
10 Best Movies Like The Wind Rises
If you loved The Wind Rises, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Millennium Actress
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wind Rises for fans of Animation & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a ke...

The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wind Rises for fans of Animation & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within t...

Escaflowne: The Movie
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wind Rises for fans of Animation & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Gaea is a mythical realm ruled by sword and sorcery and immersed in blood and violence. Thrust into a conflict she doesn't quite understand, Hitomi Kanzaki helps aid the young Prin...

In This Corner of the World
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wind Rises for fans of Animation & Drama & History & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation...

The Princess and the Pilot
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wind Rises for fans of Animation & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The war between the Levamme Empire and the Amatsukami Imperium has been raging for years. In the midst of this struggle, the prince of the Levamme Empire declares his love for Juan...

Clannad: The Motion Picture
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wind Rises for fans of Animation & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Plagued by a seemingly endless stream of haunting dreams, Tomoya drifts through life with an almost overwhelming sense of anger and emptiness. Then, one fateful day, he meets the ...