Best movies like Chicken Run
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Plot Summary:
Having been hopelessly repressed and facing eventual certain death at the British chicken farm where they are held, Rocky the american rooster and Ginger the chicken decide to rebel against the evil Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy, the farm's owners. Rocky and Ginger lead their fellow chickens in a great escape from the murderous farmers and their farm of doom.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 205000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: claymation, funny, witty, humorous, period piece, satirical, colorful, semi serious, surprise ending, light
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Creature Comforts (2003)
Plot Summary:
Stop-motion animated series with a cast of animals, sound-biting on a specific topic each episode, such as creatures' sporting adventures, Christmas, and visits to veterinarians. The show satirizes modern man on the street and documentary interviews, responding to unseen questioners. The voices of the characters, such as recurring dog and cat duo Trixie and Captain Cuddlepuss, are supplied by everyday people speaking varied regional accents, credited as The Great British Public. The creatures are portrayed in their own habitats. Creature Comforts was originally a short film, then a series of highly popular commercials, later a U.S. series.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 10 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, claymation, hilarious, offbeat, mockumentary
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Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation (1996)
Plot Summary:
Anthology of Aardman Animation short films released in theaters in 1996, centered on the new release of the third Wallace & Gromit short, "A Close Shave." Includes: "A Close Shave," "Creature Comforts" and "Heat Electric Commercials" by Nick Park; "Rex the Runt: How Dinosaurs Became Extinct", "Rex the Runt: Dreams" and "Ident" by Richard Goleszowski; "Wat's Pig" and "My Baby Just Cares For Me" by Peter Lord; "Early Bird" by Peter Lord and David Sproxton; "Pib and Pog" directed by Peter Peake.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anthology, funny, light, atmospheric, clever, enigmatic, bleak, unusual plot structure, humorous, sweet
Similar in 86%
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)
Plot Summary:
A band of fearless chickens flock together to save poultry-kind from an unsettling new threat: a nearby farm that's cooking up something suspicious.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 989
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: claymation
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Once Upon a Forest (1993)
Plot Summary:
A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sad, cult classic, humorous, semi serious, heavy, whimsical, 2d animation, cult film, disaster movie
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The Peanuts Movie (2015)
Plot Summary:
Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their arch-nemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest back home.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, computer animated, witty, sweet, semi serious, 3d animation, anime, inspirational, uplifting
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Plot Summary:
The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 262000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, fairy tale, talky, atmospheric, cerebral, computer animated, aesthetic, psychedelic, surreal, adult animation
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Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, claymation, humorous, light, 3d animation, computer animated, not serious, funny, clever, enigmatic
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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)
Plot Summary:
The luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain is a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz to the much coveted Pirate of the Year Award. It’s a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they battle a diabolical queen and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist, but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, colorful, funny, entertaining, claymation, absurd, exciting, feel good, cult classic, computer animated
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101 Dalmatians (1961)
Plot Summary:
When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 179000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, entertaining, sweet, light, feel good, humorous, retro, anime, black and white, hilarious
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Antz (1998)
Plot Summary:
In this animated hit, a neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 162000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: computer animated, feel good, humorous, 3d animation, light, exciting, entertaining, anime, witty, fairy tale
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Valiant (2005)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, he immediately sets out for London. On the way, he meets a smelly but friendly pigeon named Bugsy, who joins him, mainly to get away from clients he cheated in a game of find-the pebble, and helps him sign up for the war.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, not serious, computer animated, entertaining, 3d animation, light hearted, exciting, touching, clever
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Plot Summary:
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods that turn their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 144000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: claymation, feel good, atmospheric, humorous, not serious, 3d animation, hilarious, parody, scary, suspense
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Chicken Little (2005)
Plot Summary:
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, 3d animation, feel good, semi serious, entertaining, anime, light hearted, computer animated, fairy tale
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Rango (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 288000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: funny, road movie, humorous, witty, spaghetti western, light, 3d animation, entertaining, surreal, colorful
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Ferdinand (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, but one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen. Based on the classic 1936 children's book by Munro Leaf.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: touching, stylized, exciting, 3d animation, computer animated, humorous, anime, crying
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Surf's Up (2007)
Plot Summary:
Cody is a surfing penguin from Shiverpool who dreams of making it big and being like his idol Big Z. On his journey he discovers his talents are not all he thinks they are and he must learn to accept that their is more to surfing than fame and fortune. Surf's Up is a 2007 American computer-animated mockumentary film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Columbia Pictures and ImageWorks Studios. It stars the voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder among others.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, entertaining, humorous, inspirational, 3d animation, stylized, witty, cult classic, computer animated, fairy tale
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Over the Hedge (2006)
Plot Summary:
A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 187000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, computer animated, funny, satirical, 3d animation, light, fairy tale, anime, cult classic
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Flushed Away (2006)
Plot Summary:
London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, Spike and Whitey.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 136000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, computer animated, claymation, fairy tale, entertaining, stylized, 3d animation, exciting, hilarious, witty
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Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
Plot Summary:
Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley. The impending disaster prompts them to reunite and warn all the other beasts about the desperate situation.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 292000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: computer animated, humorous, funny, entertaining, 3d animation, witty, exciting, touching, not serious, hilarious
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The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Plot Summary:
A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, heroic mice Miss Bianca and Bernard, fly to Australia to save the day. Accompanying the fearless duo are bumbling albatross Wilbur and local field operative Jake the Kangaroo Rat.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: sweet, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, intense, exciting, feel good, semi serious, sentimental, cute
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The Lorax (2012)
Plot Summary:
A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 127000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: entertaining, feel good, computer animated, colorful, 3d animation, fairy tale, funny, humorous, inspirational, intellectual
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Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
Plot Summary:
As a wild stallion travels across the frontiers of the Old West, he befriends a young human and finds true love with a mare.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: inspirational, feel good, touching, sentimental, emotional, light, exciting, sweet, anime, realistic
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A Bug's Life (1998)
Plot Summary:
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 309000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: computer animated, humorous, touching, 3d animation, feel good, witty, fairy tale, entertaining, anime, light
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The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata (2004)
Plot Summary:
Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog are best pals and the unsung heroes of the African savanna. This prequel to the smash Disney animated adventure takes you back -- way back -- before Simba's adventure began. You'll find out all about Timon and Pumbaa and tag along as they search for the perfect home and attempt to raise a rambunctious lion cub.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, humorous, touching, feel good, fairy tale, sweet, inspirational, retro, anime
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Barnyard (2006)
Plot Summary:
When the farmer's away, all the animals play, and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Otis, a carefree cow.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: computer animated, humorous, exciting, funny, captivating, 3d animation, light, feel good, anime, cult classic
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Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
Plot Summary:
One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. Horton agrees to help protect the Whos and their home.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, funny, computer animated, humorous, colorful, fairy tale, entertaining, touching, uplifting
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Madagascar (2005)
Plot Summary:
Alex the lion is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York's Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends -- Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo -- have spent their whole lives in blissful captivity before an admiring public and with regular meals provided for them. Not content to leave well enough alone, Marty lets his curiosity get the better of him and makes his escape -- with the help of some prodigious penguins -- to explore the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 429000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, feel good, humorous, computer animated, hilarious, sweet, 3d animation, fairy tale, colorful
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The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
Plot Summary:
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 214000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Japan, France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, funny, humorous, computer animated, 3d animation, anime, colorful, feel good, captivating
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Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Plot Summary:
James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business... even though they're more afraid of the children than they are of them. When a child accidentally enters their world, James and Mike suddenly find that kids are not to be afraid of and they uncover a conspiracy that could threaten all children across the world.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 960000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, entertaining, sweet, funny, fairy tale, touching, 3d animation, light, witty
Similar in 84%
Up (2009)
Plot Summary:
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, inspirational, touching, sweet, tear jerker, heartfelt, exciting, sentimental, sad, computer animated