Films like Grave of the Fireflies
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency...
10 to watch next
-
In This Corner of the World
Film · 2016 · also animation and dramaJapan, 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 d...
Films like In This Corner of the World → -
The Boy and the Heron
Film · 2023 · also animation and dramaWhile the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko...
Films like The Boy and the Heron → -
When the Wind Blows
Film · 1986 · also animation and dramaWith the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of...
Films like When the Wind Blows → -
Kensuke's Kingdom
Film · 2024 · also animation and dramaA young boy and his family set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime until a violent storm erupts, sweeping Michael and his dog overboard. After washing up on a remote isla...
Films like Kensuke's Kingdom → -
Mirai
Film · 2018 · also animation and dramaFour-year-old Kun struggles with jealousy after his newborn sister, Mirai, begins receiving most of his family’s attention. Retreating to the garden, he encounters Mirai...
Films like Mirai → -
Giovanni's Island
Film · 2014 · also animation and dramaIn the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed bord...
Films like Giovanni's Island → -
Waiting for Anya
Film · 2020 · also drama and warDuring the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Sp...
Films like Waiting for Anya → -
The Sky Crawlers
Film · 2008 · also animation and dramaYoungsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a war a...
Films like The Sky Crawlers → -
The Breadwinner
Film · 2017 · also animation and dramaA headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Films like The Breadwinner → -
The Island on Bird Street
Film · 1997 · also drama and warAlex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all his relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays th...
Films like The Island on Bird Street →