Movies like The Princess and the Pilot: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Princess and the Pilot (2011) — a adventure, animation and drama film directed by Jun Shishido — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Princess and the Pilot most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like princess, friendship and marriage proposal. 11 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Wind Rises 2013★ 7.8
Shares: Animation, Drama, Romance
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish 2020★ 8.2
Shares: Animation, Drama, Romance
With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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How to Train Your Dragon 2010★ 7.9
Shares: Adventure, Animation
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
Stream in India on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar
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Escaflowne: The Movie 2000★ 6.7
Shares: Animation, Adventure, Drama
Gaea is a mythical realm ruled by sword and sorcery and immersed in blood and violence. Thrust into a conflict she doesn't quite understand, Hitomi Kanzaki helps aid the young Prince Van as they embark upon a journey to fight the Black Dragon Clan. The battle over a legendary suit of dragon armor, Escaflowne, has begun.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 2019★ 7.7
Shares: Animation, Adventure
As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.
Stream in India on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar
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Your Name. 2016★ 8.5
Shares: Animation, Romance, Drama
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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Clannad: The Motion Picture 2007★ 7.3
Shares: Animation, Drama, Romance
Plagued by a seemingly endless stream of haunting dreams, Tomoya drifts through life with an almost overwhelming sense of anger and emptiness. Then, one fateful day, he meets the mysterious and beautiful Nagisa, and his world begins to change. While helping Nagisa revive the defunct Drama Club at their high school, Tomoya discovers that she has the same dreams. Their story starts beneath the cherry blossoms, but where will fate lead them?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ocean Waves 1993★ 6.4
Shares: Animation, Drama, Romance
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Place Promised in Our Early Days 2004★ 6.6
Shares: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Romance
In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tower.
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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5 Centimeters per Second 2007★ 7.3
Shares: Animation, Romance, Drama
Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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Top Gun 1986★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Romance
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Violet Evergarden: Recollections 2021★ 8.4
Shares: Drama, Animation, Romance
An emotionally scarred former child soldier becomes a letter writer in this condensed recap of the moving, gorgeously animated award-winning series.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Macross Plus: The Movie 1995★ 7.0
Shares: Adventure, Animation
Three decades after the great war between the humans and the Zentradi, the U.N. government is developing new technologies to use in their transforming fighter aircraft by running tests on the colony planet Eden. Military test pilots and former childhood friends, loose cannon Isamu Alva Dyson and the Zentradi mixed race Guld Goa Bowman, are selected to each pilot a new aircraft (Shinsei Industries' YF-19 & General Galaxy's YF-21) for Project Super Nova, to choose the newest successor to the VF-11 Thunderbolt variable fighter which is currently still in use by the U.N. Spacy military forces. Their own personal grudges end up disrupting the tests, and begin to wreak havoc on the program.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Fireworks 2017★ 6.6
Shares: Animation, Romance, Drama
Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set out to find it out.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Maleficent 2014★ 7.1
Shares: Adventure, Romance
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and to Maleficent's true happiness as well.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Mai Mai Miracle 2009★ 7.1
Shares: Animation, Adventure, 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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Brave Story 2006★ 6.4
Shares: Animation, Adventure
Jr. High School Student Wataru and his friends like playing in an abandond building and looking for ghosts. However it seems he is not the only one. Another mysterious student Mitsuru shows Wataru that there is a magical door to another world where one can go and get the Goddess of Fortune to grant one wish! When tragedy strikes Wataru's family he decides to open the door for himself.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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No Game No Life: Zero 2017★ 7.8
Shares: Adventure, Animation, Drama, Romance
Six thousand years before Sora and Shiro were even a blink in the history of Disboard, war consumed the land, tearing apart the heavens, destroying stars, and even threatening to wipe out the human race. Amid the chaos and destruction, a young man named Riku leads humanity toward the tomorrow his heart believes in. One day, in the ruins of an Elf city, he meets Schwi, a female exiled "Ex Machina" android who asks him to teach her what it means to have a human heart.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie Part 2 2021★ 8.2
Shares: Animation, Drama
While under the care of the Outer Sailor Guardians, Hotaru begins to age rapidly. Then, the time comes for all the Sailor Guardians to reunite!
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya 2013★ 8.1
Shares: Animation, Drama
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.
Stream in India on Netflix