Best movies like Sword of the Stranger
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Plot Summary:
Pursued by formidable Chinese assassins, young Kotaro and his dog run into No Name, a mysterious stranger who gets pulled into the chase. The unlikely companions form a bond over saving the dog from a poison attack, but chaos erupts when the assassins find Kotaro, and No Name must face his past before a horrible fate is met again.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, manga, captivating, serious, suspenseful, touching, sincere, epic, surreal
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Sengoku Basara: The Last Party (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story of the film is set after the conflict instigated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ended, but not before the Battle of Sekigahara determines who shall be the Shogun of Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, History
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, bleak, serious, captivating
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Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Yuria (2007)
Plot Summary:
Second part of the new Fist of the North Star movie pentalogy presenting the story from Yuria's perspective, spanning from her childhood, including the day she first met Kenshiro.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, touching, splatter
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Grenadier: The Beautiful Warrior (2004)
Plot Summary:
Rushuna is a very beautiful gun expert that travels through the world with one purpose which is to make the world a peaceful place by, instead of fighting with weapons, taking away the people's will to fight by giving them a smile. In this quest she meets Yajirou, a mercenary that joins her on the journey.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious
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Brave Story (2006)
Plot Summary:
Jr. 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 magical door to another world where one can go and get the Goddess of Fortune to grant one wish! When tragedy strikes Wataru's family he decides to open the door for himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, manga, tense, serious
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Fist of the North Star: Legend of Raoh - Chapter of Fierce Fighting (2007)
Plot Summary:
A film adaptation of the Last Nanto General story arc from the manga, depicting the final battle between Kenshiro and Raoh that led to Kenshiro becoming the successor of Hokuto Shinken. Some events from the manga / anime have been excluded from the story (such as Raoh's fight with Juza) whereas others have been altered or expanded. New content featuring the final battle from Raoh's perspective have been added. This film serves as the follow-up to the first film in the series, which introduced Raoh and Reina's relationship, this time bringing it to a conclusion.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, serious, captivating, splatter
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Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato (2019)
Plot Summary:
Half a year after the events of the series "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress", the team attempt to take back Unato castle.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission (2013)
Plot Summary:
The strongest Hunters that once existed in the Hunters Association were split into "light" and "dark", and each walked down their respective paths. The "dark" side begins moving in order to massacre all Hunters! What actions will Gon take when the many crimes of Netero and the Hunters Association are unveiled...?!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, semi serious, manga, shounen
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Hunter X Hunter: Phantom Rouge (2013)
Plot Summary:
Kurapika became a Hunter to take vengeance on the Class-A crime group Phantom Troupe who massacred his clan for their unique eyes. The eyes of the Kurta clan turn scarlet in times of anger or emotional agitation and are considered the most beautiful treasures in the world. Kurapika continues to pursue the Phantom Troupe but an unknown party has stolen his "scarlet eyes". With the help of Gon, Killua and Leorio, Kurapika' s life was saved. However, the Phantom Troupe shows up before them and blocks their way. The true identity of the one with the No.4 spider tattoo is about to be unveiled.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, tense, light, manga, adult animation, shounen
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Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001)
Plot Summary:
InuYasha 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, known as Hyoga, came 300 years ago to invade Japan, but was stopped by InuYasha's Father. InuYasha and Kagome, along with Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Kaede and Myoga, will try to stop Menomaru in his becoming the most powerful demon ever.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, adult animation, demonic, suspenseful, mystical
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Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2006)
Plot Summary:
In 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. Senna refuses to answer any questions, so Ichigo is forced to follow her while Rukia tries to find out what's going on.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, serious, manga, shounen, stylized
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Karas: The Revelation (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the city of Shinjuku, a conflict between a rouge Karas by the name of Eko and the "will of the city" rage in a conflict for dominance. A Karas brought about to fight the rouge has fallen, leaving the city and its inhabitants defenseless. Soon after, Otoha, a comatose patient, is chosen to become a new Karas to face off the rouge Karas Eko to decide the fate of the city and its inhabitants.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, bleak, epic, serious
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Samurai Champloo (2004)
Plot Summary:
Mugen is a ferocious, animalistic warrior with a fighting style inspired by break-dancing. Jin is a ronin samurai who wanders the countryside alone. They may not be friends, but their paths continually cross. And when ditzy waitress Fuu gets them out of hot water with the local magistrate, they agree to join her search for the "samurai who smells of sunflowers.".
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, thought provoking, atmospheric, captivating, manga, adult animation, adult anime, shounen, spectacular
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Blade of the Immortal (2008)
Plot Summary:
Blade of the Immortal is a Japanese manga series by Hiroaki Samura. The series is set in Japan during the mid-Tokugawa Shogunate period and follows the cursed samurai Manji, who has to kill 1000 evil men in order to regain his mortality. The manga was originally published in Afternoon from June 25, 1993 – December 25, 2012. A 2008 anime adaption was produced Bee Train and Production I.G. Also in 2008, the novel Blade of the Immortal: Legend of the Sword Demon was released in the United States by Dark Horse Comics.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 709
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, History, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, rough, serious, captivating, adult anime
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Road to Ninja - Naruto the Movie (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sixteen years ago, a mysterious masked ninja unleashes a powerful creature known as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox on the Hidden Leaf Village Konoha, killing many people. In response, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki, the Demon Fox's living prison or Jinchūriki, manage to seal the creature inside their newborn son Naruto Uzumaki. With the Tailed Beast sealed, things continued as normal. However, in the present day, peace ended when a group of ninja called the Akatsuki attack Konoha under the guidance of Tobi, the mysterious masked man behind Fox's rampage years ago who intends on executing his plan to rule the world by shrouding it in illusions.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, manga, exciting, light, humorous, suspenseful
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time (2010)
Plot Summary:
After falling through a time-slip, Yusei Fudo (who has just had his powerful card stolen by a mysterious stranger) meets with Jaden Yuki and Yugi Muto, who agree to help Yusei defeat the evil Paradox, who is planning to destroy Pegasus before he can invent Duel Monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: anime, suspenseful, exciting, serious, sincere, captivating, melancholic, fast, parody, shounen
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Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots (1997)
Plot Summary:
The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and family get slashed down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now he and a band of desparate rebels have sworn to settle one final score. Only one man stands in their way: Rurouni Kenshin. Will the former assassin take up his sword to fight again? When Shigure discovers Kenshin's true identity and his fight becomes a personal vendetta, the young hero will have no choice.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, stylized, crying
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Highlander: Vengeance (2007)
Plot Summary:
Colin MacLeod hunts for the man responsible for the death of his love. He chases the immortal Marcus Octavius across centuries as his quest threatens to take over his life and heart. In his quest, he meets a woman who reminds him of his slain beauty. But it's his final battle with Marcus that will decide not only his fate, but also the fate of everyone in the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, exciting, touching, serious, suspenseful, stylized, manga, adult anime, perverse
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Ninja Scroll (1993)
Plot Summary:
Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, hiring his services to those with gold... or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a hideous plot to overthrow the government threatens to end his wandering ways and possibly his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, manga, sexy, adult anime, adult animation, brutal, dark, cult classic, epic
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Storm Rider Clash of the Evils (2008)
Plot Summary:
The film is a spinoff of the original story and the two protagonists Wind and Cloud. The residents of Sword-Worshipping Manor, which houses the best sword-smiths in the world, are brutally massacred after they are alleged to be plotting a rebellion against the government. The young master of the manor, Ngou Kuet, is the only survivor. Ngou Kuet vows to finish forging the "Kuet" Sword, a task passed down by generations of his family which has yet to be completed. Ngou Kuet attacks Tin Ha Wui and battles with Wind and Cloud to obtain the blood of the Fire Kirin which can unleash the power of the sword. As the blood of the Fire Kirin runs in Wind's veins, he becomes Ngou Kuet's primary target.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure
Country: China
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, captivating, stylized, semi serious
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Lupin the Third: Record of Observations of the East - Another Page (2012)
Plot Summary:
Lupin has become a suspect in the murder of a professor named Theo Argent. The professor had just discovered the missing page of Marco Polo's Record of Observations of the East travel journal. As Lupin is being pursued by the police, he ends up getting unlikely help from the granddaughter of Theo Argent, Lisa.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining, suspenseful, semi serious, detective
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Akira Kurosawa's: Samurai 7 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Samurai 7 is a 2004 anime TV series, produced by Gonzo and based on Akira Kurosawa's highly regarded 1954 movie Seven Samurai. The series was directed by Toshifumi Takizawa and its music was composed by Kaoru Wada and Eitetsu Hayashi. There are 26 episodes, each costing around ¥32,500,000 to produce. The series premiered across Japan on the anime satellite television network, Animax, as an exclusive high definition CS-PPV broadcast, and was also later aired by the network across its other respective networks worldwide, including Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America and other regions. Funimation Entertainment acquired the dubbing rights for the North American release. It previously aired in America through the Independent Film Channel in April 2006 and in high definition on Dish Networks Animania HD channel. It has also been broadcast across Canada by specialty channel Razer and across Hong Kong by TVB Jade. The Funimation Channel aired the series on September 6, 2010. It began airing on Adult Swim's revived Toonami block on August 19, 2012. and ended its run on February 10, 2013.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, futuristic, epic, stylized, manga, adult animation, shounen
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The Swordsman (1990)
Plot Summary:
When a scroll containing valuable martial arts secrets is stolen from the Emperor, an army detachment is sent to recover it. It is based on the novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jinyong.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, History
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, suspenseful, stylized
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Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (2012)
Plot Summary:
In the land of Orlais, a brash young Seeker—Cassandra—fights to stop a blood-soaked conspiracy. Hidden hands seek to tear apart the realm's most powerful religious order, and as the sinister plot unfolds, Cassandra is accused of treason and murder. Hunted by friend and foe alike, the impulsive beauty must clear her name while clashing with corrupt templars and rogue blood mages. Should she fail, the executioner’s blade awaits. Should she overcome her rage and expose the unseen forces threatening the rule of the Divine, Cassandra will take her place in legend.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, adult animation, manga, serious, gloomy
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Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013)
Plot Summary:
A year has passed since Guts parted ways with the Band of the Hawks. Meanwhile, his former mercenary group is plotting a rescue mission to save an imprisoned Griffith.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, serious, dark, suspense, manga, brutal, humorous, grindhouse, fantasy anime
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Rurouni Kenshin (1996)
Plot Summary:
The Meiji Era was one of great renewal for Japan, where swords and killing were outlawed. However, many survivors from the time of Revolution still live, lurking in the shadows and waiting for a chance to use their killing blades again. Only Kenshin Himura, formerly one of the most brutal of killers, hopes to keep his swordsman's honor and still live in the new era.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, exciting, shounen, brutal, serious, stylized, period piece
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Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009)
Plot Summary:
Afro Samurai avenged his father and found a life of peace. But the legendary master is forced back into the game by a beautiful and deadly woman from his past. The sparks of violence dropped along Afro’s bloody path now burn out of control – and nowhere are the flames of hatred more intense than in the eyes of Sio.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: stylized, anime, serious, suspenseful, exciting, surreal, suspense, bleak, tense, intense
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Beowulf (2007)
Plot Summary:
6th-century Scandinavian warrior, Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the manlike ogre Grendel, a descendant of Cain.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 173000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: computer animated, epic, fairy tale, adult animation, dark fantasy, motion capture, exciting, suspenseful, action packed, mythical
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Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012)
Plot Summary:
Guts, an immensely strong sword-for-hire, has little direction in his life, simply fighting one battle after the next. However, this all changes suddenly when he meets and is bested by Griffith, a beautiful and charismatic young man who leads the Band of the Hawk mercenary army. After Guts joins the Band and the relationship between the two men begins to blossom, Casca, the tough, lone swordswoman in the Band of the Hawk, struggles to accept Guts and the influence he has on the world around her. While the two men begin to fight together, Griffith continues to rise to power, all seemingly in order to reach his mysterious, prophesied goals. What lengths will Guts and Griffith go to in order to reach these goals, and where will fate take the two men?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, captivating, manga, exciting, tense, brutal, grindhouse, fantasy anime, dark fantasy
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Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
Plot Summary:
In Japan, the vampire-hunter Saya, who is a powerful original, is sent by her liaison with the government, David, posed as a teenage student to the Yokota High School on the eve of Halloween to hunt down vampires. Saya asks David to give a new katana to her. Soon she saves the school nurse Makiho Amano from two vampires disguised of classmates and Makiho witnesses her fight against the powerful demon.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Action, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: anime, intense, exciting, rough, suspenseful, adult anime, suspense, surreal, cult classic, manga
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Dororo (2019)
Plot Summary:
A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics—lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, disturbing, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, manga, perverse, jidai geki, adult anime