If you loved When Marnie Was There, try Modest Heroes

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Modest Heroes has roughly 10.3× fewer votes than When Marnie Was There — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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When Marnie Was There

2014 · dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi

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Modest Heroes

2018 · dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose, Takuya Okada, Akihiko Yamashita

What they share

Both films are directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, and they sit in Animation / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to When Marnie Was There, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Modest Heroes is

Spirited Away meets The Twilight Zone. Three tales unfold as unusual heroes face challenges. Delivers poignant fantasy.

If you loved When Marnie Was There, try Modest Heroes

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Modest Heroes

What they share

What Modest Heroes is

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