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Plot Summary:
With the impending ice age almost upon them, a mismatched trio of prehistoric critters – Manny the woolly mammoth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger and Sid the giant sloth – find an orphaned infant and decide to return it to its human parents. Along the way, the unlikely allies become friends but, when enemies attack, their quest takes on far nobler aims.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 508000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, France, Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: feel good, road movie, touching, humorous, funny, computer animated, entertaining, hilarious, 3d animation, sentimental
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The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Plot Summary:
When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and the object of his search is his best friend!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, tear jerker, sad, sentimental, sweet, semi serious, fairy tale, heartbreaking, anime
Similar in 76%
Dinosaur (2000)
Plot Summary:
An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: entertaining, computer animated, touching, feel good, 3d animation, scenic, sweet, educational, inspirational, retro
Similar in 81%
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
Similar in 90%
Yogi Bear (2010)
Plot Summary:
A documentary filmmaker travels to Jellystone Park to shoot a project and soon crosses paths with Yogi Bear, his sidekick Boo-Boo, and Ranger Smith.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, clever, visually appealing, exciting, not serious, social, 3d animation, computer animated, parody
Similar in 89%
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
Plot Summary:
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 221000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, computer animated, witty, 3d animation, funny, stylized, light, sweet, not serious, atmospheric
Similar in 82%
The Wild (2006)
Plot Summary:
An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, computer animated, stylized, 3d animation, feel good, exciting, light, captivating, not serious, fairy tale
Similar in 82%
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Plot Summary:
Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long enough to make it to the African continent. There the New Yorkers encounter members of their own species for the first time. Africa proves to be a wild place, but Alex and company wonder if it is better than their Central Park home.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 243000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, humorous, hilarious, 3d animation, witty, computer animated, feel good, not serious, slapstick
Similar in 87%
Brother Bear (2003)
Plot Summary:
When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, including the lovable bear cub Koda, hilarious moose Rutt and Tuke, woolly mammoths and rambunctious rams.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 121000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: touching, fairy tale, inspirational, feel good, emotional, light, sweet, entertaining, humorous, captivating
Similar in 79%
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
Plot Summary:
Times are changing for Manny the moody mammoth, Sid the motor mouthed sloth and Diego the crafty saber-toothed tiger. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors – the mighty dinosaurs.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 260000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, computer animated, funny, exciting, witty, 3d animation, touching, not serious, hilarious, colorful
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Bee Movie (2007)
Plot Summary:
Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 176000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, absurd, 3d animation, feel good, witty, anime, slasher, cult classic
Similar in 79%
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
Plot Summary:
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are up to their feuding ways again. Tired of playing second fiddle to Bugs, Daffy has decided to leave the Studio for good. He is aided by Warner Bros.' humor impaired Vice President of Comedy, Kate Houghton, who releases him from his contract and instructs WB security guard/aspiring stunt man DJ Drake to capture and "escort" Daffy off the studio lot.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, feel good, witty, not serious, funny, spy comedy, light, captivating, entertaining
Similar in 81%
Brother Bear 2 (2006)
Plot Summary:
Kenai finds his childhood human friend Nita and the two embark on a journey to burn the amulet he gave to her before he was a bear, much to Koda's dismay.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, captivating, witty, semi serious, prehistoric, tear jerker, 2d animation, tearjerker
Similar in 86%
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
Similar in 86%
Open Season (2006)
Plot Summary:
Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army against the hunters.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 104000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, 3d animation, stylized, buddy comedy, fairy tale, atmospheric, uplifting, cult classic
Similar in 90%
Shrek the Third (2007)
Plot Summary:
The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, they set off to bring him back to rule the kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 326000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, fairy tale, parody, computer animated, exciting, feel good, 3d animation, witty, not serious, funny
Similar in 82%
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Plot Summary:
Kuzco is a self-centered emperor who summons Pacha from a village and to tell him that his home will be destroyed to make room for Kuzco's new summer home. Kuzco's advisor, Yzma, tries to poison Kuzco and accidentally turns him into a llama, who accidentally ends up in Pacha's village. Pacha offers to help Kuzco if he doesn't destroy his house, and so they form an unlikely partnership.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 220000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, France
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: feel good, fairy tale, light, entertaining, slapstick comedy, witty, sweet, semi serious, hilarious, touching
Similar in 79%
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Sid accidentally destroys Manny's heirloom Christmas rock and ends up on Santa's naughty list, he leads a hilarious quest to the North Pole to make things right and ends up making things much worse. Now it's up to Manny and his prehistoric posse to band together and save Christmas for the entire world!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, 3d animation, light, christmas special, anime, computer animated, naughty
Similar in 87%
Cars (2006)
Plot Summary:
Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 456000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, light, computer animated, 3d animation, humorous, funny, anime, captivating, entertaining
Similar in 81%
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
Similar in 82%
The Croods (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Croods is a prehistoric comedy adventure that follows the world's first family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always shielded them from danger is destroyed. Traveling across a spectacular landscape, the Croods discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures -- and their outlook is changed forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 228000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, computer animated, touching, 3d animation, inspirational, anime, uplifting, tear jerker, crying
Similar in 90%
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
Similar in 80%
Turbo (2013)
Plot Summary:
The tale of an ordinary garden snail who dreams of winning the Indy 500.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, India
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, inspirational, light, computer animated, entertaining, 3d animation, anime, visually appealing, colorful
Similar in 80%
Rio (2011)
Plot Summary:
Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 244000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, funny, exciting, entertaining, computer animated, colorful, light, witty, 3d animation
Similar in 77%
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
Similar in 84%
Shrek (2001)
Plot Summary:
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 719000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, funny, humorous, 3d animation, sweet, spoof, witty, computer animated, hilarious
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Finding Nemo (2003)
Plot Summary:
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, funny, sweet, touching, sentimental, entertaining, fairy tale, computer animated, 3d animation
Similar in 75%
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Plot Summary:
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 784000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, fairy tale, exciting, humorous, computer animated, touching, atmospheric, 3d animation, sentimental, entertaining
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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
Similar in 85%
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
Similar in 83%
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