20 Best Anime movies like Battle Game in 5 Seconds (2021)

List of the best anime movies like Battle Game in 5 Seconds (2021): Console Wars, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Best Player, Free Guy, The Matrix Resurrections, Love O2O, Ready Player One, Zero Motivation, Student A, Pixels.

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Markimdb: 7
Genredocumentary
CountryUSA

In 1990, SEGA, a fledgling arcade company assembled a team of misfits to take on the greatest video game company in the world, Nintendo. It was a once-in-a-lifetime, no-holds-barred conflict that pit brother against brother, kids against grownups, Sonic against Mario, and uniquely American capitalism against centuries-old Japanese tradition. For the first time ever, the men and women who fought on the front lines for Sega and Nintendo discuss this battle that defined a generation.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:38

In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a dark fantasy novel into a video game. A mind-bending tale with multiple endings.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:22

Chris Sanders and Quincy are both involved in a video game called "Black Hole", and they both want to win the tournament with a $175,500 prize. Quincy then tries to sabotage Chris, but it all goes wrong, because Chris' mom Tracy thinks that Quincy is her Internet date. Quincy lies to Tracy on their first date saying that he is a Home Ec. teacher at Chris' school. Right before the tournament, Chris figures out that Quincy was lying about everything. So, Chris decides that she will "destroy" him at the tournament. Quincy ends up forfeiting the tournament to show that he is sincerely sorry. Tracy takes him back, and they go to Chris' prom. Chris decides to go with her love interest in the movie, Ash.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure
CountryUSA, Canada

A bank teller called Guy realizes he is a background character in an open world video game called Free City that will soon go offline.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantastic, action
CountryUSA

Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genremelodrama
CountryChina
Duration01:15

What is it that makes a man fall in love with a woman at first sight? Appearance? Aura? Wealth? NO, when campus prince and gaming expert, student Xiao Nai first saw Bei Wei Wei, what made him fall in love was not her extraordinary beauty, but her slim and slender fingers that were flying across the keyboard and her calm and composed manner!!! Embarrassing, no? At the same time, gaming expert Bei Wei Wei, at this time and place is on the computer, methodically commanding a guild war, and won a perfect and glorious victory despite being at a disadvantage, and was completely unaware that cupid is nearby. Soon after basketball player, swimmer, all-around excellent student, and game company president, Xiao Nai, uses both tactics on and off-line to take this beauty’s heart. Therefore this romance slowly bloomed. ~~ Drama adapted from the novel by Gu Man.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA, India
Duration01:58

When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryIsrael
Duration01:37

Filmmaker Talya Lavie steps into the spotlight with a dark comedy about everyday life for a unit of young female Israeli soldiers. The human resources office at a remote desert base serves as the setting for this cast of characters, who bide their time pushing paper, battling for the top score in Minesweeper, and counting down the minutes until they can return to civilian life. Amidst their boredom and clashing personalities, issues of commitment—from friendship to love and country—are handled with humor and sharp-edged wit.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Being bullied at school and suffering violence at home, Mi-rae, a middle school loner, lives on the border between reality and fantasy. The only places she feels restful are the computer game world, and the would in the novel she writes in her notebook. As her classmates Baek-hap and Tae-yang come close to Mi-rae, she gradually opens up her mind to them. In the meantime, the computer game service is terminated, and the world in her novel also disappears, leading Mi-rae to face a tough reality again.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrefantastic, action, comedy
CountryUSA, China, Canada
Duration02:02

Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genreshort
CountryUSA
Duration00:08

A department store gift wrapper is a lonely spectator at the centre of the festive season until a stage magician makes a surprising request.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrecomedy, adventure, family
CountryUSA

A teenage coding genius has just 30 days to create the world's greatest video game or his family loses everything. No pressure.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

Four friends hit the road to LA to compete in the Cyberbowl Video Game Championship, but will they be able to compete with the worst hangovers of their lives?

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrecomedy, drama, sport
CountryTurkey

A new team of eSports players try to make it to the top in the cutthroat world of competitive gaming.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genreaction, thriller, comedy
CountryUSA

Genius hacker Connor discovers Cicada 3301, an online treasure hunt that could be a recruiting tool for a secret society. Soon Conner, art-expert friend Avi, and secretive librarian Gwen are dashing from graffiti sites to ancient libraries to uncover real-world clues. But they must outrun aggressive NSA agents, also hot on the trail of Cicada, who want the glory for themselves.

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, comedy
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:32

A lonely teenage horror-movie fan discovers a mysterious computer game that uses hypnosis to custom-tailor the game into the most terrifying experience imaginable. When he emerges from the hypnotic trance he is horrified to find evidence that the brutal murder depicted in the game actually happened -- and he's the killer.

Markimdb: 5
Genrecartoon
CountryUSA

Get ready to power up! When Barbie magically gets pulled into her favorite video game, she is excited to see she's transformed into a fun roller-skating character. In the game, she meets Cutie, the lovable cloud-shaped friend, and Bella, the roller-skating princess. Together, they soon discover a mischievous emoji is trying to take control of the game. As they travel from level to level, Barbie must rely on her amazing gaming skills and out-of-the box thinking to save her team and beat the game!

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:25

    After the mysterious, brutal death of an old friend, a group of teenagers find themselves in possession of "Stay Alive," an ultra-realistic 3-D videogame based on the spine-chilling true story of a 17th century noblewoman, known as "The Blood Countess." The gamers don't know anything about the game other than they're not supposed to have it... and they're dying to play it. Not able to resist temptation, the kids begin to play the grisly game but soon make a chilling connection -- they are each being murdered one-by-one in the same way as the characters they played in the game. As the line between the game world and the real world disappears, the teens must find a way to defeat the vicious and merciless Blood Countess, all the while trying to... stay alive.

    Genrefantastic, drama, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan

    Suzu is a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious dragon-like figure appears before her.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryNew Zealand, United Kingdom, Germany

    An ordinary guy suddenly finds himself forced to fight a gladiator-like battle for a dark website that streams the violence for viewers. Miles must fight heavily armed Nix and also save his kidnapped ex-girlfriend.

    Genrecomedy, family
    CountryUSA

      In suburban Chicago during the late 1980s, ten-year-old Jake Doyle embarks on a herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:29

      Industrious high school senior, Vee Delmonico, has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition partnered with a mysterious stranger, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.

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      Genredocumentary, sport
      CountryRussia, Ukraine

      Five star players, five world-class pros with fabulous fees. They are 20 years old, they already know what it means to win. This is the NaVi esports team. The filmmakers talk about a difficult time in their life associated with a major defeat and loss of champion status. Ahead of the guys is the final of the 2020 championship in Poland, which can once again raise them to the top.

      Markimdb: 4.1
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Japan, France
      Duration01:44

      Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration01:40

      Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in his computer generated parallel world that's just like the 30's with seemingly real people with real emotions.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth - then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous security operatives chase the engineer across the globe, while a powerful government official pursues a mysterious agenda that threatens the stability of the entire world.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Corey refuses to let his emotionally disturbed younger brother Jimmy be institutionalized, and the two run away together. They soon join forces with a resourceful girl, who notices that Jimmy has a special talent: he is a "wizard" at video games and can achieve the high score on absolutely everything he plays. Evading their parents and a sinister bounty hunter, the trio head for a climactic showdown at the national video game championships in California.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      A video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the attack.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.

      Duration01:47

      In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon. When Ash, a star player, hears of rumors that a more advanced level of the game exists somewhere, she gives up her loner ways and joins a gang of explorers. Even if she finds the gateway to the next level, will she ever be able to come back to reality?

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryBelgium, Netherlands
      Duration01:33

      Harassed by bullies because of his mild autism, teen Ben (Greg Timmermans) finds refuge in an online computer game, which leads him to his virtual dream girl, Scarlite (Laura Verlinden). Together, the odd couple seeks revenge against Ben's tormentors. Director Nic Balthazar's beguiling mix of kitchen-sink drama and full-blown fantasy was Belgium's Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan, USA
      Duration01:43

      D has been hired to track down Meier Link, a notoriously powerful vampire who has abducted a woman, Charlotte Elbourne. D's orders are strict - find Charlotte, at any cost. For the first time, D faces serious competition. The Markus Brothers, a family of Vampire Hunters, were hired for the same bounty. D Must intercept Meier and conquer hostile forces on all sides in a deadly race against time.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:38

      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.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure, cartoon, short, anime
      CountryJapan, USA
      Duration01:22

      The first story focused on Tai and Kari Kamiya four years before their adventure in the Digital World. It shows their first encounter with Digimon and what happened to them (as well as the other children). Tai and Kari wake one morning to find a Digi-Egg that came out of their computer the night before and the egg soon hatches, revealing a Botamon. The Digimon then evolves into Koromon and then Agumon (not the same one that became friends with Tai in the series, and yet, somehow, both Koromon and Kari remember each other), who then goes out and unintentionally destroys a good part of the neighborhood with Kari riding on his back. A second Digi-Egg appears in the sky to reveal an evil digimon, Parrotmon. Agumon then Digivolves to Greymon but isn't strong enough to beat Parrotmon and is knocked out. Tai grabs Kari's whistle and wakes up Greymon, who defeats Parrotmon and disappears with him.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, anime
      CountryUSA

      Megas XLR is a series about an overweight couch potato named Coop who stumbles across a giant robot in a junkyard. He soon discovers that the robot was sent from the future when a woman named Kiva returns to the past to claim what is rightfully hers, though Coop made so many modification to the machine so he's the only one who can fully operate it. Things also heat up when Coop learns that an alien race called the Glorft are also after his MEGAS robot, so he teams up with Kiva and his best friend Jamie to fight them off, though mostly so he can keep his new toy.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, melodrama, drama, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:35

      It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a young boy named Agito stumbles across a machine that glowed in a strange blue hue inside a forbidden sanctuary.

      Markimdb: 8.4
      Genreaction, fantasy, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan

      Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko have been apprehended by the Demon Slayer Hashira, a group of extremely skilled swordfighters. Tanjiro undergoes trial for violating the Demon Slayer code, specifically smuggling Nezuko, a Demon, onto Mt. Natagumo. A recap film of Kimetsu no Yaiba, covering episodes 22-26 with some new footage and special ending credits.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrefantastic, action, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:32

      Set in the rich Tekken universe, Tekken: Blood Vengeance 3D follows Xiaoyu Ling, seasoned martial artist and high school student, tasked by the G Corporation to infiltrate an international school in Kyoto to gather information on the mysterious student Shin Kamiya. Before she can make any progress in the investigation, Shin is kidnapped by an unknown assailant. Digging deeper into Shin’s background in an attempt to rescue him, Xiaoyu learns about the frightening underbelly of the Mishima Zaibatsu. Jin Kazama, Kazuya Mishima… and the late Heihachi Mishima’s conspiracy that’s stained with blood.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure, cartoon, crime, anime
      CountryJapan, USA
      Duration01:33

      Based on the comic book by the creator of Ghost in the Shell, a young female soldier Deunan and her cyborg partner Briareos survive through the post World War 3 apocalyptic New York in search of human's future hope, the legendary city of Olympus.

      Markimdb: 8.8
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan

      The concluding film to the Gintama animated series, adapting the final chapters of the comic series of the same name by Hideaki Sorachi. The film covers chapters 699–704 of the original comics, with original material added in.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrefantastic, action, cartoon, anime
      CountryUSA, Japan
      Duration01:23

      When the Punisher takes out a black-market weapons dealer, he stumbles upon a far-reaching terrorist plot devised by a group known as Leviathan.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrefantastic, action, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan
      Duration00:30

      The war on terror exploded, literally, the day Sarajevo was destroyed by a homemade nuclear device. The leading democracies transformed into total surveillance states, and the developing world has drowned under a wave of genocides. The mysterious American John Paul seems to be behind the collapse of the world system, and it's up to intelligence agent Clavis Shepherd to track John Paul across the wreckage of civilizations and to find the true heart of darkness—a genocidal organ.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, cartoon, crime, anime
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:22

      Marking the 75th anniversary of his birth, Shotaro Ishinomori's classic spy heroine manga "009-1" has been adapted into a live-action motion picture for the first time ever.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genreaction, fantasy, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan

      As Sakura drowns in the murky darkness of the sins she has committed, Shirou's vow to protect her at all costs leads him into a raging battle to put an end to the Holy Grail War. Will Shirou's wish reach Sakura even as he challenges fate itself in a desperate battle against the rising tide?

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:48

      Space Pirate Captain Harlock and his fearless crew face off against the space invaders who seek to conquer the planet Earth.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:31

      Traveling in search of the rare ingredient, “sky fish” Meliodas and Hawk arrive at a palace that floats above the clouds. The people there are busy preparing a ceremony, meant to protect their home from a ferocious beast that awakens once every 3,000 years. But before the ritual is complete, the Six Knights of Black—a Demon Clan army—removes the seal on the beast, threatening the lives of everyone in the Sky Palace.

      Markimdb: 3.1
      Genreaction, fantasy, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan

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      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan

      In the story, the seasons have changed and it will soon be the second spring. Tatsuya and Miyuki have finished their first year at First Magic High School and are on their spring break. The two go to their villa on the Ogasawara Island archipelago. After only a small moment of peace a lone young woman named Kokoa appears before them. She has abandoned the Naval base and she tells Tatsuya her one wish.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:44

      Hell – A place where beings that have committed mortal sins during their lifetime are sent. It is a realm where even Soul Reapers are forbidden to interfere. When a group of vicious Sinners plot to escape from this eternal prison, they discover that Substitute Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki is the key to their freedom. The Sinners launch an attack and in the process kidnap Ichigo's younger sister Yuzu and take her to Hell. With the help of a mysterious man named Kokuto, Ichigo and his friends must now travel into the depths of Hell to stop the Sinners and save Yuzu, unaware that their actions could bring Hell to the World of the Living.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrefantastic, action, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:38

      With no means for defeating Godzilla Earth, mankind watches as King Ghidorah, clad in a golden light, descends on the planet. The heavens and earth shake once again as the war moves to a higher dimension.




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