Best sci-fi Japanese movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
61 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.6. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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1. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 27m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 8.1 (79.6K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningDark & grittyMature
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.
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2. Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 5m · U/A 13+ · Science Fiction, Horror · IMDb 7.6 (2.3L votes)
Visually stunningDark & grittyEdge-of-seatMature
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.
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3. Godzilla (1954)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 36m · Thriller, Horror · IMDb 7.6 (46.7K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not o
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4. Gintama: The Very Final (2021)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 44m · Animation, Action · IMDb 8.7 (4.3K votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedFunnyEdge-of-seat
The countdown to destruction has begun! Gintoki and the others set out to fulfill the wishes of their teacher Shoyo and thwart Utsuro's plans. Shinpachi, Kagura, the Shinsengumi, members of the Kabuki District, and even former enemies will join their fight. As Utsuro's power grows, Takasugi fights for his very life. Wi
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5. Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 47m · Animation, Mystery · IMDb 7.8 (5.2K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-paced
Noah's Ark, the latest innovation in VR technology, is set for a showcase to Japan's privileged children. However, their carefree fun is cut short when a company employee is found murdered, with his dying message pointing to a clue hidden within the Ark. Along with the Detective Boys and Ran Mouri, Conan Edogawa enter
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6. Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 34m · U · Animation, Adventure · IMDb 7.4 (11.5K votes)
HeartwarmingVisually stunning
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.
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7. Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 36m · Animation, Adventure · IMDb 7.5 (6.4K votes)
TwistyHeartwarmingFamily-friendly
Nobita travels to the future to show his beloved grandma his bride, but adult Nobita has fled his own wedding.
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8. Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 59m · Animation, Action · IMDb 7.3 (10.4K votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seatTwisty
In 2026, a new machine called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor, the Amusphere. A next-gen wearable device, the Augma doesn't have a full-dive function like its predecessors. Instead, it uses Augmented Reality to get players into the game. It is safe, user-friendly and lets users
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9. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 40m · UA · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.1 (19.7K votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
The Red Ribbon Army, an evil organization that was once destroyed by Goku in the past, has been reformed by a group of people who have created new and mightier Androids, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, and seek vengeance against Goku and his family.
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10. GANTZ:O (2016)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 35m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.1 (18.1K votes)
Visually stunningMatureFast-pacedDark & gritty
After being brutally murdered in a subway station, a teen boy awakens to find himself resurrected by a strange computer named Gantz, and forced to fight a large force of invading aliens in Osaka.
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11. Voices of a Distant Star (2002)
Movie · Japanese · 25m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.0 (10.3K votes)
HeartwarmingSlow-burnSerious
It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru waits. The two lovers, worlds apart, desperately strive to remain connected as the
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12. Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 45m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.0 (8.4K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatCold & detachedDark & gritty
Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and it
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13. My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 45m · Animation, Action · IMDb 7.0 (8.2K votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
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 assis
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14. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 43m · Action, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.9 (8.9K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.
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15. Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
Movie · Japanese · 2h · Animation, Action · IMDb 7.2 (2.7K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-pacedDark & gritty
In UC 0093, the Federation has recovered from its defeat and has created a new anti-colonial special forces unit to deal with rebel forces: Londo Bell. Elsewhere in space, Char Aznable reappears out of self-imposed hiding with a declaration that he now commands his own Neo-Zeon movement, and intends to force the emigra
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16. Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 21m · U/A 13+ · Animation, Fantasy · IMDb 7.1 (3.4K votes)
Visually stunningHeartwarming
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.
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17. My Hero Academia: You're Next (2024)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 50m · Animation, Action · IMDb 7.0 (4.4K votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
In a society devastated by the effects of an all-out war between heroes and villains, a mysterious giant fortress suddenly appears, engulfing towns and people one after another. Then, a man reminiscent of All Might, the 'symbol of peace', stands in front of Izuku and his friends...
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18. The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 30m · Animation, Adventure · IMDb 6.8 (16.4K votes)
Visually stunningTwistySlow-burnSerious
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 tow
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19. The Return of Godzilla (1984)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 43m · Science Fiction, Action · IMDb 6.8 (3.9K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japa
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20. To Every You I've Loved Before (2022)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 42m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (1.5K votes)
TwistyHeartwarmingVisually stunning
While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she and Koyomi are lovers. But in a reality where moving between dimensions is natural, could Koyomi be the
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21. To Me, the One Who Loved You (2022)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 38m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (1.5K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningHeartwarmingSerious
Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Traveling between dimensions is common in their world, but not without repercussions. Does a univer
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22. Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden (2009)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 22m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (1.8K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
Takizawa prevented Japan's destruction - and then he vanished. Six months later, clues lead Saki to the Big Apple in search of her missing friend. Meanwhile, the remaining Selecao are plotting their final move. Some of them would prefer Takizawa dead and out of the way. Some might even be willing to help him achieve hi
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23. BLAME! (2017)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 46m · Action, Drama · IMDb 6.6 (10.3K votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seatMature
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,
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24. Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost (2010)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 33m · Animation, Mystery · IMDb 6.8 (1.4K votes)
TwistyFast-pacedVisually stunningEdge-of-seat
Accused of terrorism and feeling the heat, Saki's high-tech crew is in the crosshairs. Meanwhile, the shroud of mystery covering Takizawa is lifted as he and his fellow Selecao make their final moves. Every game must come to an end. For those playing Mr. Outside's twisted game of conspiracy thrills, the end comes now.
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25. Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 40m · Science Fiction, Animation · IMDb 6.6 (4.5K votes)
Visually stunningTwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
When a ghost-infecting virus known as Fire-Starter begins spreading through the system resulting in the assassination of the Japanese Prime Minister, Major Motoko Kusanagi and her elite team of special operatives are called in to track down its source.
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26. Inuyashiki (2018)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 7m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 6.6 (3.4K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatMatureDark & gritty
A middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers.
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27. Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (2021)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 36m · Animation, Action · IMDb 6.6 (2.9K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & grittySerious
Twelve years after Char's rebellion, Hathaway Noa leads an insurgency against Earth Federation, but meeting an enemy officer and a mysterious woman alters his fate.
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28. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: -A Wakening of the Trailblazer- (2010)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 3m · Action, Animation · IMDb 6.8 (822 votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatFast-paced
The year is 2314 AD, two years have passed since the defeat of the Innovades and the exposure of the A-Laws' crimes against humanity. The A-Laws have been abolished and their infrastructure integrated into the Earth Sphere Federation Army. However, the world's exposure to GN Particles has resulted in many people awaken
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29. MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (2026)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 55m · U/A 13+ · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.6 (886 votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatTwistyDark & gritty
Haunted by past trauma, Hathaway Noa is drawn to a mysterious girl named Gigi Andalucia, whose strange powers stir memories within him. While swayed by her cryptic words, he continues preparing for Mafty's mission -- the attack on the Adelaide Conference. Meanwhile, Kenneth Sleg of the Earth Federation Forces prepares
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30. Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island (2022)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 49m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (558 votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seat
After a covert mission goes wrong, Mobile Suit pilot Amuro Ray and his comrades are stranded on a remote island. The battalion was sent to a land called the Island of No Return to clear off any enemy forces, only to find a group of children and an enemy mecha attack. Now Amuro must find a way for them all to escape thi
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