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10 Best Movies Like Wolf Children

If you loved Wolf Children, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Boy and the Beast

The Boy and the Beast

2015★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wolf Children for fans of Animation & Family & Drama & Fantasy. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way b...

#2
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

2006★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wolf Children for fans of Animation & Drama & Fantasy. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon...

#3
Summer Wars

Summer Wars

2009★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wolf Children for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90t...

#4
Children Who Chase Lost Voices

Children Who Chase Lost Voices

2011★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wolf Children for fans of Animation & Family & Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memen...

#5
Death Billiards

Death Billiards

2013★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wolf Children for fans of Animation & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Death Billiards is one of the four anime works that each received 38 million yen (about US$480,000) from the "2012 Young Animator Training Project." Just like in 2010 and 2011, the...

#6
My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro

1988★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wolf Children for fans of Animation & Family & Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits o...