Best movies like Dreaming of Paradise
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Plot Summary:
Strit and her friends live in the future where the Earth has become so polluted that they must live underground. As legend has it, a creature that “Walks on Air” will guide them to a place where there are blue skies and green meadows.Set in a world so ravaged by pollution that the humans have been forced underground, this distinguished animated cautionary tale warns of the consequences of our current disregard for the environment as it tells the story of a young girl and her friends who set off on an exciting quest for the pristine, natural paradise of their dreams.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark
Duration: 78 min
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Phantom Boy (2015)
Plot Summary:
An 11-year-old boy becomes an unlikely superhero when he discovers that he has the ability to leave his body and fly through walls.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: 2d animation
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The Yum Yums: The Day Things Went Sour (1990)
Plot Summary:
It's almost opening day at Yum Yum Fun Park - but something terrible has happened! Those mean and yucky Sourpusses have set out to spoil the big day. Come join the fun as those yummy-smelling Yums Yums meet scary sewer rats, trick a ferocious sewer gator and match wits with the Sourpusses. Will they be able to rescue their magic toolbox and complete repairs in time to make Yum Yum Fun Park... once again... the sweetest and most fantastic amusement park on earth?.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: tv series pilot
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Samson & Sally (1984)
Plot Summary:
Samson is a young whale that doesn't have friends. He spends his time listening to his mother's stories about the legendary whale Moby Dick. Samson becomes fascinated about it and decides to go on a journey to find Moby Dick.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 847
Genere: Animation, Family, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, dark
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Aberne og det hemmelige våben (1995)
Plot Summary:
Alexander slår sin svoger ihjel da han ved at Alexander og Lucy har en affære. Lucy tilhører ellers Weismüller. Weismüller og Attila-familierne ligger i krig med hinanden. En dag mødes de to unge aber Hektor og Elvira. De bliver betaget af hinanden samtidig med at de frygter hinanden. Alexander gør hvad han kan for at der ikke skal blive fred mellem de to familier. Kærligheden mellem Hektor og Elvira vinder dog til sidst.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Animation
Country: Denmark
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: anime
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The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure Quest (2014)
Plot Summary:
Your favorite animals are back for an all-new family adventure! Join Maurice, the beloved penguin-tiger, and the Jungle Bunch on their exciting quest for hidden pirate treasure! Hold on to your seats, because the wacky treasure hunt includes all sorts of new adventures and silly surprises, including booby traps, a village of crazy rabbits, and a mysterious "Yellow Dragon." Can the Jungle Bunch outsmart Captain Grubby Beard, his evil gang of Pirates, and an outrageous heap of obstacles to find the precious hidden treasure?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: France
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: anime
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Circleen - City Mouse (1998)
Plot Summary:
She's back - the lovable little elf who sleeps in a matchbox on the artist's desk: and of course her playmates, too, the comical mouse couple Fredrik and Ingolf. The trio are moving into the city. It's a mjor step for Circleen and the mice, and one which has its pros and cons. The city is a dangerous place, but it also has cute, amusing, cheeky playmates such as Sidse, whose family boasts a pirate, and Hassan's family, who introduce food-loving Ingolf to feta cheese and belly-dancing.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags:
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The Amazing Maurice (2022)
Plot Summary:
Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rodents meet a bookworm called Malicia, their little con soon goes down the drain.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Oseam (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two orphans, Gamie, a young blind girl and her little brother Gil-sun, are taken in by a Buddhist monk. While the shy little girl finds her at ease at the temple, the enthusiastic and dynamic little Gil-sun soon starts to disturb this quiet place. After his sister told him their mother had visited her in a dream, the little boy tries to understand why his mom did not come to see him too. In order to meet her again, he decides to follow the monk for a very long initiatic trip.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, spiritual
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Cocolors (2017)
Plot Summary:
Aki isn’t a brave little boy, but he’s dedicated nonetheless to safeguarding his sickly, mute friend Fuyu. They and their little gang live deep underground, in the concrete warrens to which survivors have fled following the eruption of Mt. Fuji. The community is in decline, however, as illness and despair take their toll. Fuyu dreams of the outside world, which he is too frail to ever reach. But what colour is the sky out there?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, apocalyptic, anime
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War of the Birds (1990)
Plot Summary:
Fagin is the bad bird of an otherwise idyllic forest. He assaults the nest of two wrens and destroys all their eggs except one that, when hatched, is adopted by an owl (patterned on W. C. Fields). A counter-offensive against Fagin is launched with help enlisted from a seagull named Armstrong, two nice mice and a sparrow. There is romance, too, and a jazzy score goes with this animated ornithology extravaganza.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 905
Genere: Animation, Family, Musical
Country: Denmark
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, touching, humorous, semi serious, independent film, 2d animation
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The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998)
Plot Summary:
Based on the book by Thomas M. Disch and intended as the third film in the series, this sequel was finished and released prior to 'The Brave Little Toaster To The Rescue'. Whilst trying to protect their new "Little Master" the anthropomorphic appliances set off on an epic adventure and make many new friends along the way.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, independent film
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The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear (2002)
Plot Summary:
When a boy child is stolen by bears who raise him as their own, his human parents hunt the bears in despair, and the boy is faced with the dilemma of who and what he is.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 483
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Denmark, France
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, emotional, semi serious, anime
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based on the book by Children's book author Michael Rosen and illustrations by Helen Oxenbury, We're Going on a Bear Hunt follows the intrepid adventures of siblings Stan, Katie, Rosie, Max, the baby and Rufus the dog, who decide one day to go on an adventure in search of bears. Coming up against a host of obstacles the family ventures through whirling snowstorms, thick oozing mud and dark forests on their ambitious quest. But when Rosie and Rufus become detached from the rest of the party it looks like bear-hunting might not be such fun after all.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 676
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: allegory, 2d animation
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Coral Reef Legend: Elfie of the Blue Sea (1986)
Plot Summary:
In the future, the oceans have risen to flood all the continents due to humanity's negligence of the environment. Only a few bits of land have been spared, and one of those is the city-island where Elfie lives with her grandfather. One day, due to an underwater incident, she discovers that she can breathe underwater. Her grandfather reveals that in truth she is one of the mythical sea-people. Using the city folk's xenophobia, local politicians spark a war with this hidden people to distract people from their current resource problems, and Elfie is caught in the middle of it.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: anime, vintage
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Here Come the Littles (1985)
Plot Summary:
Henry's parents are lost in Africa, so he must live with his greedy and heartless Uncle Augustus. In the crevices of the house live the "Littles" kind, elf-like creatures. August enslaves Henry and wants to tear down his house to build a shopping center. Grandpa Little cares for Tom and Lucy, the Littles' children. Tom befriends a vicious cat by removing a splinter from his paw. After a series of adventures, the Littles and Henry get evidence of Augustus' plot to steal Henry's home. Augustus is arrested, the house is saved, and all ends well.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: USA, France, Japan, Canada
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, feel good, semi serious
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Thru the Moebius Strip (2005)
Plot Summary:
In the not-too-distant future, a young boy travels to an alien world to find his father and learn of his destiny.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, serious, suspenseful, anime, computer animated, fast
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The Great Bear (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jonathan, 11, usually spends his vacations alone with his grandfather who lives on the edge of a vast forest populated by mythical animals. This year his kid sister Sophie joins him. But it's not cool to be stuck with a little sister, so he does what he can to avoid her. He succeeds entirely too well: Sophie is kidnapped by a giant, 1000-year-old bear. Now, Jonathan has to venture into the heart of the forest to confront the strange beings that dwell there and rescue his sister.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 669
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: feel good, stylized, exciting, touching, serious, suspenseful, anime, computer animated
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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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Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)
Plot Summary:
Phineas and Ferb travel across the galaxy to rescue their older sister Candace, who has been abducted by aliens and taken to a utopia in a far-off planet, free of her pesky little brothers.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, captivating, funny, 2d animation
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Barkers: Mind the Cats! (2020)
Plot Summary:
A new animation film about a cheerful dog family with five kids who go on vacation in a country house. Lovely Little Kid is eager to play with his elder brothers and sisters but they all seem busy with their own hobbies. Kid finds new friends, the Cats. But what if the Cats are not as friendly as they look?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Russia
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, sweet, captivating, entertaining, multicultural, computer animated, colorful
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The Boxcar Children (2014)
Plot Summary:
Four orphaned and homeless siblings happen upon an abandoned boxcar, which, they furnish with all the comforts of home. Fearful that they will be sent to live with their grandfather they have never met, the children keep their new home a secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 600
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: USA, Guatemala, South Korea
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, semi serious, exciting, sincere, captivating, light, computer animated, realistic
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Ploey (2018)
Plot Summary:
A plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his beloved one next spring.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Iceland, Belgium
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, captivating, entertaining, feel good, 3d animation
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Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, manga, exciting, captivating, apocalyptic, suspense
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Harlock: Space Pirate (2013)
Plot Summary:
Space Pirate Captain Harlock and his fearless crew face off against the space invaders who seek to conquer the planet Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anime, computer animated, futuristic, exciting, epic, atmospheric, enigmatic, visually appealing, tense, 3d animation
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Titan A.E. (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Dredge are bent on mankind's destruction.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, anime, computer animated, apocalyptic, stylized, futuristic, adult animation, entertaining, cult classic
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Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set after the events of Continental Drift, Scrat's epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, Manny, Sid, Diego, and the rest of the herd leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills and spills, highs and lows, laughter and adventure while traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, 3d animation, computer animated, light, colorful, fairy tale, slasher, prehistoric, entertaining
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Mars Needs Moms (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Martians suddenly abduct his mom, mischievous Milo rushes to the rescue and discovers why all moms are so special.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: touching, 3d animation, sentimental, exciting, captivating, motion capture, computer animated, romantic, futuristic, inspirational
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The Willoughbys (2020)
Plot Summary:
When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, touching, funny, anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, dark comedy
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Plot Summary:
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 179000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, exciting, captivating, apocalyptic, serious, cerebral, visual, philosophical, adult animation
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WALL·E (2008)
Plot Summary:
WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When a ship arrives with a sleek new type of robot, WALL·E thinks he's finally found a friend and stows away on the ship when it leaves.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 12000000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, futuristic, emotional, light, sweet, computer animated, exciting, 3d animation, inspirational