Movies like Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020)

Name: Violet Evergarden: The Movie
Released: 2020

10 films to watch after Violet Evergarden: The Movie, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

As the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.

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maboroshi (2023)

Fit 52%

Shares Animation, Drama, Romance and Fantasy with Violet Evergarden: The Movie.

A factory explosion plunges a small town into a timeless freeze, leaving teenage Masamune and his pals to grapple with a quickly collapsing reality.
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To Every You I've Loved Before (2022)

Fit 52%

Shares Animation and Romance with Violet Evergarden: The Movie.

While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she and Koyomi are lovers. But in a reality where moving between dimensions is natural, could Koyomi be the one from another world?
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A Wind Named Amnesia (1990)

Fit 50%

Shares Animation and Drama with Violet Evergarden: The Movie.

A wind has swept the Earth taking all the memories from everyone. No one knows who they are, how to speak, or how to use the tools of modern civilization. Two years later, a young man who has been re-educated travels across America on a mysterious journey.
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Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black (2008)

Fit 47%

Shares Animation, Fantasy and Drama with Violet Evergarden: The Movie.

A strange disturbance in the World of the Living sends Ichigo and Kon to the Soul Society, where the Seireitei has been devastated by an explosion of reishi and Rukia is missing. Stranger still, none of the Soul Reapers remember Ichigo, and they think he’s the one responsible for the destruction. Now on the run, Ichigo is forced into a lonely battle in order to find Rukia and stop the real culprits!
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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie Part 1 (2023)

Fit 43%

Shares Animation, Fantasy and Romance with Violet Evergarden: The Movie.

The Sailor Guardians enjoy a brief moment of peace until Mamoru's Golden Crystal is stolen by Sailor Galaxia and the mysterious Sailor Starlights appear. One by one, Sailor Moon’s friends and loved ones are targeted by a formidable new enemy who threatens to destroy everything and rule over the cosmos.
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Hello World (2019)

Fit 43%

Shares Animation, Romance and Drama with Violet Evergarden: The Movie.

A shy high schooler in Kyoto meets a man claiming to be his future self, who tells him he’s hacked into the past to save their first love.
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The Stranger by the Shore (2020)

Fit 42%

Shares Animation, Romance and Drama with Violet Evergarden: The Movie.

Abandoned after coming out, Shun befriends Mio just before he has to move. Years later, Mio returns with a confession. How will Shun feel?
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Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (2009)

Fit 41%

Shares Animation and Fantasy with Violet Evergarden: The Movie.

In a mythical kingdom, the mighty Imperial Knights harness a magical substance known as Aer to power their weapons and protect humanity from the monsters of the forest. But something strange is afoot; the Aer is somehow changing, causing the wilderness to waste away and stirring the woodland beasts to attack with greater frequency. As danger creeps steadily closer to civilization, two young recruits - Flynn, the rigid son of a fallen hero, and the rebellious and brash Yuri - must ride with their fellow Imperial Knights to distant ruins in hopes of uncovering the truth behind the transforming Aer.
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To Me, the One Who Loved You (2022)

Fit 40%

Shares Animation and Romance with Violet Evergarden: The Movie.

Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Traveling between dimensions is common in their world, but not without repercussions. Does a universe exist for the young couple, and what will it cost them to find it?
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Violet Evergarden: Recollections (2021)

Fit 39%

Shares Drama, Fantasy, Animation and Romance with Violet Evergarden: The Movie.

An emotionally scarred former child soldier becomes a letter writer in this condensed recap of the moving, gorgeously animated award-winning series.