience known as “wisdom work.” He forms a pact with Osanai, his classmate with the same goal, and they plan to enter high school leading quiet lives. But for some reason, inexplicable events and disasters keep happening around them. Will Kobato and Osanai ever manage to live ordinary, peaceful lives?

Plot: high school, slice of life, school, school life, anime, japanese high school, mysterious events, based on light novel

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (2020) TV Show

7.5 105 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: Wealthy heiress Catarina Claes is hit in the head with a rock and recovers the memories of her past life. It turns out the world she lives in is the world of the game Fortune Lover, an otome game she was obsessed with in her past life... but she's been cast as the villain character who tries to foil the protagonist's romances!

Plot: magic, prince, reincarnation, romance, school, transmigration, anime, past lives, ...

Cast

Bruce Willis

Jessica Alba

Clive Owen

Mickey Rourke

Sin City (2005)

7.5 8.9K votes

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: R

Story: Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.

Style: absurd

Plot: dystopia, based on comic, anthology, black and white, held captive, based on graphic novel, mysterious killer, doing the right thing, ...

Cast

Yuki Kaji

Sachika Misawa

Ayako Kawasumi

Kenichi Suzumura

Accel World (2012) TV Show

7.5 153 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Drama

Country: Japan, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: A short, overweight student uses the Neuro Link, an evolution of the Nerve Gear, to escape himself from the reality. But his skills in the virtual world brings him to the attention of Kuroyukihime, a popular student who introduces him to the Brain Burst.

Plot: competition, technology, anti hero, virtual reality, virtual fight, friendship, bullying, rivalry, ...

Time: future

Black Bullet (2014) TV Show

7.5 231 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Mystery

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A near future, where humans have been defeated by the viral parasites named Gastrea. They have been exiled into a small territory and live in despair, side-by-side in terror.In this world trapped in darkness—Rentaro, a boy living near Tokyo and member of the "Civil Security"—an organization specializing in fighting against the Gastrea—is used to accomplishing dangerous tasks. His partner is Enju, a precocious young girl. They fight thanks to their peculiar powers until one day, when they receive a special assignment from the government. This top secret mission is to prevent the destruction of Tokyo...Set in a near future, this thrilling heroic-action story... starts now!

Plot: cyborg, gun, infection, harem, giant monster, orphan, fighting, super power, ...

Time: near future

Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells (2024) TV Show

7.4 105 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: Touka always faded into the background at school. And when he’s summoned to another world with his classmates, that still doesn’t change! They all acquire top-rank skills, except Touka, who’s deemed a failure and cast to ancient ruins by the goddess Vicius. Turns out, his low-rank skills may not be so useless after all. Now, he seeks revenge against the goddess, and his true nature is revealed.

Plot: magic, revenge, goddess, summons, anime, another world, isekai, based on light novel

YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World (2019) TV Show

7.4 70 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 26

Audience: TV-14

Story: Arima Takuya is a young student whose father, a historian who has conducted various researches, disappeared recently. During a summer vacation Takuya receives a peculiar package from his missing father, along with a letter containing information about the existence of various parallel worlds. At first Takuya doesn't take it seriously, but soon he realizes that he possesses a device that allows him to travel to alternate dimensions. Is his father alive, after all? If so, where is he?

Plot: harem, remake, romance, historical, anime, based on visual novel

BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.

Cast

Kaede Hondo

Ruriko Noguchi

Saori Hayami

Satomi Arai

BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. (2020) TV Show

7.4 162 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: Kaede Honjou is invited by her friend Risa Shiramine to play a virtual reality MMO game with her. While Kaede doesn't dislike games, what she really, truly dislikes is being in pain. She creates a character named Maple, and decides to put all her points in VIT to minimize pain. As a result, she moves slowly, can't use magic, and even a rabbit can get the best of her. But as it turns out, she acquires a skill known as "Absolute Defense" as a result of her pumping points into VIT, as well as a "Counter Skill" that works against special moves. Now, with her ability to nullify all damage, she goes on adventures.

Plot: competition, video game, virtual reality, survival, female protagonist, anime, virtual world, based on light novel, ...

Cast

Ryota Osaka

Yoko Hikasa

Nao Toyama

Yuki Ono

The Devil Is a Part-Timer! (2013) TV Show

7.4 295 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 37

Audience: TV-14

Story: Foiled by a hero when he’s inches away from conquering the world, the devil finds himself in modern-day Tokyo. With no real-world skills to speak of, the devil is forced to make ends meet flipping burgers at a fast food joint! To stall any further plans of world domination, the hero tracks the devil’s trail and takes on the lowly tasks of a telemarketer.

Plot: romance, tokyo, japan, demon, fast food, anime, isekai, reverse isekai, ...

Cast

Dylan Wang

Tian Xiwei

Liu Yijun

Yan Zidong

Guardians of the Dafeng (2024) TV Show

7.4 41 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama

Country: China

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 40

Story: Xu Qi’an, a recent police academy graduate, awakens in a strange world filled with Confucians, Taoists, Buddhists, demons, and warlocks. Facing imminent exile to a remote frontier town, he seizes the chance to change his fate by joining a powerful organization of guardians.

Plot: swordplay, affectation, investigation, romance, costume drama, aggressive, hero's journey, thoughtful, ...

HELL MODE: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing

Cast

Mizuki Ooyagi

HELL MODE: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing (2026) TV Show

7.4 28 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: Kenichi Yamada, a single, 35-year-old businessman, has spent the majority of his adult life playing every MMORPG to hit the market. Tired of the constant cycle of repetitive, newbie-centric gameplay, he is immediately drawn in by the promise of a new game that, on top of being never-ending, offers up a "Hell Mode"—a difficulty level that makes it nigh impossible to level up but also promises uncapped growth potential. Upon selecting the newly released Summoner class, Kenichi finds himself reborn as Allen, an infant in a serf family, with nothing but his wits and old memories to guide him.

Plot: magic, reincarnation, gamer, summons, anime, another world, sword and sorcery, isekai, ...

As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World (2024) TV Show

7.4 60 votes

Genre: Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: Ars Louvent is reincarnated in another world as the young son of a minor noble who owns a small domain. Ars is not particularly strong or intelligent, but he was born with the Appraisal Skill that's able to see others' abilities and statuses. He uses his skill to find the best hidden talents in the world to make their small, weak domain into the best.

Plot: magic, reincarnation, politics, fantasy world, shounen, anime, isekai, based on light novel

Watchmen: Chapter I (2024)

7.4 235 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 84 min.

Audience: R

Story: In 1985, the murder of a government-sponsored superhero draws his outlawed colleagues out of retirement and into a mystery that threatens to upend their personal lives and the world itself.

Plot: nuclear war, secret identity, retirement, conspiracy, alternate history, based on graphic novel, masked vigilante, doomsday clock

Time: 1980s

Cast

Ayumu Murase

Atsumi Tanezaki

Ayaka Shimizu

Wakana Kuramochi

Am I Actually the Strongest? (2023) TV Show

7.4 102 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: After being a shut-in, Haruto is reincarnated as a baby. And amazingly, that baby is a prince! However, he's abandoned in a forest on the day he's born because of his low magic level... What will be the fate of Haruto, who was inadvertently given 1000 times the normal amount of magic by the goddess of reincarnation without anyone noticing?!

Plot: magic, reincarnation, harem, romance, seinen, anime, isekai, henshin heroes, ...

Cast

Chris Hemsworth

Golshifteh Farahani

Adam Bessa

Tornike Gogrichiani

Extraction 2 (2023)

7.4 3.0K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: R

Story: Back from the brink of death, highly skilled commando Tyler Rake takes on another dangerous mission: saving the imprisoned family of a ruthless gangster.

Style: gritty

Plot: explosive, mercenary, rescue mission, sequel, revenge, georgia europe, criminal underworld, based on graphic novel, ...

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