Best movies like Fantastic Mr. Fox
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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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The Wind in the Willows (1983)
Plot Summary:
One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins a series of adventures with his new friend Rat. They go for a picnic on the riverbank, on a caravan expedition with Toad, until Toad switches allegiance to his new car and his reckless driving makes Mole and Rat search out Badger for help in curbing Toad's profligate habits. But Toad gets away from them and gets a 20-year sentence from the magistrate for theft, reckless driving, and Gross Impertinence. While Toad works his wiles on the jailer's daughter and escapes jail dressed as a washer woman, Badger tries to guard Toad Hall from the machinations of the Weasels and is badly beaten. And it requires a plan of attack and all four comrades to regain Toad Hall.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, weird
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Cat City (1986)
Plot Summary:
In the year 80 AMM (After Mickey Mouse) on planet X the crime-syndicated Cats try to erase the Mouse-population once and for all. A scientist of the mice, prof. Fushimishi seems to have found the weapon against the threat - so Intermouse calls it's best, but now retired agent - Nick Grabowsky - to get the plans. As a distraction for the Cats, they also send a second agent - Seargent Lazy Dick - for the mission.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Hungary, Canada, West Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: adult animation, feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, retro, anime, adult cartoon, exciting
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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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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 Secret of NIMH (1982)
Plot Summary:
A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, touching, atmospheric, feel good, witty, dark, visual, visually stunning, adult animation, stylized
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James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Plot Summary:
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: surreal, dark fantasy, feel good, touching, humorous, entertaining, visual, visually stunning, stylized, sweet
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Isle of Dogs (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 186000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: crying, adult animation, artsy, funny, atmospheric, captivating, suspense, 3d animation, anime, sincere
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The little prince (2015)
Plot Summary:
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada, Italy, USA, China
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, stylized, computer animated, colorful, touching, sweet, semi serious, 3d animation, anime, philosophical
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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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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
Plot Summary:
Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie's, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga'Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie's. The film is based on the first three books in the series.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, fairy tale, scenic, computer animated, atmospheric, heroic, 3d animation, visually appealing, epic
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Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Continuing his "legendary adventures of awesomeness", Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to his home.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 178000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: China, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: light, funny, computer animated, humorous, emotional, 3d animation, colorful, psychotronic, inspirational, sweet
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Chicken Run (2000)
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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Despicable Me 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 419000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France, Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, funny, entertaining, computer animated, 3d animation, not serious, cute, hilarious, anime
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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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The Bad Guys (2022)
Plot Summary:
When the infamous Bad Guys are finally caught after years of countless heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: entertaining, light, captivating, semi serious, 3d animation, funny, anime, computer animated
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Hoodwinked (2005)
Plot Summary:
The recipes of candies of the goody shops have been stolen by the Goody Bandit, and many animals are out of business. While the police are chasing the criminal, there is a mess at Granny's house evolving Little Red Hiding Hood, The Wolf, The Woodsman and Granny, disturbing the peace in the forest and they are all arrested by the impatient Chief Grizzly.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Musical, Mystery
Country: USA, Serbia and Montenegro
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, fairy tale, feel good, computer animated, humorous, not serious, 3d animation, cult classic, hilarious
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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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Megamind (2010)
Plot Summary:
Bumbling supervillain Megamind finally defeats his nemesis, the superhero Metro Man. But without a hero, he loses all purpose and must find new meaning to his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 288000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, computer animated, witty, humorous, 3d animation, funny, exciting, heroic, not serious
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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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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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Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Plot Summary:
When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the "chosen one" and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transforming the unsleek slacker into a brave warrior won't be easy. It's up to Master Shifu and the Furious Five -- Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey -- to give it a try.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 505000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, computer animated, entertaining, 3d animation, hilarious, motivational, fairy tale, action packed, humorous, stylized
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Plot Summary:
The thrilling second chapter of the epic How To Train Your Dragon trilogy brings back the fantastical world of Hiccup and Toothless five years later. While Astrid, Snotlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island's new favorite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds. When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 357000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, computer animated, humorous, feel good, exciting, 3d animation, light, touching, emotional, sentimental
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Coraline (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her dreams coming true. When the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in her world forever, the girl refuses and finds that the alternate reality where she is trapped is only a trick to lure her.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 257000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: gothic, surreal, dark fantasy, dark, scary, stylized, bleak, offbeat, disturbing, visually appealing
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The Boxtrolls (2014)
Plot Summary:
An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, dark fantasy, feel good, colorful, surreal, entertaining, 3d animation, humorous, stylized, computer animated
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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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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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Tarzan (1999)
Plot Summary:
Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 242000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, touching, light, captivating, sweet, entertaining, romantic, humorous, anime, exciting
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Robots (2005)
Plot Summary:
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Big Weld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 159000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, futuristic, exciting, fairy tale, funny, 3d animation, stylized, humorous, computer animated
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Ratatouille (2007)
Plot Summary:
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 801000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, inspirational, sweet, humorous, exciting, fairy tale, computer animated, 3d animation, culinary