Movies like Free! Road to the World - The Dream: 20 to watch next
If you loved Free! Road to the World - The Dream (2019) — a animation and drama film directed by Eisaku Kawanami — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Free! Road to the World - The Dream most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like sports, school and swimming club. 11 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Haikyu!! the Movie: The End and the Beginning 2015★ 8.4
Shares: Animation, Drama
Shouyou Hinata, after losing to Kitagawa Daiichi Junior High's setter Tobio Kageyama in his first official volleyball match, transfers to Karasuno High, intent on finally having a proper volleyball team and getting his revenge on Kageyama. Upon arrival at Karasuno, however, Hinata finds out Kageyama has also gone to Karasuno. Initially at odds with each other, the two form an oddball combination and fight together with the other members of the volleyball club. Karasuno reunites with a former rival school, Nekoma High, in a practice match and reignites their school rivalry.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Haikyu!! The Movie: Battle of Concepts 2017★ 8.0
Shares: Animation, Drama
A recap film depicting the match against Shiratorizawa Academy in the third season of the anime series.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Grisaia: Phantom Trigger the Animation - Stargazer 2020★ 6.5
Shares: Animation
While Rena and Maki recover from their injuries, the other SORD members jet off overseas for a school trip. Within moments of their arrival, though, the Mihama gang are pulled into a manhunt for a SORD deserter, assisted by student Sylvia and Velvet of St. Aile's International School. Tohka's the star of the show this time round, but she's wrestling with her own issues - old memories of her parents, and a promise to a friend that she wasn't able to keep...
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Stand by Me Doraemon 2014★ 7.5
Shares: Animation, Drama
Sewashi and Doraemon find themselves way back in time and meet Nobita. It is up to Doraemon to take care of Nobita or else he will not return to the present.
Stream in India on Netflix
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BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- 2024★ 7.6
Shares: Animation, Drama
When apathetic gamer Nagi agrees to join his rich classmate Mikage in soccer, their partnership leads to the famous Blue Lock program — and to changes.
Stream in India on Anime Times Amazon Channel
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100 METERS 2025★ 7.8
Shares: Animation, Drama
A gifted runner trains a determined but unskilled classmate, unaware he's creating a rival who will challenge him on the track for years to come.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram 2011★ 6.6
Shares: Animation, Drama
The Kingdom of the People of the Earth once ruled over the land, but now all that remains is the Sword of the Earth. in the city of Eindoak. Satoshi, Iris, and Dent arrive in Eindoak during a harvest festival's Pokémon Tournament and meet the legendary Pokémon Victini who wishes to share its powers of victory to someone. Elsewhere in the city, a descendant of the People of the Earth named Dred Grangil has arrived who seeks to revive the kingdom's power with the Sword of the Earth, bringing them back into power over the land, and Satoshi and his friends must stop him before he destroys the land along with Victini.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Persona3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth 2013★ 7.2
Shares: Animation
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Summer Ghost 2021★ 7.3
Shares: Animation, Drama
An urban legend says that lighting fireworks at an abandoned airfield will beckon the "summer ghost," a spirit that can answer any question. Three teenagers, Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryo, each have their own reason to show up one day. When a ghost named Ayane appears, she reveals she is only visible to those "who are about to touch their death." Compelled by the ghost and her message, Tomoya begins regularly visiting the airfield to uncover the true purpose of her visits.
Stream in India on Anime Times Amazon Channel
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Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom 2011★ 6.5
Shares: Animation, Drama
The Kingdom of the People of the Earth once ruled over the land, but now all that remains is the Sword of the Earth. in the city of Eindoak. Satoshi, Iris, and Dent arrive in Eindoak during a harvest festival's Pokémon Tournament and meet the legendary Pokémon Victini who wishes to share its powers of victory to someone. Elsewhere in the city, a descendant of the People of the Earth named Dred Grangil has arrived who seeks to revive the kingdom's power with the Sword of the Earth, bringing them back into power over the land, and Satoshi and his friends must stop him before he destroys the land along with Victini.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs 1987★ 6.7
Shares: Animation
Nobita tries to prove to Doraemon and his friends that dinosaurs are still alive, and, after finding an underground cave, discovers a hollow earth civilization of knights and saurian steeds that Suneo must be rescued from.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Liz and the Blue Bird 2018★ 7.5
Shares: Animation, Drama
In their last year of high school, two girls in the brass band club perform a song inspired by a fairy tale that parallels their friendship.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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BlackFox 2019★ 6.6
Shares: Animation, Drama
Rikka is a ninja descendant. Her grandfather Hyoe is the last chief of their ninja clan and her father is a cyborg researcher. Both are killed when a weapons' company raids his lab to use his research. Rikka sets out to avenge their deaths.
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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Mai Mai Miracle 2009★ 7.1
Shares: Animation, Drama
Inspired by her grandfather's stories, young Shinko embarks on wild flights of fancy about the history of the little town she lives in. But dreams can't fend off the realities of growing up.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission 2021★ 7.6
Shares: Animation
A mysterious group called Humarize strongly believes in the Quirk Singularity Doomsday theory which states that when quirks get mixed further in with future generations, that power will bring forth the end of humanity. In order to save everyone, the Pro-Heroes around the world ask UA Academy heroes-in-training to assist them and form a world-class selected hero team. It’s up to the heroes to save the world and the future of heroes in what is the most dangerous crisis to take place yet in My Hero Academia.
Stream in India on Netflix, Anime Times Amazon Channel
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Our War Game 2000★ 8.0
Shares: Animation
Spring break turns into a summer war when the evil Diaboromon wreaks havoc on the internet, and Tai and Matt must achieve a new Digivolution to defeat him! Will Tai and the Digidestined save the world, and will Sora ever forgive Tai for giving her a hair clip?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Dangerous Honeymoon -The Lost Daddy- 2019★ 7.0
Shares: Animation
Hiroshi and Misae have never been to a honeymoon trip to a foreign country. One day, Misae discovered an inexpensive and family-friendly holiday package to Australia and the Nohara family decided to make it their first honeymoon vacation. Hiroshi gets kidnapped upon arrival to Australia, leaving Shinnosuke, Misae and others on a dangerous journey. It turns out that Hiroshi is the key to a secret treasure. The remaining members of the Nohara Family must rescue Hiroshi, while a mysterious masked man and treasure hunters from all over the world are after him. The struggle is among three different groups in this action-filled treasure hunting adventure.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna 2020★ 8.1
Shares: Animation
Tai is now a university student, living alone, working hard at school, and working every day, but with his future still undecided. Meanwhile, Matt and others continue to work on Digimon incidents and activities that help people with their partner Digimon. When an unprecedented phenomenon occurs, the DigiDestined discover that when they grow up, their relationship with their partner Digimon will come closer to an end.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid 2023★ 7.7
Shares: Animation, Drama
Finally, the day of Mai's high school graduation has arrived. While Sakuta eagerly waits for his girlfriend, an elementary schooler who looks exactly like her appears before him. Suspicious, and for all the wrong reasons... Meanwhile, Sakuta and Kaede's father suddenly calls, saying that their mother wants to see her daughter. She was hospitalized because Kaede's condition had been too much for her to bear, so what could she possibly want now?
Stream in India on Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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BLAME! 2017★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Animation
In the distant technological future, civilization has reached its ultimate Net-based form. An "infection" in the past caused the automated systems to spiral out of order, resulting in a multi-leveled city structure that replicates itself infinitely in all directions. Now humanity has lost access to the city's controls, and is hunted down and purged by the defense system known as the Safeguard. In a tiny corner of the city, a little enclave known as the Electro-Fishers is facing eventual extinction, trapped between the threat of the Safeguard and dwindling food supplies. A girl named Zuru goes on a journey to find food for her village, only to inadvertently cause doom when an observation tower senses her and summons a Safeguard pack to eliminate the threat. With her companions dead and all escape routes blocked, the only thing that can save her now is the sudden arrival of Killy the Wanderer, on his quest for the Net Terminal Genes, the key to restoring order to the world.
Stream in India on Netflix