Movies like Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

Name: Howl's Moving Castle
Released: 2004

10 films to watch after Howl's Moving Castle, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.

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Spirited Away (2001)

Fit 80%

Shares Animation and Fantasy with Howl's Moving Castle.

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
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Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

Fit 70%

Shares Animation and Fantasy with Howl's Moving Castle.

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
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The Cat Returns (2002)

Fit 64%

Shares Adventure, Fantasy and Animation with Howl's Moving Castle.

Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.
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Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (1999)

Fit 63%

Shares Fantasy, Animation and Adventure with Howl's Moving Castle.

Sakura Kinomoto, a Card Captor, wins a game of chance and is awarded a trip to Hong Kong, along with her best friend Tomoyo and her rival, Syaoran Li. It turns out that the ancient rival of Clow Reed, the creator of the mysterious and powerful Clow Cards, summoned them, and she's out for revenge. A battle ensues, and secrets are revealed about Clow Reed's shady past and Sakura's connection to him.
5

The Black Cauldron (1985)

Fit 57%

Shares Animation, Adventure and Fantasy with Howl's Moving Castle.

Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
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The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)

Fit 55%

Shares Animation, Fantasy and Adventure with Howl's Moving Castle.

Princess Yum Yum falls in love with Tack and saves him from being executed. Later, when the protective orbs of the palace get stolen, Tack and Yum Yum set out to find them and save the kingdom.
7

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond (2022)

Fit 45%

Shares Animation, Fantasy and Adventure with Howl's Moving Castle.

A long-running conspiracy is swirling over a mysterious power wielded by the Queen in Raja, a small country west of Tempest. When a slime who evolved into a Demon Lord named Rimuru Tempest crosses paths with Hiiro, a survivor of the Ogre race, an incredible adventure packed with new characters begins. The power of bonds will be put to the test!
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)

Fit 43%

Shares Fantasy and Adventure with Howl's Moving Castle.

Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.
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Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Fit 43%

Shares Fantasy and Animation with Howl's Moving Castle.

Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.
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The Wonderland (2019)

Fit 40%

Shares Animation and Fantasy with Howl's Moving Castle.

The story follows Akane, a girl with no self-confidence. On the day before her birthday, she meets a mysterious alchemist, Hippocrates, and his student, Pipo, who both tell her they're on a mission to save the world. Together, they set out from the basement for "Wonderland," and Akane finds herself labelled Wonderland's savior.