Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Beginning

If you loved The Beginning, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

2002★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beginning for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 ...

#2
Golden Kamuy

Golden Kamuy

2024★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beginning for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

On the Hokkaido frontier, a war veteran and Ainu girl race against misfits and military renegades to find treasure mapped out on tattooed outlaws....

#3
Achilles and the Tortoise

Achilles and the Tortoise

2008★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beginning for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, de...

#4
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie

Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie

1999★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beginning for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Sakura Kinomoto, a Card Captor, wins a game of chance and is awarded a trip to Hong Kong, along with her best friend Tomoyo and her rival, Syaoran Li. It turns out that the ancient...

#5
April Story

April Story

1998★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beginning for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place....

#6
Love & Pop

Love & Pop

1998★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beginning for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into thi...

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