15 Movies Like 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End

Loved 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express - the Movie
#1

Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express - the Movie

Six delinquents are tasked with cleaning a train as part of a community service program. But when the train suddenly takes off, chaos ensues.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End.

Door
#2

Door

Yasuko, a housewife, lives in an urban high-rise apartment with her husband Satoru and her son Takuto. Annoyed by spam calls and door-to-door salesmen, Yasuko slams the door on a salesman’s hand when he tries to squeeze a flyer through the apartment's chained front door. He leaves, but the next day, her nightmare starts.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End.

Howl's Moving Castle
#3

Howl's Moving Castle

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.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End.

Exit 8
#4

Exit 8

A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End.

Black Panther
#5

Black Panther

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End.

Solo Leveling -ReAwakening-
#6

Solo Leveling -ReAwakening-

Over a decade after 'gates' connecting worlds appeared, awakening 'hunters' with superpowers, weakest hunter Sung Jinwoo encounters a double dungeon and accepts a mysterious quest, becoming the only one able to level up, changing his fate. A catch-up recap of the first season coupled with an exclusive sneak peek of the first two episodes of the highly anticipated second season in one momentous theatrical fan experience.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End.

Princess Mononoke
#7

Princess Mononoke

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End.

Dollhouse
#8

Dollhouse

After losing their child, a mother finds solace in a life-sized ancient doll she finds on the market. When a new daughter enters the family's life, strange things begin to happen and no matter how hard the family tries to get rid of it, the doll always finds its way back.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End.

Suzume
#9

Suzume

Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End.

Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway
#10

Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway

The 29th Detective Conan film will center on Chihaya Hagiwara, a member of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police and the leader of its motorcycle division.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End.

Godzilla Minus One
#11

Godzilla Minus One

In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End.

Akira
#12

Akira

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
#13

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End.

Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
#14

Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

Iroha's life gets knocked off its orbit when Kaguya, a carefree runaway from the Moon, moves in and convinces her to perform in a virtual world together.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End.

Warriors of the Wind
#15

Warriors of the Wind

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End.