Best movies like The Lion King
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Plot Summary:
A young lion cub named Simba can't wait to be king. But his uncle craves the title for himself and will stop at nothing to get it.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, inspirational, humorous, emotional, sad, sweet, cute, crying, feel good
Best tv shows and movies like The Lion King (1994):
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The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (1995)
Plot Summary:
Littlefoot and his friends are constantly being bullied and browbeaten by three teenage dinosaurs: Hyp, a Hypsilophodon; Nod, a Nodosaurus; and Mutt, a Muttaburrasaurus. However, when a shower of meteorites (flying rocks) impacts near the Great Valley and causes a rock slide in the Mysterious Beyond, which blocks the water supply of the Great Valley, Hyp, Nod, and Mutt are no longer the biggest worry of Littlefoot and his friends. The increasing lack of water causes conflicts between the inhabitants of the Great Valley, who have lived in relative peace and harmony until this event.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, crying, independent film, scary, exciting, sentimental, touching, unusual plot structure
Similar in 84%
Oliver & Company (1988)
Plot Summary:
This animated take on Oliver Twist re-imagines Oliver as an adorable orphaned kitten who struggles to survive in New York City and falls in with a band of canine criminals led by an evil human. First, Oliver meets Dodger, a carefree mutt with street savoir faire. But when Oliver meets wealthy Jenny on one of the gang's thieving missions, his life changes forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: sentimental, funny, feel good, light, entertaining, melancholic, touching, humorous, emotional, anime
Similar in 80%
A Goofy Movie (1995)
Plot Summary:
Though Goofy always means well, his amiable cluelessness and klutzy pratfalls regularly embarrass his awkward adolescent son, Max. When Max's lighthearted prank on his high-school principal finally gets his longtime crush, Roxanne, to notice him, he asks her on a date. Max's trouble at school convinces Goofy that he and the boy need to bond over a cross-country fishing trip like the one he took with his dad when he was Max's age, which throws a kink in his son's plans to impress Roxanne.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Australia, France, Canada, Spain
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: slapstick, road movie, cult classic, hilarious, slapstick comedy, feel good, humorous, not serious, buddy comedy, double entendre
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The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (1994)
Plot Summary:
In search of some adventure in their safe and peaceful valley, the five dinosaur friends make a hideaway. From there, they spot two thieves in action, stealing an egg from one of their broods. They chase them down and manage to recover the egg without its parents noticing, but in the process, accidentally create an opening into the valley, allowing two dreaded Sharptooths in. Everyone must fight them off together to preserve their peaceful way of life. Written by Cynan Rees.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, biting, fairy tale, sentimental, enigmatic, sweet
Similar in 82%
Charlotte's Web (1973)
Plot Summary:
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: colorful, light, sweet, feel good, humorous, sad, tear jerker, sentimental, anime, cult classic
Similar in 84%
Balto (1995)
Plot Summary:
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, suspenseful, exciting, inspirational, sincere, fairy tale, sweet, light, heartbreaking
Similar in 86%
Robin Hood (1973)
Plot Summary:
With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wily Robin Hood and his band of merry men.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 136000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, humorous, sweet, cute, feel good, suspenseful, avant garde, anime, exciting, stylized
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Plot Summary:
When Quasi defies the evil Frollo and ventures out to the Festival of Fools, the cruel crowd jeers him. Rescued by fellow outcast the gypsy Esmeralda, Quasi soon finds himself battling to save the people and the city he loves.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 169000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, sentimental, colorful, adult animation, sad, entertaining, sincere, retro, heartbreaking
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Bambi II (2006)
Plot Summary:
Return to the forest and join Bambi as he reunites with his father, The Great Prince, who must now raise the young fawn on his own. But in the adventure of a lifetime, the proud parent discovers there is much he can learn from his spirited young son.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, feel good, sentimental, emotional, gloomy, semi serious, cult classic, 2d animation
Similar in 79%
Mulan (1998)
Plot Summary:
A tomboyish girl disguises herself as a young man so she can fight with the Imperial Chinese Army against the invading Huns. With help from wise-cracking dragon Mushu, Mulan just might save her country -- and win the heart of handsome Captain Li Shang.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 309000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, War
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, touching, captivating, sweet, fairy tale, entertaining, anime, cute, humorous
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The Lion King (2019)
Plot Summary:
Simba idolises his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 262000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA, UK, Kenya
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: motion capture, fairy tale, inspirational, psychotronic, touching, colorful, sad, anime, political thriller, 3d animation
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The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)
Plot Summary:
The circle of life continues for Simba, now fully grown and in his rightful place as the king of Pride Rock. Simba and Nala have given birth to a daughter, Kiara who's as rebellious as her father was. But Kiara drives her parents to distraction when she catches the eye of Kovu, the son of the evil lioness, Zira. Will Kovu steal Kiara's heart?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: cute, inspirational, retro, sweet, epic, cult classic, exciting, sentimental, touching, feel good
Similar in 76%
The Jungle Book (1967)
Plot Summary:
The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 195000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, funny, touching, feel good, sentimental, light, sweet, cute, humorous, sincere
Similar in 89%
The Lion Guard (2015)
Plot Summary:
Simba's son, Kion, assembles a group of animals to protect the Pride Lands, known as the Lion Guard.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, exciting, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, anime, 2d animation
Similar in 77%
The Land Before Time (1988)
Plot Summary:
An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs, each one a different species, and they encounter several obstacles as they learn to work together in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 97000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: feel good, sweet, touching, colorful, emotional, retro, uplifting, sad, fairy tale, inspirational
Similar in 87%
The AristoCats (1970)
Plot Summary:
When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children -- Bonfamille's prize family of domesticated house cats -- the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the heirs, leaving them out on a country road. All seems lost until the wily Thomas O'Malley Cat and his jazz-playing alley cats come to the Aristocats's rescue.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 112000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, entertaining, sweet, feel good, humorous, touching, cute, anime, funny, retro
Similar in 81%
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 82%
Ice Age (2002)
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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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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Frozen (2013)
Plot Summary:
Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and snowman Olaf. On an adventure where she will find out what friendship, courage, family, and true love really means.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 653000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, touching, romantic, exciting, computer animated, christmas special, 3d animation, funny, humorous
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Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Plot Summary:
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 474000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, touching, sweet, colorful, humorous, sentimental, cute, mystical
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Aladdin (1992)
Plot Summary:
Princess Jasmine grows tired of being forced to remain in the palace, so she sneaks out into the marketplace, in disguise, where she meets street-urchin Aladdin. The couple falls in love, although Jasmine may only marry a prince. After being thrown in jail, Aladdin becomes embroiled in a plot to find a mysterious lamp, with which the evil Jafar hopes to rule the land.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 455000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sweet, feel good, humorous, funny, romantic, controversial, entertaining, cute, touching
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Coco (2017)
Plot Summary:
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 568000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Mystery
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, sincere, sweet, atmospheric, fairy tale, captivating, funny, 3d animation, sad
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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
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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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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
Similar in 81%
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 78%
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
Similar in 77%
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 88%
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