Movies Like Yo-kai Watch: The Movie (2014)

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie is a 2014 action, adventure, animation, comedy, family, fantasy film from Shinji Ushiro with a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Yo-kai Watch The Movie 2: Lord Enma and the Stories, Nyan! and Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow!.

Action Adventure Animation Comedy Family Fantasy

Yo-kai Watch The Movie 2: Lord Enma and the Stories, Nyan!

2015

When Keita frees Whisper, a ghost-like yōkai, from 190 years of imprisonment, Whisper pledges to protect Keita from supernatural dangers. Whisper also gives Keita a watch that allows Keita to see other yōkai. Together with the twin-tailed cat spirit Jibanyan, they encounter lots of yōkai-related problems and solve them.

7.8

MagicScore

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow!

2016

A giant whale appears and flies above Sakura New Town. With the whale’s sound of crying, some changes occur to Kenta Amano and Yokai.

7.2

MagicScore

A Letter to Momo

2012

A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.

7.3

MagicScore

The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe

2023

1955. Kitaro's father, Medama Oyaji, comes to Yagura Village in search of his missing wife. The village was ruled by the Ryuga clan, which controls Japan's political and business circles behind the scenes. Mizuki, who works at a blood bank, visits the village with a secret mission to mourn the death of the head of his family, and meets Kitaro's father. While an ugly fight unfolds over the succession of the head of the family, a member of the family is brutally murdered at the village shrine. It was the beginning of a terrifying chain of events.

7.3

MagicScore

Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond

2018

Natsume has been busy, navigating between humans and Yokai when he coincidentally reunites with an old classmate, Yuki. It brings back painful memories of a certain Yokai. Meanwhile, Natsume also became acquainted with Yorie Tsumura, a woman in the memories of a Yokai whose name he had returned. Yorie knew much about Reiko, but now lived a peaceful life with her only son, Mukuo. Being with this family was comforting for Natsume, but apparently a mysterious Yokai has been lurking in their town. On the way back from investigating, a “Yokai seed” that had latched itself to Nyanko Sensei drops into the Fujiwaras’ garden and grows overnight into a fruit tree. When Nyanko Sensei eats a fruit that is somehow shaped like himself, he suddenly splits into three!

7.3

MagicScore

PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #4 Winter of Rebirth

2016

Makoto Yuki and his allies have grown through the bonds they have formed and partings they have experienced. Using the power of Persona, they continue to fight to put an end to the Dark Hour, in hope that there are peaceful days waiting for them at the end of the battle. However, as the season shifts to winter, memories from ten years ago resurface and a boy believed to be their friend warns the members of S.E.E.S. that "The Fall"— an event that will destroy all of humanity is near, leaving the group with a difficult choice to be made by New Year’s Eve.

7.5

MagicScore

PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth

2013

In the spring, male student Makoto Yuki transfers to Gekkoukan High School. However, as he heads to his new dormitory, listening to the music on his headphones, he is stopped. More precisely, time has stopped, and the people who were around him turn into coffins. Makoto learns that this period of time hidden between the minute of midnight is called the Dark Hour, a time when monsters called Shadows appear. Suddenly made the leader of his fellow classmates Yukari and Junpei by his upperclassmen Mitsuru and Akihiko, Makoto must learn empathy, his connection to his comrades, and the meaning of death. With the power of his Evoker aimed at his head he awakens a Persona and fights against the Shadows threatening to attack his world from the mysterious tower of Tartarus.

7.1

MagicScore

PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #3 Falling Down

2015

The season turns to autumn and the fight of Makoto and his group S.E.E.S. with the strange monsters known as ‘Shadows’ is getting closer to the end. Makoto and his allies engage in life-or-death battles with Shadows in order to end the Dark Hour. Through the battles, some must face the deaths of friends and family, some must notice what precious things must be protected, and some must find meaning in the battles that have occurred. In front of Makoto, the mysterious transfer student Ryoji Mochizuki appears. When the group greets a new morning, the gears of fate begin to turn. A fight revolving around each of the heroes' bonds begins...

7.1

MagicScore

PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream

2014

After realizing the value of life and the importance of his own allies, Makoto finally got his smile back. He finds himself learning more about those comrades and getting closer to them. Makoto wishes that everything will continue just as they are. However, little by little, the pieces and people in Makoto's new, happy life begin to fall apart.

7.1

MagicScore

#10

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring Song

2020

The battle rages on as Shirou continues to protect Sakura, now consumed by the darkness. He joins forces with Rin to end the Holy Grail War, while Illyasviel, who knows the truth behind it, confronts her fate. Amidst the chaos, Zouken plots to manipulate Sakura for his own desires. The final fight begins.

7.7

MagicScore

#11

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. Presage Flower

2017

Ten years after the Fourth Holy Grail War, a devastating clash between Masters and Servants, another war erupts. Shirou Emiya, whose father fought in the first battle, was leading a peaceful life with the warmhearted Sakura Matou. But when hidden forces begin to stir, Shirou resolves to fulfill his father’s dying wish, protect Sakura, and fight for the Holy Grail.

7.4

MagicScore

#12

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly

2019

Shirou has lost his Servant, Saber, and is no longer a Master in the Holy Grail War. Despite this, he refuses to leave the battle, determined to protect Sakura. Meanwhile, a mysterious shadow engulfs the city, killing Masters and Servants one by one. As Shirou faces new dangers, Sakura is drawn deeper into her own destiny as a mage.

6.9

MagicScore

#13

Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works

2010

Shirou Emiya finds himself an unwilling participant in a deadly competition where seven Mages summon heroic spirits as servants to duel each other to the death. They compete for the chance to make a wish from the Holy Grail, which has the power to grant any wish. Shirou is unskilled as a mage and knows nothing of the Holy Grail War, but he and his servant, Saber, enter into a temporary partnership with another Mage, Rin Tohsaka. However, problems arise between Shirou and Rin's servant, Archer, who seems to seriously despise him.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

Bayonetta: Bloody Fate

2013

Bayonetta is an ancient witch who awakens from a five hundred-year slumber with no memory of her life. Armed with a gun in each limb, she embarks on a journey to rediscover her past, defeating all bloodthirsty angels that stand in her way.

6.7

MagicScore

#15

Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

2002

With their most formidable foe vanquished, Inuyasha and his comrades begin returning to their everyday lives. But their peace is fleeting as another adversary emerges: Kaguya, the self-proclaimed princess from the Moon of Legend, hatches a plot to plunge the world into an eternal night of the full moon. Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Shippou must reunite to confront the new menace.

7.7

MagicScore

#16

Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time

2001

InuYasha is a half-demon who was trapped in the Legendary Tree and was set free by Kagome, a girl who traveled 500 years through time. This time, both of them will have to face Menomaru, a Chinese demon whose father, known as Hyoga, came 300 years ago to invade Japan, but was stopped by InuYasha's Father. InuYasha and Kagome, along with Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Kaede and Myoga, will try to stop Menomaru in his becoming the most powerful demon ever.

7.5

MagicScore

#17

Spirited Away

2001

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.

8.5

MagicScore

#18

Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler

2003

Inuyasha and his brother, Sesshomaru, each inherited a sword from their father after his death. However, their father had a third sword, named Sounga, that he sealed away. Seven hundreds years after his death, Sounga awakens and threatens mankind's very existence. How will the children of the Great Dog Demon stop this unimaginable power?

7.7

MagicScore

#19

Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island

2004

The mysterious island of Houraijima has reappeared after 50 years, and with its reappearance has brought the attack of four gods, the Shitoushin, who have their eyes set on the powers that protect and sustain the island. Now it's up to Inuyasha and his friends, along with Sesshoumaru, to find a way to defeat the powerful Shitoushin.

7.5

MagicScore

#20

Dragon Quest: Your Story

2019

Luca follows in his father's footsteps to rescue his mother from evil Ladja. Finding the heavenly hero who wields the Zenithian sword is his only hope.

6.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Yo-kai Watch: The Movie?

The top films similar to Yo-kai Watch: The Movie by MovieMagicScore are Yo-kai Watch The Movie 2: Lord Enma and the Stories, Nyan! (7.8), Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow! (7.2), A Letter to Momo (7.3). Each shares action/adventure/animation/comedy/family/fantasy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Yo-kai Watch: The Movie worth watching?

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10 from 54 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Yo-kai Watch: The Movie?

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie (2014) is a action, adventure, animation, comedy, family, fantasy film directed by Shinji Ushiro, starring Haruka Tomatsu, Tomokazu Seki, Etsuko Kozakura.

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This ranked list pairs Yo-kai Watch: The Movie (2014), a action and adventure and animation and comedy and family and fantasy film from Shinji Ushiro, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Haruka Tomatsu take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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