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Plot Summary:
In a fateful bumper car collision, Jake and Ella meet and become the most loving couple in the long history of romance. But when a scheming "other" woman drives a wedge of jealousy into their perfect courtship, insecurity and hatred spell out an untimely fate. With only the help of a disgraced magician and his forbidden "soul machine", Ella takes the form of Jake's numerous lovers, desperately fighting through the malfunction and deceit as they try to reclaim their destiny.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 981
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: surreal, adult animation, stylized, humorous, semi serious, anime, visual, visually stunning, offbeat, independent film
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Yes, No, or Maybe? (2020)
Plot Summary:
Kunieda Kei is a popular, young TV announcer whose public and private personas are so different, they might be called extreme. On the outside, he is the picture of perfection, affectionately nicknamed "The Prince," while on the inside he is constantly cursing at all of the incompetence around him. Of course, no one knows this secret of his. One day, Kei meets animation artist Tsuzuki Ushio for a work assignment. While Kei is in "inside mode," he later runs into Tsuzuki, who doesn't recognize him in his worn-out sweats and a facemask, but as compensation for injuring Tsuzuki's arm, Kei gets roped into helping out with his work.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: yaoi, melancholic, sentimental, sincere, anime, sexy, touching, humorous, captivating, adult animation
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The Tyrant Falls in Love (2010)
Plot Summary:
Being in love with your straight sempai isn't easy, but being in love with your straight, homophobic, and (to top it off) tyrannical sempai can be hell. And that's something Tetsuhiro Morinaga can relate to... especially now that he's had a taste of the forbidden fruit.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, josei
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Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
Plot Summary:
The movie is about Sita, the Hindu Goddess from the epic "The Ramayana", who accompanies Lord Rama on a 14 year exile in forest. Sita is abducted by Ravana, the ruler of Lanka. This movie tells the story of Rama and Sita, along-with a biographical account of the director's relationship with her husband. It intersperses events from the Ramayana, light-hearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of Indian shadow puppets, musical interludes voiced with archival tracks by Annette Hanshaw and scenes from the artist's own life. The ancient mythological and modern biographical plot are parallel tales, sharing numerous themes.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: stylized, enigmatic, colorful, epic, captivating, semi serious, atmospheric, dark, adult animation, anime
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Tenchi Muy?! In Love (1996)
Plot Summary:
The demonic space criminal Kain has escaped from prison and destroyed the Galaxy Police headquarters. To ensure that the Jurai will not stop him, Kain travels back to 1970 to eliminate Tenchi's mother before he is even born. Now, Tenchi and the gang must travel to the past to stop him before he ceases to exist.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, exciting, humorous, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, black comedy
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The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
Plot Summary:
When a college dropout stops for a late night bite at a mysterious ramen stand, he crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying flashback to his not-so-glorious college days when the influence of a cruel new friend turned him from a hopeless romantic into a mischievous “black cupid.”.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 253 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, psychedelic, surreal, adult animation, mind twisting
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Rocks in My Pockets (2014)
Plot Summary:
A fantastical tale based on true events, about five women of Signe Baumane's family, including herself, and their battles with depression and madness.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 893
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Latvia, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: surreal, stylized, adult animation, humorous, psychological, atmospheric, semi serious, anime, visually stunning, touching
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Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
After marrying the head of the military, Benio hears her husband died in Siberia during a war. However after finding out he's alive and fighting against his home land, Benio starts looking for her first love. Wondering why he didn't return and wanting to welcome him back. Hardships will happen and hearts may be broken, as he might have moved on.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me (2018)
Plot Summary:
Yuuta and Rikka are in their third year of high school. One day in Spring, Touka declares that she will take Rikka to Italy with her, as her job has stabilized there and thinks they should migrate together as a family. Touka is also worried about Rikka not being competent enough to advance to universities in Japan. The gangs from the club suggested Yuuta, who doesn't want to be separated, to elope with Rikka!! A runaway drama throughout Japan begins.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, road movie, sincere, light, humorous, captivating, super sentai
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My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
Plot Summary:
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, compassionate, adult animation, sincere, romantic, independent film, captivating, funny, offbeat
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Aishiteruze Baby (2004)
Plot Summary:
Aishiteruze Baby is a shōjo romance manga by Yoko Maki. It was serialized by Shueisha in Ribon from April 2002 and January 2005 and collected in seven bound volumes. It was adapted as a 26-episode anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Animax, broadcast in Japan on Animax from April to October 2004. The series is about a teenage boy, Kippei, who becomes the caretaker of his 5-year-old cousin, Yuzuyu, after her mother abandons her. Both the manga and anime have been praised for successfully mixing serious issues with a light-hearted tone.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, humorous, stylized, semi serious, shoujo, offbeat, realistic
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Sailor Moon R the Movie: The Promise of the Rose (1993)
Plot Summary:
While enjoying the flower gardens, Sailor Moon (Usagi) and friends encounter an old childhood friend of Mamoru's: an alien! He's come back to give Mamoru a special flower, but doesn't like Usagi and the rest of the planet's inhabitants. Sailor Moon must defend the earth from the evil Kisenian Flower he's brought back... before the evil vines and blossoms overrun the planet!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: anime, mahou shoujo, exciting, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, epic
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Bluer Than Indigo (2002)
Plot Summary:
Kaoru Hanabishi is a college student with a mysterious and painful past, involving his wealthy family whom he walked out on years ago. He encounters a young girl, newly arrived from the countryside, and takes her in to assist her in adjusting to urban life. He discovers to his shock that the girl is his childhood fiancée Aoi Sakuraba, whom he was engaged to before he left his family... and who has left her home and come a great distance to be with her betrothed. Can this couple manage to live and survive together in the cruel and harsh world?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic
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Hair High (2004)
Plot Summary:
Bill Plympton's gothic '50s high-school comedy about a love-triangle that goes terribly wrong. Two murdered teens return from the grave, then go to their prom to get revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: adult animation, humorous, semi serious, captivating, psychedelic, anime, smart, independent film, parody, absurd
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Clannad: The Motion Picture (2007)
Plot Summary:
Clannad is set in a high-school located in some Japanese town. Okazaki Tomoya is a third-year student who doesn't take his studies seriously. Always late for class, he's seen as a delinquent by the rest of his classmates who are busy preparing for their entrance examinations. Needless to say, he hasn't too many close friends either.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, emotional, sincere, humorous, semi serious, serious, shoujo, realistic
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Aya of Yop City (2013)
Plot Summary:
Love stories in Yopougon, a neighborhood of the Ivory Coast capital.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, psychological, touching, adult animation, anime, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012)
Plot Summary:
A quixotic artist hypothesizes about why he feels bad when a mystery girl stands him up. The event prompts him to ask: what's the content of a momentary feeling? Is it the sum of your experiences? And perhaps more importantly, are your experiences the sum of you?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 803
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, experimental, surreal, stylized, postmodern, independent film, anime, cerebral, serious
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Love Me, Love Me Not (2020)
Plot Summary:
Yuna and Akari are two high school girls with very different views on love: Yuna dreams about romance through rose-coloured glasses, while Akari is down-to-earth and practical. Meanwhile, high school boys Kazuomi and Rio also have different views on love: Kazuomi is an airhead who can't grasp the concept of love, while Rio grabs onto any confession as an opportunity—so long as the girl looks cute. Will these four classmates end up leading a youthful romance that meets their expectations?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, light, romantic, shoujo, entertaining, humorous
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Hatsukoi Limited. (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ayumi and her friends are all just entering the eighth grade, as, one by one, they discover that love is infectious and you can catch it from anyone! Now Ayumi's torn between two brothers, Koyoi has an altogether different kind of brother issue and budding theatrical impresario Sumire seems ready to do anything to land her leading man. Then there's tom-boy Rika, aspiring artist Nao, Kei, who's very 'mature' for her age and older girl Misaki who really IS more mature.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, uplifting, touching, humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious, stylized
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Mind Game (2004)
Plot Summary:
The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime, surreal, atmospheric, stylized, psychedelic, touching, humorous, cerebral, mindfuck, adult animation
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Dante's Inferno (2007)
Plot Summary:
A darkly comedic travelogue of the underworld - set against an all-too-familiar urban backdrop of used car lots, gated communities, strip malls, and the U.S. Capitol. And populated with a contemporary cast of reprobates, including famous - and infamous - politicians, presidents, popes, pimps. And the Prince of Darkness himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, humorous, witty, semi serious, adult animation, manga, anime, clever, offbeat, futuristic
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Surviving Life (2010)
Plot Summary:
Eugene, an aging man, leads a double life – one real, the other in his dreams. He goes to see a psychoanalyst, who tries to interpret the meaning of his dreams. Eugene finds a way of entering his dream-world at will and finds out about his childhood and what really happened to his parents.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, atmospheric, surreal, psychological, captivating, mind bending, psychedelic, dark
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The Tune (1992)
Plot Summary:
Del is a song writer for the obnoxious Mr. Mega, and in love with Didi, Mega's secretary. His quest to write a hit tune brings him to the wacky world of Flooby Nooby, where he just might learn to write songs from the heart.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: adult animation, psychedelic, surreal, confusing, anime, independent film, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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Idiots and Angels (2008)
Plot Summary:
Angel, a selfish rotter is hanging around in a local bar, groping the wife of the barman and dealing with weapons. One morning he wakes up finding a pair of wings growing at his back. These wings do good deeds against his nature. But suddenly he finds himself fighting those who want these wings for their own dark plans.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: surreal, adult animation, humorous, semi serious, psychedelic, cult classic, mind bending, black comedy, anime, mind blowing
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Mutant Aliens (2001)
Plot Summary:
Mutant Aliens is a wildly humorous yet poignant story about an astronaut, his daughter, and 5 violent, yet sympathetic, alien creatures who seek revenge against a space industry baron.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: adult animation, semi serious, humorous, stylized, surreal, funny, light, captivating, entertaining, psychedelic
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Heavy Traffic (1973)
Plot Summary:
An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: adult animation, surreal, psychedelic, parody, mind bending, dark, social, psychotronic, black comedy, cult classic
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I Married a Strange Person! (1997)
Plot Summary:
A newlywed develops a strange lump on his neck that gives him the ability to transform people or objects at will. His wife is very upset. Meanwhile, the CEO of Smilecorp learns of this man and his ability and sees a way to achieve world domination if only the man can be taken alive. Animated movie by Bill Plympton.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious, black comedy, cult classic, adult animation, offbeat, splatter, surreal, mind blowing
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Ah! My Goddess!: The Movie (2000)
Plot Summary:
It has been three spring-times since Belldandy came to Earth to grant Keiichi one wish. Things seem to be fine with them while living in the temple with Belldandy's sisters Urd and Skuld, but little do they know that a fallen god from Belldandy's past has escaped from his lunar prison. He has plans for everyone which do not include what the goddess and her human lover wanted for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: anime, stylized, semi serious, exciting, tense, sentimental, captivating, humorous, adult animation, psychotronic
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The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sakura Dormitory is a dorm of the high school affiliated with Suimei University of the Arts (often shortened as Suiko), which hosts the strangest, most trouble-making students. After being kicked out of the normal dorm for keeping a stray cat, Sorata Kanda moves into Sakura Dormitory. As he starts to get used to the life in the dorm, Mashiro Shiina, a world famous artist who cannot even take care of her daily life, moves in. Sorata is forced to become Mashiro's handler. The story is about their daily lives as well as mental growth.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, entertaining, stylized, humorous, offbeat, realistic, light, ecchi, semi serious
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Anomalisa (2015)
Plot Summary:
A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surreal, adult animation, depressing, atmospheric, art house, psychological, emotional, melancholic, meditative, philosophical
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Cool World (1992)
Plot Summary:
Jack Deebs is a cartoonist who is due to be released from jail. His comic book "Cool World" describes a zany world populated by "doodles" (cartoon characters) and "noids" (humanoids). What Jack didn't realize is that Cool World really does exist, and a "doodle" scientist has just perfected a machine which links Cool World with our world. Intrigued at seeing his creating come to life, Jack is nonetheless wary as he knows that not everything in Cool World is exactly friendly.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, adult animation, anime, cult classic, surreal, stylized, mind bending, controversial, humorous, witty