Best movies like Ringing Bell
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Plot Summary:
Chirin is an innocent though adventurous young lamb whose carefree life on the farm comes to an abrupt end when a wolf murders his mother. Confused and angry, Chirin pursues the wolf into the mountains, seeking revenge. The laws of nature are brutal, however, and hatred alone won't be enough to avenge the loss of his mother. Only the strong survive in the wild, and obtaining that strength may change Chirin forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 927
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: anime, disturbing, adult animation, 2d animation, cult film
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Friends Forever (2009)
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The unsuccessful actor and vagabond Johnny Mauser needs a change from all the trouble that he has experienced while living in the city. The perfect place to take a little break seems to be in Mullewapp, a little village with a cosy little farm. Soon he becomes friends with Franz von Hahn and Waldemar. And when the sheep Cloud suddenly disappears, the three new friends have to manage their first adventure.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Germany, Italy, France
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: anime
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Oseam (2003)
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Two orphans, Gamie, a young blind girl and her little brother Gil-sun, are taken in by a Buddhist monk. While the shy little girl finds her at ease at the temple, the enthusiastic and dynamic little Gil-sun soon starts to disturb this quiet place. After his sister told him their mother had visited her in a dream, the little boy tries to understand why his mom did not come to see him too. In order to meet her again, he decides to follow the monk for a very long initiatic trip.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, spiritual
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The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli (1989)
Plot Summary:
Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli is an anime adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's original collection of stories, The Jungle Book. It aired in 1989, and consists of a total of 52 episodes. The series, a compromise between the original Mowgli stories and the Walt Disney version, received international acclaim and was aired in different countries around the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, sentimental, retro, epic
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Marona's Fantastic Tale (2019)
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Marona, an innocent and empathetic little female dog, remembers the life she has shared with different masters, whom she has loved unconditionally.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family
Country: France, Romania, Belgium
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, stylized, art house, anime
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The Mouse and His Child (1977)
Plot Summary:
The Mouse and his child (the two parts of a single small wind-up toy), go on a quest to become "self-winding".
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 517
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: anime, philosophical, independent film, 2d animation, cult film
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My Beautiful Girl, Mari (2002)
Plot Summary:
Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To escape, he goes to a dream world, where he meets a girl named Mari. The story follows Nam-woo in discovering himself and maturing.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: anime, atmospheric, stylized, touching, serious, adult animation, korean anime, whimsical
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War of the Birds (1990)
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Fagin is the bad bird of an otherwise idyllic forest. He assaults the nest of two wrens and destroys all their eggs except one that, when hatched, is adopted by an owl (patterned on W. C. Fields). A counter-offensive against Fagin is launched with help enlisted from a seagull named Armstrong, two nice mice and a sparrow. There is romance, too, and a jazzy score goes with this animated ornithology extravaganza.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 905
Genere: Animation, Family, Musical
Country: Denmark
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, touching, humorous, semi serious, independent film, 2d animation
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Little Women II Jo's Boys (1993)
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Nan Harding is the new student at Mr. and Mrs. Bhaer's school. Everyone thinks that she is a pain in the head, but not Mrs. Jo. Together with the other kids, they all embark on their personal adventures and misfortunes while learning in school.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, juvenile
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Hokus Pokus Alfons Åberg (2013)
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Albert thinks he is old enough to get a dog, as he's now seven. He tries to convince dad that he's not too young, even if he has an imaginary best friend to help him solve his problems. He gets new hope, when he gets to know a magician. But is magic what's needed to get father's understanding and a dog?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: anime
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10 Lives (2024)
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Beckett is a pampered and selfish cat who totally takes for granted the lucky hand he has been dealt. All that is about to change, however, when he carelessly loses his ninth life.
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Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: anime
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Your Voice -KIMIKOE- (2017)
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The story focuses on high school girl Nagisa Yukiai who lives in a seaside town. She has believed her grandmother's story that spirits dwell in words and they are called "kotodama" (word spirit). One day, she strays into a mini FM station that has not been used for years. As an impulse of the moment, she tries to talk like a DJ using the facility. But her voice accidentally broadcasted reaches someone she has never expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime
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Candy Candy (1976)
Plot Summary:
Candy Candy is a Japanese novel, manga, and anime series. The main character, Candice "Candy" White Ardlay is a blonde girl with freckles, large emerald green eyes and long, curly hair, worn in pigtails with bows. Candy Candy first appeared in a prose novel by famed Japanese writer Kyoko Mizuki in April 1975. When Mizuki joined forces with manga artist Yumiko Igarashi, the Japanese magazine Nakayoshi became interested in Candy Candy. The series was serialized as a manga series in the magazine for four years and won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo in 1977. The story was adapted into an anime series by Toei Animation. There are also several Candy Candy movies which were never released outside of Japan.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, uplifting, touching, sentimental, sweet, romantic
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Sea Prince and the Fire Child (1981)
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Years after the war between the Children of Water and the Children of Fire, Oceanus, a god of the sea, presents Prince Sirius with the eye of Algarock, thereby putting him in charge of those that dwell under the waves. But when Sirius encounters a beautiful Fire Child named Malta (the daughter of the Queen of Fire), he is lost in love and defies the law that states that Children of Water and Children of Fire must forever remain separate to prevent war from breaking out once more. Sirius and Malta struggle to be together while running into obstacles and suffering great losses along the way. But in the end, are the echoes of history too loud to overcome, or can the two lovers be united and bring peace to the land?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale, adult animation, aesthetic, epic, corny
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The Big Wish (2019)
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In the Mexican town of Santa Clara, Salma, a 16 year-old orphan who never got to meet her biological parents, has spent most of her life searching for clues of their identities and whereabouts, that is until she discovers a special book that is filled with stories of the town's past and the history of it's people.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 798
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, light, humorous, non-linear, colorful, 2d animation, colourful
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The Perfect World of Kai (2007)
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Amamiya Shu transfers to Moriwaki elementary filled with hope and ambition. But it doesn't take long before he gets picked on by the class bullies, and gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest. Igniting his meeting with an equally enigmatic child that goes by the name of Ichinose Kai, who seems to be the only one capable getting sound out of the thought to be broken piano. [from AnimeNewsNetwork].
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, disturbing, sentimental, thought provoking, touching, captivating, manga, visually appealing
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Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
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Giovanni currently lives a dreary life of near non-stop work. At school, his peers ridicule him incessantly, and his employer at work is distant and cold. As his isolation from society becomes unbearable, he suddenly finds himself on a train heading far away from his miserable home. Accompanied by Campanella, an acquaintance from school, Giovanni embarks on a journey that will define the rest of his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: anime, psychedelic, surreal
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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
Plot Summary:
A story of encounters and partings interwoven between people; this is a human drama with feelings that touch one's heart gradually, which everyone has experienced at least once.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, thought provoking, sentimental, exciting, sincere, manga, epic fantasy, josei, 2d animation
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5 Centimeters Per Second (2007)
Plot Summary:
Takaki and Akari are two classmates in elementary school. During their time together they have become close friends. Their relationship is tested when Akari moves to another city because of her parents' jobs. Both of them struggle to keep their friendship alive, as time and distance slowly pulls them apart. When Takaki finds out that he is moving further away, he decides to visit Akari one last time.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: anime, sad, depressing, touching, emotional, scenic, romantic, visual, uplifting, epic
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Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
Plot Summary:
In the future, one can achieve immortality by obtaining a mechanized body. Orphaned, young Tetsuro hitches a ride on the space train Galaxy Express 999 in the hope of obtaining a cyborg body to avenge his mother's death. Along the way, he meets Matael, who is the spitting image of his dead mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: anime, cyber, adult animation, touching, bleak, serious, emotional, futuristic, contemplative, stylized
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Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on a bestselling preteen novel of the same title that has sold more than 1 million copies in Korea, “Leafie, A Hen into the Wild” is about a laying hen named Leafie who is destined to live the “same old” repetitive life confined on the chicken farm. Her fate changes when she escapes from the chicken farm and hatches a duck egg. With the duckling (who believes Leafie to be his mother), sets off on a journey into the wild with her new son to find her freedom.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, sincere, anime, funny, captivating, entertaining, exciting, thought provoking
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Stormy Night (2005)
Plot Summary:
A goat named Mei wanders into a barn one night seeking shelter from a storm. In the barn, the goat meets another refugee. The two can neither see nor smell each other, but never the less they huddled together fending off the cold, and begin to talk. Eventually they establish a friendship. The two decide to meet later and will recognized each other by using the password "one stormy night." The next day, when they meet, Mei learns that his companion from the night before was a wolf named Gabu. Despite their natural predisposition as enemies, they share a common bond and begin meeting regularly. However, Mei's flock and Gabu's pack eventually find out about their relationship and forbid the friendship. Mei and Gabu, hoping to preserve their friendship, cross a river during a storm. They hope to find an "emerald forest" free from persecution.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, semi serious, sad, emotional, allegory, sentimental, touching
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Snowtime! (2015)
Plot Summary:
To amuse themselves during the winter school break, the kids in a small village decide to have a massive snowball fight. Luke and Sophie, both 11 years old, become the leaders of the opposing sides. Sophie and her cohort defend an elaborate snow fort against the assault of Luke’s horde. Whichever side occupies the fort at the end of the winter break, wins. But what starts out as pure youthful fun and enthusiasm deteriorates into a more serious conflict. Joy is restored when all the children decide to attack the fort rather than each other and happily destroy every last bit of the snow fort.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, light, humorous, anime
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Once Upon a Forest (1993)
Plot Summary:
A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sad, cult classic, humorous, semi serious, heavy, whimsical, 2d animation, cult film, disaster movie
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Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015)
Plot Summary:
Birdboy and his animal friends plan their escape from an ecologically devastated island in this surreal, animated fantasy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, Japan
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, captivating, gloomy, disturbing, allegory, adult animation, tense, sad, claymation
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The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Plot Summary:
When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and the object of his search is his best friend!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, tear jerker, sad, sentimental, sweet, semi serious, fairy tale, heartbreaking, anime
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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)
Plot Summary:
Spring time in April and the last of the cherry blossoms are still in bloom. The usually aloof bookworm with no interest in others comes across a book in a hospital waiting room. Handwritten on the cover are the words: "Living with Dying." He soon discovers that it is a diary kept by his very popular and genuinely cheerful classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, who reveals to him that she is secretly suffering from a pancreatic illness and only has a limited time left. It is at this moment that she gains just one more person to share her secret. Trying to maintain a normal life as much as possible, Sakura is determined to live her life to the fullest until the very last day. As her free spirit and unpredictable actions throw him for a loop, his heart begins to gradually change.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, disturbing, romantic, atmospheric, thought provoking, captivating, light, epic, manga
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Wolf Children (2012)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: anime, heartbreaking, sweet, atmospheric, colorful, sentimental, touching, manga, depressing, epic