Movies like The Book of Life

If you like "The Book of Life" you are looking for exciting, touching and romantic movies about / with true love, life & death, day of the dead, hopes, friendship, afterlife and imaginary themes of Animation, Adventure and Comedy genre shot in Mexico or USA.
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The Book of Life (2014)
 7.2
 78K
The Book of Life (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears.
Style: exciting, touching, romantic, suspenseful, atmospheric, stylized, colorful, computer animated, entertaining, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot: true love, life & death, day of the dead, hopes, friendship, afterlife, imaginary, love and romance, destiny, bullfighting, fall in love, escapades, love triangle, creativity, good versus evil, love story, storytelling, mythology, romantic relationship, rivalry, relationships, supernatural, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic friendship, dead man ...
Time: 20th century, year 2014, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: mexico, latin america
Keyword: wizards, preschoolers, challenge

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Most similar movies to The Book of Life

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, computer animated, anime and 3d animation films with plots about love, escapades, teenager, imaginary, good versus evil, magical and kids and family mostly in Family, Animation and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Book of Life: Coco (2017), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Rise of the Guardians (2012), The Princess and the Frog (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 8.4
 583K
Coco (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Mystery
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: touching, feel good, sincere, sweet, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: day of the dead, afterlife, life after death, musician, music, life & death, death, childhood, memory, good versus evil, boy, dog ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: mexico, tibet
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In Scotland 1874, Jack is born on the coldest day ever. Because of the extreme cold, his heart stops beating. The responsible midwife in Edinburgh finds a way to save him by replacing his heart with a clock. So he lives and remains under the ...
Style: atmospheric, gothic, touching, exciting, surreal ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: love and romance, obsessive quest, steampunk, true love, love, relationships, escapades, loneliness, train, female singer, cat, young heroes ...
Time: 2010s, 19th century
Place: europe, edinburgh scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father ...
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, breathtaking, touching, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot: stop motion, magic, imagination, creativity, samurai, childhood, storytelling, friendship, monkey, destiny, mentor, talking animal ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, touching, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: love and romance, princess, beast, castle, beauty and the beast, power of love, imaginary, opposites attract, transformation, prince, female protagonist, disney princess ...
Time: 18th century, 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Rise of the Guardians (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.
Style: fairy tale, touching, exciting, computer animated, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, preschool
Plot: holiday, christmas, childhood, good versus evil, belief, friendship, fairy, protector, heroic mission, santa claus, imaginary, legends and myths ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012
Place: new york, st. petersburg russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, witty, cute, romantic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: princess, jazz, good versus evil, prince, magical, love and romance, disney princess, animal life, imaginary, cinderella story, dream, fall in love ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, 2000s, 1910s, year 1912
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 61K
The Boxtrolls (2014)
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, dark fantasy, feel good, colorful, surreal ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: stop motion, steampunk, good versus evil, friendship, prejudice, children, young heroes, talking animal, greed, adaptation, storytelling, mentor ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, victorian era
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 5.7
 12K
Strange Magic (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Singapore, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A love potion works its devious charms on fairies, elves and the swamp-dwelling Bog King as they all try to possess the potion for themselves.
Style: humorous, feel good, exciting, not serious, fairy tale ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: fairy, love potion, imaginary, true love, imaginary kingdom, betrayal, save the day, elf, kidnapping, heroes, rivalry, princess ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Movie in collections
 7.4
 297K
Corpse Bride (2005)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Set in a 19th-century european village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the ...
Style: gothic, dark fantasy, gothic horror, melancholic, captivating ...
Audience: kids, date night, family friendly, family outing, horror for children ...
Plot: afterlife, stop motion, corpse, supernatural, goth, wedding, marriage, death, disagreement, fear, love, loneliness ...
Time: 19th century, year 2005, edwardian era, 1800s, victorian era
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India
Duration: 76 min.
Story: An ancient myth of a massive creature sparks the curiosity of Tinker Bell and her good friend Fawn, an animal fairy who’s not afraid to break the rules to help an animal in need. But this creature is not welcome in Pixie Hollow — and the scout ...
Style: fairy tale, exciting, sweet, touching, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens
Plot: fairy, friendship, imaginary kingdom, beast, tinkerbell, curses spells and rituals, love, good versus evil, woods, young heroes, strong female character, fantasy world ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 374K
Moana (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, touching, entertaining, colorful ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: ocean, magic, girl, disney princess, island, happy ending, mythology, destiny, good versus evil, friendship, giant crab, little girl ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: polynesia, pacific ocean, fictional island, oceania, new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 7.7
 490K
Tangled (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When the kingdom's most wanted-and most charming-bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn's curious captor, ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, romantic, uplifting, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: princess, disney princess, fall in love, couples, female protagonist, love and romance, horse, happy ending, power of love, unlikely couple, magical, strong female character ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 19th century, 17th century, 1810s
Place: fictional island, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 7.7
 455K
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
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, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: imaginary, obsessive quest, friendship, prejudice, disguise, hacker, master of disguise, medal, heroes, chases and races, danger, good versus evil ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 80s, 90s, 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 135K
Anastasia (1997)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: This animated adventure retells the story of the lost daughter of Russia's last czar. The evil Rasputin places a curse on the Romanov family, and Anastasia and her grandmother, Empress Maria, get separated. After growing up in an orphanage, ...
Style: touching, exciting, sweet, fairy tale, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot: childhood, princess, royal family, happy ending, good versus evil, memory loss, cinderella story, magic, love and romance, fall in love, music, destiny ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 1920s, 1910s, year 1916
Place: russia, paris france, france, ussr, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.4
 660K
Frozen (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 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: fairy tale, feel good, touching, romantic, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: princess, sisters, disney princess, snow, magic, magical, happy ending, power of love, female protagonist, wizards and magicians, love and romance, snowman ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 1800s, 1840s, 19th century
Place: europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 6.6
 110K
Epic (2013)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world -- and ours.
Style: feel good, exciting, humorous, computer animated, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, preschool
Plot: imaginary kingdom, imaginary, good versus evil, teenage life, friendship, save the kingdom, young heroes, protector, daughter, danger, father daughter relationship, flying ...
Time: 20th century, year 2013, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 6.9
 247K
Rio (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: touching, humorous, entertaining, funny, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: bird, parrot, kids and family, jungle, animal, happy ending, friendship, good versus evil, fantasy world, childhood, talking animal, animal life ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 20th century, 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, minnesota, brazil, south america, iran ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
The Road to El Dorado (2000)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After a failed swindle, two con-men end up with a map to El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold," and an unintended trip to the New World. Much to their surprise, the map does lead the pair to the mythical city, where the startled ...
Style: feel good, humorous, entertaining, witty, road movie ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, preschool
Plot: treasure hunt, jungle, treasure, native american, adventurer, greed, indians, partner, friendship, explorer, magic, gold ...
Time: 16th century, year 2000, y2k
Place: spain, mexico, central america, latin america, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Movie in collections
 8.0
 463K
Aladdin (1992)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, feel good, humorous, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot: princess, desert, genie, love, arabian nights, disney princess, friendship, magic, poverty, unlikely couple, rags to riches, aladdin ...
Time: middle ages, year 1992, 90s, 20th century, medieval times ...
Place: middle east, saudi arabia, sahara, arabia, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as ...
Style: gothic, dark fantasy, dark, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, toddlers, family outing, horror for children ...
Plot: holiday, christmas, halloween, stop motion, imaginary, goth, music, imagination, good versus evil, objects come to life, imaginary kingdom, fantasy world ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.8
 193K
Frozen II (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf are going far in the forest to know the truth about an ancient mystery of their kingdom.
Style: fairy tale, 3d animation, feel good, touching, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot: disney princess, princess, magic, female protagonist, autumn, magical, kingdom, castle, ice, good versus evil, giant, sister ...
Time: year 2019, 1840s, 19th century
Place: scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 6.3
 25K
Over the Moon (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: China, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In this animated musical, a girl builds a rocket ship and blasts off, hoping to meet a mythical moon goddess.
Style: touching, sweet, colorful, 3d animation, anime ...
Audience: kids
Plot: child, frog, moon, rocket, girl, photograph, love, life philosophy, parent child relationship, imaginary, grownups, philosophy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 132K
Paddington (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA, China
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a deadly earthquake destroys his home in Peruvian rainforest, a young bear makes his way to England in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed "Paddington" for the london train station, finds shelter with the family of Henry and Mary ...
Style: touching, feel good, sweet, colorful, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot: kids and family, bear, children, animal, adoption, talking animal, anthropomorphic animal, goofy hero, childhood, animal life, heartwarming, friendship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: england, united kingdom, london, europe, peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.6
 678
The Great Bear (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Jonathan, 11, usually spends his vacations alone with his grandfather who lives on the edge of a vast forest populated by mythical animals. This year his kid sister Sophie joins him. But it's not cool to be stuck with a little sister, so he ...
Style: stylized, feel good, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: bear, family relations, rescue, siblings relations, woods, young heroes, escapades, survival, heroes, danger, imaginary, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.0
 375K
Soul (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful gig at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls ...
Style: 3d animation, touching, philosophical, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family friendly
Plot: jazz, self discovery, life after death, afterlife, meaning of life, lifestyle change, acceptance, life & death, following a dream, life, teaching the ways of the world, death ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: hawaii, tibet, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A version of Shakespeare's play, set in the world of warring indoor and outdoor gnomes. Garden gnomes Gnomeo and Juliet have as many obstacles to overcome as their quasi namesakes when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors. But with ...
Style: romantic, humorous, computer animated, entertaining, colorful ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: forbidden love, shakespeare, true love, lovers apart, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, happy ending, love, tragedy, toys, revenge, shakespeare's romeo and juliet ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
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, exciting, humorous, colorful, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family friendly, family outing
Plot: food, inventor, friendship, scientist, island, kids and family, animal, chaos and mayhem, danger, save the day, creator, goofy hero ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.1
 216K
Enchanted (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Algeria, New Zealand
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on ...
Style: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, stylized, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: princess, magic, witch, magical, good versus evil, true love, fantasy world, fall in love, prince, imaginary kingdom, love and romance, dragon ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.9
 728K
Shrek (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, funny, 3d animation, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: princess, dragon, friendship, magic, stereotypes, talking animal, reluctant partners, love and romance, magical, anthropomorphism, imaginary kingdom, unlikely friendships ...
Time: year 2001, middle ages, medieval times, 16th century, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Swan Princess: A Royal Wedding (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Princess Odette and Prince Derek are going to a wedding at Princess Mei Li and her beloved Chen. But evil forces are at stake and the wedding plans are tarnished and true love has difficult conditions.
Style: captivating, sincere, entertaining, light, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: love, love and romance, good versus evil, princess, kingdom, prince, family relations, friendship, danger, magic, royal wedding, wedding
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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