Movies like Empty Hands
If Empty Hands's animation stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Empty Hands's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Stand by Me Doraemon 2
2020 · Directed by Takashi Yamazaki · 96 min7.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2020s)
Nobita travels to the future to show his beloved grandma his bride, but adult Nobita has fled his own wedding.
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Mind Game
2004 · Directed by Masaaki Yuasa · 103 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.
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Stand by Me Doraemon
2014 · Directed by Takashi Yamazaki · 94 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
Sewashi and Doraemon find themselves way back in time and meet Nobita. It is up to Doraemon to take care of Nobita or else he will not return to the present.
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Only Yesterday
1991 · Directed by Isao Takahata · 119 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
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Origin: Spirits of the Past
2006 · Directed by Keiichi Sugiyama · 95 min6.9
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken.