
Movies that feel likeAkira (1988)
If you loved Akira, the closest films we have are Ghost in the Shell (1995), Logan's Run (1976) and RoboCop (1987). All three share Akira's cerebral and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is District B13 (2004).
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If Akira hit the spot, these will too

One thread runs through both: dystopia

Both are built on the same subject: dystopia
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Both keep coming back to the same thing: experiment
The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Akira does

Common ground: street gang

Both land ideas and momentum at once

Bleak science fiction, and it commits to that
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Action with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Both lean on momentum more than on animation

The same preoccupation in both: street gang

Bleak science fiction in both cases

Common ground: saving the world

Action built on ideas, twice over
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