Movies like Moana 2026
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Moana (2026)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, New Zealand
Story:
Prompted by a summons from the ocean, Moana departs her home island of Motunui for the first time and travels past its barrier reef. Accompanied by the demigod Maui, she undertakes a voyage aimed at recovering the well-being of her community.
Style:
polynesian, tropical, teen comedy
Audience:
teen fantasy
Plot:
friendship, demi god, explorer, curse, dancing, sea, village, ocean, island, sea adventure, water, beach, singing, disney princess, tropical island, female protagonist, chicken, raft, shapeshifting, shapeshifter, sailing, animal, teen adventure
Place:
polynesia
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Most similar movies to Moana
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out entertaining, psychotronic, fairy tale and humorous films with plots about friendship, female protagonist, magic, good versus evil, live action, teenage girl and teenager mostly in Adventure, Fantasy and Family genres. Some movies like Moana: The Little Mermaid (2023), Jungle Cruise (2021), Lilo & Stitch (2025), How to Train Your Dragon (2025), Doctor Dolittle (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
122K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.
Style:
3d animation, adult cartoon, computer animated, polynesian, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
disney princess, sea, ocean, boat, island, sailing, coming of age, explorer, villain, seafaring, ghost, shapeshifting ...
Place:
pacific ocean, oceania, polynesia
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, teen, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
island, jungle, lost city, fantasy world, expedition, atlantis, lost world, escapades, beautiful scenery, giant lizard, mission, treasure ...
Time:
year 2012, 19th century, 2010s
Place:
hawaii, fictional island
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel ...
Style:
fairy tale, motion capture, feel good, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, teen fantasy
Plot:
magic spell, mermaid, interspecies romance, human, sea, interspecies friendship, marine life, mysterious girl, little mermaid, spell, advisor, shipwreck ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
75%
226K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Hungary, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Disney’s live-action adaptation of its iconic theme park ride.
Style:
scenic, captivating, funny, light, costume drama ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, family friendly
Plot:
jungle, amazon river, danger, snake, artifact, amazon jungle, jungle adventure, treasure, dangerous animal, amazon rainforest, myth, native tribe ...
Time:
1910s, 16th century, 2020s, future, year 1916 ...
Place:
brazil, spain, europe, south america, london
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.
Style:
buddy comedy, hilarious, epic fantasy, psychotronic, tropical ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
alien, villain, friendship, girl, child, disguise, child protagonist, dysfunctional family, good versus evil, alien civilization, female bully, rescue from drowning ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
oceania, hawaii
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Ireland, Iceland, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature ...
Style:
uplifting, visually stunning, emotional, psychotronic, teen comedy
Audience:
family friendly, teen fantasy
Plot:
dragon, viking, friendship, island, warrior, coming of age, bonding, misfit, inventor, courage, loyalty, self discovery ...
Time:
medieval times
Place:
fictional island, europe
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Get ready for the wildest adventure of a lifetime in the most ambitious production ever brought to film. Earning a 1967 Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, this dazzling fantasy turns both ordinary and exotic animals into talking, dancing and ...
Style:
cute, light, retro, light hearted, mythical ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
animal, sailing, youth, dancing, animal lover, talking animal, veterinarian, literary, sea, myth, broadway, bomb squad ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 20th century, year 1967, victorian era ...
Place:
africa, england, europe
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Finland, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.
Style:
folk tale, atmospheric, emotional, pastoral, biting
Audience:
family friendly, kids, teen fantasy
Plot:
empathy, self discovery, coming of age, island, rescue mission, friendship, magic realism, female empowerment, heartwarming, female protagonist, forest, creature ...
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Spencer returns to the world of Jumanji, prompting his friends, his grandfather and his grandfather’s friend to enter a different and more dangerous version to save him.
Style:
funny, breathtaking, action adventure, action comedy, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, chick flick, adult
Plot:
jungle, adventurer, body swapping, curse, mission, teamwork, virtuality, trophy, ostrich, desert, obstacle course, rescue ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, jurassic
Place:
new hampshire
Similarity:
52%
59K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, Canada, Australia, China, Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
Style:
light, enigmatic, futuristic, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
cat, singing, rebirth, friendship, dancing, female protagonist, love, fight, broadway, singer, anthropomorphic animal, outcast ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After telling the story of Flint's last journey to young Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones has a heart attack and dies just as Jim and his friends are attacked by pirates. The gang escapes into the town where they hire out a boat and crew to find the ...
Style:
light, cute, lighthearted, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, family outing, kids, adult ...
Plot:
muppets, island, childhood, swashbuckler, ship, pirate ship, puppetry, youth, hunter, treasure hunter, water, young heroes ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
fictional island
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The tables are turned as four teenagers are sucked into Jumanji's world - pitted against rhinos, black mambas and an endless variety of jungle traps and puzzles. To survive, they'll play as characters from the game.
Style:
breathtaking, biting, funny, exciting, saga ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly, teens
Plot:
jungle, adventurer, game, zoologist, friendship, video game, magic, high school, surrealism, archaeologist, teenage boy, team ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, year 1996, year 2016, jurassic ...
Place:
new hampshire, hawaii
Similarity:
50%
312K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Singapore, Canada, Czech Republic, Serbia, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A live-action retelling of the 1992 Disney film of the same name.
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, entertaining, visually stunning, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
aladdin, arabian nights, wish fulfillment, genie, princess, magic, disney princess, giant bird, palace, sultan, happy ending, shapeshifting ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 18th century
Place:
baghdad iraq, arabia, saudi arabia, middle east, iraq
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, and ...
Style:
captivating, colorful, talky, enigmatic, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, teen fantasy, adult
Plot:
jungle, lost city, jungle girl, treasure hunt, treasure, treasure map, teenager, friend, friends, search and rescue, escapades, friendship ...
Place:
peru
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
emotional, feel good, uplifting, mythical, fairy tale
Plot:
princess, sisterhood, snow, broadway, sisters, friendship, singing, children, magic, heartwarming, spectacle, true love ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, New Zealand, UK, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil (Carlos), Maleficent (Mal), the Evil Queen ...
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, feel good, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
teenager, good versus evil, fairy godmother, teenage protagonist, happy ending, high school, villain, imaginary kingdom, witchcraft, imaginary, moral dilemma, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Canada, UK, New Zealand, Australia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The teenagers of Disney's most infamous villains return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep.
Style:
fairy tale, light, captivating, exciting, colorful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, teen fantasy, adult
Plot:
villainess, imaginary kingdom, crown, princess, magic, sword fight, good versus evil, friendship, teenager, love, talking dog, child ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The malevolent Ender Dragon sets out on a path of destruction, prompting a young girl and her group of unlikely adventurers to set out to save the Overworld.
Style:
epic fantasy, slapstick comedy, psychotronic, surprise ending, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
zombie, surrealism, fantasy world, portal, lava, skeleton, alternate world, animal, miner, survival, wolf, mine ...
Time:
year 1985, 2020s, 80s, year 1989
Place:
idaho, north america
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As they enter sophomore year at Monster High, Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura and Frankie Stein face new students, new powers, and an even bigger threat that could not only tear their friendship apart but could change the world forever.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, gothic, suspense, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
teen fantasy, family friendly
Plot:
friendship, school, monster high, monster, witch, supernatural, witchcraft, schoolboy, high school life, creature, loyalty, coming of age ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As Emily struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. When Clifford magically undergoes one heck of a growth spurt, becomes a gigantic dog and attracts the attention of a ...
Style:
3d animation, sentimental, light, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dog, puppy, animal, pet dog, little girl, giant, kaiju, friendship, talking animal, school, urban setting, friend ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a storm washes a canoe bearing an infant boy ashore upon a small South Pacific island, he is at first well-received as a gift from the heavens, even to the point of the tribal chief adopting him as a successor. However, with time as hardships ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, touching, sentimental, feel good
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
island, youth, orphan, young heroes, starting over, tragic love, friendship, heroes, escapades, social misfits, adoption, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
38%
37K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he ...
Style:
humorous, absurd, semi serious, feel good, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
sailor, abandoned baby, bully, childhood, rescue, twists and turns, family relations, kidnapping, love triangle, love and romance, eccentric family, escapades ...
Time:
80s
Place:
fictional island
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.
Style:
exciting, scenic, captivating, fairy tale, sad ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
island, exotic island, little girl, young heroes, writers, imaginary friend, danger, single father, scientist, child, poacher, jungle ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, patagonia, pacific ocean, san francisco, indonesia ...
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Stuck in a life of indentured servitude, Marek dreams of becoming a wizard. When she meets a beautiful priestess, Teela, in need of help, Marek escapes her master and puts together a team of adventurers - including Thane the warrior and Dagen the ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, tense, contemplative
Plot:
healing power, female protagonist, sorcerer, medieval, sword and sorcery, monster, warrior, friendship, village, magic, dragon, sword fight ...
Similarity:
36%
139K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Mystery Inc. gang have gone their separate ways and have been apart for two years, until they each receive an invitation to Spooky Island. Not knowing that the others have also been invited, they show up and discover an amusement park that ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, slapstick, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
dog, scooby doo, good versus evil, amusement park, talking animal, ghost, amateur detective, friendship, chase, heroes, talking dog, youth ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, caribbean
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sam is a teenage royal rebel, second in line to the throne of the kingdom of Illyria. Just as her disinterest in the royal way of life is at an all-time high, she discovers she has super-human abilities and is invited to join a secret society of ...
Style:
breathtaking, funny, exciting, tense, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
heir to the throne, friendship, young heroes, teenage life, supernatural ability, sisters, love and romance, moral dilemma, duty, best friend, fictional country, secret mission ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Elmo loves his fuzzy, blue blanket, and would never let anything happen to it. However, a tug-of-war with his friend Zoe sends his blanket to a faraway land, and Elmo in hot pursuit. Facing life without his cherished blanket, Elmo musters all of his ...
Style:
feel good, funny, sentimental, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
muppets, sesame street, friendship, puppet, fortress, magical, rescue, puppetry, friends, disorder, fish out of water, heroic mission ...
Time:
year 1999
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A twelve-year-old girl is transported by a magical black stallion to the mystical world of Albion, where she discovers that she alone is the key to saving an entire race of people.
Style:
entertaining, uplifting, captivating, scenic, fairy tale
Audience:
kids
Plot:
horse, stallion, chosen one, mythical creature, imaginary kingdom, friendship, evil king, portal, woman riding a horse, rider horse relationship, woman horse relationship, horse riding ...
Similarity:
35%
394K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's ...
Style:
fairy tale, motion capture, surprise ending, psychological horror, psychotronic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
poison, princess, evil queen, tyrant, female antagonist, love, narcissism, vanity, cruelty, witch, jealous woman, tyranny ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages
Place:
germany
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Clawdeen Wolf, half human and half werewolf, has recently started attending Monster High, a school for monsters in all forms. After quickly befriending her classmates Frankie Stein and Draculaura, Clawdeen feels like she has finally found a place ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, colorful, entertaining, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, horror for children
Plot:
monster high, werewolf, heroes, school, friendship, youth, monster, teenager, infidelity, jekyll and hyde, escapades, friends ...
Similarity:
32%
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