Movies like The Iron Giant
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The Iron Giant (1999)
257K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Czech Republic, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
Style:
touching, sentimental, entertaining, sad, semi serious, exciting, anime, retro, adult animation, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, toddlers, family friendly, preschool, teen drama ...
Plot:
robot, giant robot, friendship, small town, prejudice, self sacrifice, childhood, boy, benign alien, cold war, androids and robots, space and aliens, robot human relationship, children, flying robot, fish out of water, giant, single mother, love, government agent, child in peril, dream, morality, forest, amnesia ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 90s, year 1957, future, 50s, year 1958 ...
Place:
usa, maine, iceland
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Most similar movies to The Iron Giant
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, clever, feel good and computer animated films with plots about mentor, storytelling, family, destiny, friendship, creativity and chase mostly in Animation, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like The Iron Giant: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Big Hero 6 (2014), Treasure Planet (2002), Meet the Robinsons (2007), Next Gen (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The world's most highly qualified crew of archaeologists and explorers is led by historian Milo Thatch as they board the incredible 1,000-foot submarine Ulysses and head deep into the mysteries of the sea.
Style:
fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, anime, intercultural ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers, preschool ...
Plot:
steampunk, treasure hunt, underwater, princess, ancient civilization, fantasy world, adventurer, expedition, lost world, mythology, good versus evil, atlantis ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2001, year 1914
Place:
atlantic ocean, washington d.c., iceland
Similarity:
95%
548K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, exciting, touching, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
superhero, robot, friendship, heroes, revenge, good versus evil, young heroes, androids and robots, friends, boy genius, villain, inventor ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, tokyo, north america, california
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms. But, soon, Jim realizes Silver is a pirate intent ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, stylized, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
steampunk, treasure hunt, treasure, pirate, alien, treasure map, fictional planet, space and aliens, space travel, adventurer, outer space, swashbuckler ...
Time:
future, year 2002, distant future, 18th century
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In this animated adventure, brilliant preteen inventor Lewis creates a memory scanner to retrieve his earliest recollections and find out why his mother gave him up for adoption. But when the villainous Bowler Hat Guy steals the machine, Lewis is ...
Style:
sweet, inspirational, cute, touching, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
time travel, inventor, time machine, redemption, runaway, adoption, kids and family, sent to the past, villain, father son relationship, eccentric family, love ...
Time:
future, year 2007, 2030s, 90s, year 1995 ...
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
83%
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21K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: China, Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A friendship with a top-secret robot turns a lonely girl's life into a thrilling adventure as they take on bullies, evil bots and a scheming madman.
Style:
3d animation, light, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
robot, teenage girl, friendship, protection, bully, memory, fight, hand to hand combat, fistfight, danger, mentor, youth ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
64%
174K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Big Weld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, futuristic, 3d animation, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
inventor, androids and robots, robot, kids and family, destiny, technology, misfit, cyborgs, social misfits, coffee, creativity, redemption ...
Time:
20th century, year 2005, future, 21st century
Similarity:
75%
1.3M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
futuristic, touching, feel good, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
loneliness, robot, space travel, outer space, post apocalypse, technology, love, artificial intelligence, ecology, dystopia, happy ending, ecological disaster ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 2008, 2000s
Similarity:
48%
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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:
67%
903K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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. ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, motivational, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
joy, imaginary friend, memory, creativity, parents and children, dream, childhood, life philosophy, coming of age, friendship, anger, happy ending ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 2000s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, minnesota, california, tibet, usa
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Dredge are bent on mankind's destruction.
Style:
exciting, serious, adult animation, computer animated, anime ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, preschool, adult
Plot:
alien, heroic mission, spacecraft, space battle, space travel, galaxy, young heroes, space opera, space station, dystopia, mission, scientist ...
Time:
future, year 2000, 20th century, y2k
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Martians suddenly abduct his mom, mischievous Milo rushes to the rescue and discovers why all moms are so special.
Style:
touching, 3d animation, sentimental, captivating, motion capture ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, preschool
Plot:
martian, mars, children, space and aliens, alien, alien abduction, young heroes, matriarchy, guilt, robot human relationship, parents and children, alien invasion ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
50%
1.2M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
touching, feel good, inspirational, sweet, tear jerker ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, loneliness, unlikely friendships, friendship, follow your dream, friends, journey, obsessive quest, hopes, giant bird, wilderness, imagination ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south america, iran, venezuela, latin america, mount everest ...
Similarity:
60%
201K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless ...
Style:
depressing, touching, emotional, sad, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
loneliness, stop motion, friendship, social misfits, letter, depression, melancholy, asperger's syndrome, young woman, relationships, solitude, mental illness ...
Time:
20th century, year 2009, 2000s, year 1976, 70s
Place:
australia, oceania, persia, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
75%
135K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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, ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, fairy tale, feel good, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot:
friendship, brotherhood, wilderness, brother brother relationship, turned into an animal, revenge, native american, transformation, bear, talking animal, self sacrifice, animal ...
Time:
year 2003, stone age, 2000s, 1890s, prehistoric times ...
Place:
alaska, north america, canada, antarctica
Similarity:
60%
43K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, USA, Japan, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set in the futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (Atom) is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he had lost. Unable to fulfill his creator's expectations, Astro embarks on a journey in search ...
Style:
computer animated, anime, exciting, futuristic, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
androids and robots, robot, androids, transformation, destiny, children, evil force, family in danger, goodhearted, giant, superhero, good versus evil ...
Time:
future, year 2009
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
43%
39K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
Style:
3d animation, computer animated, emotional, crying, animated comedy
Plot:
child, planet, galaxy, child protagonist, children, space, alien, space adventure, interspecies friendship, astronaut, outer space, alien race ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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, witty, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
holiday, christmas, childhood, belief, good versus evil, friendship, fairy, protector, heroic mission, heroes, santa claus, imaginary ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012
Place:
new york, st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's ...
Style:
humorous, 3d animation, light, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
alien, friendship, chicken, spaceship, fish, father son relationship, dog, young heroes, cornfield, duck, cinema, voice over narration ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2005
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
Invader Zim is an American animated television series created by Jhonen Vasquez. The show premiered on Nickelodeon on March 30, 2001. The series involves an extraterrestrial named Zim who originates from a planet called Irk, and his ongoing mission ...
Style:
humorous, witty, adult animation, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens, horror for children ...
Plot:
dark humor, social misfits, absurd humor, technology, rivalry, disorder, space travel, supernatural, space and aliens, fish out of water, paranoia, fandom ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, funny, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, giant, superhero, monster, giantess, evil alien, mad scientist, robot, mutant, giant robot, space and aliens ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s
Place:
san francisco, japan, bay area, usa, paris france ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A bedtime story leads Littlefoot and his grandparents on a journey to a new land, where Littlefoot discovers someone who vanished before he was born: his father! Now Littlefoot must decide between two worlds. Will he leave to be with his friends in ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, touching, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
dinosaur, family relations, getting home, land before time, tyrannosaurus rex, friendship, child in peril, friends, parents and children, family life, survival, danger ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, prehistory
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fed up with being targeted by the neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle vents his frustrations on the anthill in his front yard ... until the insects shrink him to the size of a bug with a magic elixir. Convicted of "crimes against the ...
Style:
computer animated, humorous, 3d animation, light, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
friendship, bully, children, vengeance, bullying, transformation, adaptation, rescue, unlikely friendships, self discovery, animal life, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
50%
Movie in collections
335K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
computer animated, humorous, touching, 3d animation, witty ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot:
circus, ant, flea, villain, grasshopper, friendship, ladybug, butterfly, food, kids and family, toys, deception ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
texas
Similarity:
50%
560K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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. ...
Style:
touching, feel good, road movie, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot:
unlikely friendships, ice age, friendship, odd couple, heroes, heroic mission, good versus evil, friends, escapades, bonding, talking animal, journey ...
Time:
prehistoric times, stone age, prehistory, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
antarctic
Similarity:
33%
120K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Earth is taken over by the overly-confident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated, while all Boov get busy reorganizing the planet. But when one resourceful girl, Tip, manages to avoid ...
Style:
light, entertaining, exciting, 3d animation, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
friendship, alien, benign alien, imaginary, alien invasion, culture clash, save the world, animal, odd couple, escapades, space and aliens, friends ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, year 2015, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, france, boston, australia ...
Similarity:
33%
51K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
Style:
sentimental, suspenseful, feel good, inspirational, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, teen drama ...
Plot:
dog, courage, wolf, danger, goose, cartoon wolf, wilderness, animal, disease, daring rescue, furry, dog sled ...
Time:
1920s, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
alaska, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.
Style:
anime, adult animation, cult classic, stylized, mecha ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens
Plot:
robot, destiny, transformers, end of the world, transformation, superhero, space wars, giant, chase, death, betrayal, redemption ...
Time:
future, year 2005, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Jimmy Neutron is a boy genius and way ahead of his friends, but when it comes to being cool, he's a little behind. All until one day when his parents, and parents all over Earth are kidnapped by aliens, it's up to him to lead all the ...
Style:
humorous, witty, stylized, feel good, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
evil alien, rescue, battles, heroic mission, alien, young heroes, youth, disorder, inventions and discoveries, school, robot, alien invasion ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Similarity:
50%
61K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recover his spaceship and make it home safely, all with the help of an empathetic little green being.
Style:
computer animated, entertaining, humorous, 3d animation, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
alien, benign alien, alien planet, space and aliens, small town, fish out of water, mysterious planet, space travel, flying saucer, imaginary, astronaut, monster ...
Time:
year 2009, 1950s, 2000s, 50s
Similarity:
50%
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