Best movies like Toy Story
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Plot Summary:
Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 10000000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: touching, computer animated, exciting, funny, 3d animation, feel good, humorous, fairy tale, sentimental, entertaining
Best tv shows and movies like Toy Story (1995):
Similar in 87%
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 89%
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Plot Summary:
After finding himself in a world known as the Mushroom Kingdom, A Brooklyn plumber Mario must travel through this world with a princess named Peach and a mushroom named Toad to find his brother Luigi and save the world from a ruthless fire-breathing monster called Bowser.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 211000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, anime, surprise ending, psychotronic, computer animated, humorous, interesting, fun
Similar in 78%
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Plot Summary:
Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 273000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: road movie, exciting, humorous, 3d animation, touching, sad, anime, computer animated, saga, cult classic
Similar in 82%
Toy Story of Terror (2013)
Plot Summary:
What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one of the toys goes missing, the others find themselves caught up in a mysterious sequence of events that must be solved before they all suffer the same fate in this Toy Story of Terror.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, computer animated, entertaining, witty, exciting, funny, clever, semi serious, 3d animation, fairy tale
Similar in 79%
Space Jam (1996)
Plot Summary:
In a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 210000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, satirical, feel good, funny, inspirational, slapstick comedy, anime, hilarious, cult classic
Similar in 77%
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 79%
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Plot Summary:
Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz Lightyear meets his match and Woody has to decide where he and his heart truly belong.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 610000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, 3d animation, humorous, funny, fairy tale, emotional, entertaining, saga, uplifting, sad
Similar in 79%
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 88%
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
Similar in 87%
The Lego Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 382000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Denmark, Australia, Norway
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, exciting, stylized, hilarious, light, funny, visually stunning, 3d animation, entertaining
Similar in 78%
Storks (2016)
Plot Summary:
Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, computer animated, touching, absurd, colorful, funny, humorous, sweet, 3d animation
Similar in 87%
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
Similar in 84%
The Polar Express (2004)
Plot Summary:
When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 232000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, computer animated, fairy tale, 3d animation, motion capture, sentimental, stylized, christmas special, light, inspirational
Similar in 80%
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
Similar in 90%
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 78%
The Lion King (1994)
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
Similar in 77%
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 88%
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 89%
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Plot Summary:
Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 878000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, touching, emotional, humorous, sad, witty, computer animated, 3d animation, light
Similar in 84%
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 78%
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
Similar in 78%
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
Similar in 84%
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 84%
Inside Out (2015)
Plot Summary:
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 766000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: inspirational, touching, emotional, motivational, sad, 3d animation, feel good, funny, colorful, humorous
Similar in 75%
Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)
Plot Summary:
During a post-Christmas play date, the gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It's all up to Trixie, the triceratops, if the gang hopes to return to Bonnie's room in this Toy Story That Time Forgot.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, sweet, christmas special, entertaining, light, exciting, feel good, semi serious, stylized, fairy tale
Similar in 90%
The Boss Baby (2017)
Plot Summary:
A story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 year old named Tim.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 138000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, touching, feel good, stylized, entertaining, computer animated, 3d animation, light, sweet, humorous
Similar in 80%
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
Similar in 76%
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 81%
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
Similar in 90%
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