Movies like Despicable Me
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Despicable Me (2010)
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time staying on task after three orphans land in his care.
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, light, not serious, visually appealing, computer animated, cute, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, teens, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot:
adoption, imaginary, children, orphan, super villain, friendship, minion, escapades, kids and family, adoptive father, mad scientist, lifestyle change, moon, chase, villain, little girl, villain turns good, assistant, father daughter relationship, love, neighbor, spy, foster child, child care, life lesson ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 20th century, 60s, year 1969, 21st century, 1960s ...
Place:
usa, north korea, egypt
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Most similar movies to Despicable Me
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out entertaining, computer animated, humorous and 3d animation films with plots about children, slug, kids and family, family, storytelling, catastrophe and dialogue mostly in Animation, Family and Comedy genres. Some movies like Despicable Me: Minions (2015), Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022), Megamind (2010), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), Monsters, Inc. (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, entertaining, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers, family outing ...
Plot:
single father, minion, father daughter relationship, adoption, dating, female agent, villain, spy, happy ending, good versus evil, overprotective father, chicken ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
281K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.
Style:
humorous, feel good, computer animated, light, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
imaginary, minion, super villain, silly humor, villain, mad scientist, escapades, disorder, animal, giant, alternate timeline, fantasy world ...
Time:
year 2015, year 1968, 2010s, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
london, orlando florida, antarctica, england, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The continuation of the adventures of the Minions, always in search of a tyrannical leader.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, 3d animation, feel good, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
kids and family, imaginary, minion, super villain, disorder, technology, kidnapping, criminal, kung fu, vigilante, teenager, villain ...
Time:
70s, 2020s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination.
Style:
3d animation, entertaining, sweet, funny, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot:
minion, fantasy world, happy ending, villain, prison escape, twin brother, prison, brother brother relationship, fired from the job, kidnapping, siblings, twins ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two mischievous kids hypnotize their mean elementary school principal and turn him into their comic book creation, the kind-hearted and elastic-banded Captain Underpants.
Style:
spoof, 3d animation, feel good, computer animated, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
superhero, teacher, invention, boy, school, elementary school, hypnosis, friend, alter ego, secret identity, battles, hot dog ...
Time:
20th century, year 2017
Place:
ohio
Similarity:
100%
322K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, witty, computer animated, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
superhero, villain, mad scientist, good versus evil, villain turns good, superhuman powers, prison, escapades, anti hero, talking animal, super villain, reporter ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, north america
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, computer animated, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens ...
Plot:
martial arts, courage, mentor, kung fu, animal, danger, furry, master warrior, hand to hand combat, chosen one, good versus evil, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
china, iran, ancient china, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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, ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, entertaining, sweet, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot:
monster, friendship, imagination, imaginary, fantasy world, creature, best friend, parallel world, children, friends, rivalry, little girl ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
persia, paris france, himalaya
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert disaster. Can he ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, 3d animation, visually stunning, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
food, inventor, nerd, natural disaster, father son relationship, small town, mad scientist, greed, fall in love, parents and children, hot dog, save the world ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, new york, paris france, china, egypt ...
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, France, Canada, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants, ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, not serious, slapstick, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
magical power, children, chase, fantasy world, talking animal, rescue, imaginary, disorder, good versus evil, danger, escapades, chases and races ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, new york, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean the island, and where the best ...
Style:
feel good, 3d animation, humorous, colorful, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
friendship, food, inventor, scientist, island, animal, kids and family, creator, chaos and mayhem, danger, save the day, villain ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, fictional island
Similarity:
86%
149K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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, ...
Style:
funny, computer animated, entertaining, claymation, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
boat, talking animal, rat, lifestyle change, fish out of water, disorder, rivalry, partner, lifestyle, animal, villain, stop motion ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, buckingham palace, tower bridge london, england, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
Style:
light, entertaining, humorous, funny, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, children, kids and family, animal, friendship, cat, anthropomorphism, childhood, chase, terrier, dachshund, pig ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, north america, usa
Similarity:
80%
211K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He's a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and ...
Style:
entertaining, computer animated, feel good, buddy comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
fish, underwater, shark, gangster, talking animal, anthropomorphism, loss of son, vegetarian, lie, animal, anthropomorphic animal, mobster ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
exciting, 3d animation, colorful, computer animated, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
stop motion, steampunk, fantasy world, friendship, prejudice, children, young heroes, talking animal, runaway, greed, adaptation, creativity ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, victorian era
Similarity:
80%
113K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration.
Style:
3d animation, light, touching, entertaining, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens, adult
Plot:
christmas, new year, happy ending, holiday, regret, dog, guard dog, mountain, christmas season, best friend, winter, optimism ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
100%
104K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, 3d animation, funny, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
destiny, chase, runaway, storytelling, creativity, wizard, good versus evil, fight scenes, fish out of water, curses spells and rituals, friends, disorder ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
251K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA, Japan, India, UK, Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.
Style:
3d animation, entertaining, semi serious, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
car race, racing, car racing, friendship, car, conspiracy, car chase, fantasy world, best friend, secret agent, friends, spy ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, london, tokyo, asia, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume.
Style:
entertaining, funny, humorous, exciting, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
superhero, good versus evil, heroes, secret identity, superhuman powers, superhuman speed, superheroine, strong female character, satire, disguise, superhero team, villain ...
Time:
year 2004, 60s, year 1947, 1940s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, north america, chicago, fictional island, seattle
Similarity:
75%
930K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, sweet, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot:
cooking, chef, food, friendship, rat, restaurant, cooking and food, follow your dream, mouse, young man, rise to the top, friends ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 60s, 1950s, 2000s ...
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph ...
Style:
humorous, 3d animation, sweet, not serious, parody ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
heroes, friendship, disguise, hacker, prejudice, disorder, master of disguise, good versus evil, imaginary, obsessive quest, villain, medal ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, year 1982, year 1987, 80s ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula has invited all his best friends to celebrate his beloved daughter ...
Style:
3d animation, humorous, fairy tale, computer animated, gothic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, horror for children ...
Plot:
vampire, hotel, monster, dracula, father daughter relationship, love and romance, mummy, bigfoot, invisible man, creature, supernatural romance, supernatural ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 1890s, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
transylvania, hawaii, europe, romania, new york ...
Similarity:
71%
156K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
funny, touching, 3d animation, stylized, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
sibling rivalry, baby, boy, job promotion, child, little boy, child as adult, love, brothers, ceo, family relations, parenthood ...
Time:
year 2017, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
100%
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40K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, UK, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. In LA, he's taken in by Fred after the out-of-work slacker hits E.B. with his car.
Style:
humorous, cute, 3d animation, funny, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, preschool
Plot:
easter, easter bunny, anthropomorphic animal, nothing goes right, talking animal, betrayal, audition, greed, hollywood, desire for fame, family relations, leaving home ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, china
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
3d animation, entertaining, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
organized crime, gang, chase, pickpocket, animal that acts human, friendship, hacking, wolf, change of heart, piranha, snake, heist ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A sequel to the animated hit THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS.
Style:
3d animation, feel good, light, funny, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, adult, preschool
Plot:
dog, children, rabbit, guinea pig, circus, talking cat, cat, terrier, human animal relationship, pets, animal, talking animal ...
Place:
new york, turkey
Similarity:
100%
249K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, 3d animation, computer animated, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, youth, caveman, family life, parents and children, survival, family relations, parenthood, happy ending, journey, road trip, animal ...
Time:
stone age, prehistory, year 2013, prehistoric times, 20th century ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Gru and Lucy and their girls — Margo, Edith and Agnes — welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, and the family is ...
Style:
feel good, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
superhero, minion, villain, heist, baby, superpower, super powers, adventurer, adventure hero, superhuman powers, supernatural ability, supernatural power ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, South Korea, Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Recess: School's Out is a 2001 animated film based on the Disney television series Recess. This film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and was released theatrically nationwide on February 16, 2001.It's the most exciting time of year at ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, melancholic, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
friendship, happy ending, school, elementary school, summer camp, troublemaker, classmate, partner, young heroes, buddies, danger, mischievous children ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
572K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, China, Russia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, computer animated, 3d animation, epic fantasy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, mentor, talking animal, warrior, chosen one, master, furry, training, good versus evil, transformation, pride and honor ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s
Place:
china, asia, iran, ancient china, seattle
Similarity:
50%
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