Movies like Monsters vs. Aliens 2009

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Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
 6.4
 175K
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
Original name: Monsters vs Aliens
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
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. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters...
Style: feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, exciting, light, computer animated, 3d animation, semi serious, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: alien, alien invasion, giant, superhero, monster, robot, mad scientist, evil alien, giant robot, space and aliens, unlikely friendships, mutant, fantasy world, talking animal, save the world, good versus evil, heroic mission, heroes, invasion, escapades, team, rivalry, danger, imaginary, secret place ...
Place: san francisco, japan, bay area, usa, paris france, california, egypt ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, 3d animation, exciting and computer animated films with plots about escapades, danger, heroes, imaginary, love, kids and family and male protagonist mostly in Family, Animation and Adventure genres. Some movies like Monsters vs. Aliens: How to Train Your Dragon (2010), Megamind (2010), The Incredibles (2004), TMNT (2007), Minions (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min.
Story: Susan Murphy (a.k.a. Ginormica) and the Monsters are now working with the US government as special ops. So when an alien presence is detected in Susan's hometown of Modesto, California -- right before Halloween -- the team is dispatched to ...
Style: funny, humorous, witty, light, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: halloween, mutant, alien, heroes, supernatural, disorder, danger, battles, escapades, chaos, rivalry, space and aliens ...
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 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, ...
Style: feel good, fairy tale, exciting, humorous, computer animated ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: dragon, friendship, viking, unlikely friendships, creature, friends, imaginary, magic, happy ending, medieval, imaginary kingdom, young kid ...
Time: year 2010, medieval times, 2010s, 2000s, middle ages
Place: scandinavia, fictional island, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
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Megamind (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
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, computer animated, witty, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, preschool
Plot: superhero, villain, mad scientist, villain turns good, good versus evil, prison, superhuman powers, talking animal, anti hero, reporter, heroes, master villain ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 8.0
 802K
The Incredibles (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family
Country: USA, Japan
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, exciting, computer animated, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: superhero, heroes, good versus evil, secret identity, superhero team, superheroine, superhuman powers, strong female character, disguise, villain, parents and children, family relations ...
Time: year 2004, 60s, 20th century, year 1962, 2000s ...
Place: usa, chicago, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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TMNT (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei, Splinter, becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City.
Style: stylized, intense, computer animated, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: ninja turtle, monster, ninja, superhero, vigilante, martial arts, comic book, good versus evil, danger, save the world, heroic mission, sibling relationship ...
Time: year 2007, year 2016, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, central america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 258K
Minions (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France, Japan
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: feel good, humorous, computer animated, light, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: minion, imaginary, giant, silly humor, mad scientist, creature, escapades, super villain, villain, disorder, animal, dinosaur ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 1968, 60s, 20th century ...
Place: london, antarctica, england, orlando florida, buckingham palace ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Luis and the Aliens (2018)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, Denmark, Belgium, China
Duration: 86 min.
Story: "Luis" tells the story of an 11-year-old boy who makes friends with three loveable little aliens, who crash their UFO into his house. In return for Luis' help in finding the home-shopping channel stuff they came for, they save Luis ...
Style: entertaining, funny, feel good, humorous, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: alien contact, spacecraft, friendship, small town, friends, alien race, humour, alien creature, alien, escapades, alien disguised as human, teenager ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.0
 58K
Planet 51 (2009)
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, humorous, entertaining, funny, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens
Plot: alien, benign alien, space and aliens, alien planet, fish out of water, small town, mysterious planet, space travel, imaginary, astronaut, alien invasion, mad scientist ...
Time: year 2009, 1950s, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.5
 111K
Home (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, 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, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, preschool
Plot: alien, friendship, benign alien, alien invasion, imaginary, culture clash, loneliness, save the world, odd couple, animal, escapades, space and aliens ...
Time: 20th century, 2010s, year 2015, future, 21st century
Place: usa, boston, massachusetts, france, australia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Ratchet & Clank (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, Canada, USA, China
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Ratchet and Clank tells the story of two unlikely heroes as they struggle to stop a vile alien named Chairman Drek from destroying every planet in the Solana Galaxy. When the two stumble upon a dangerous weapon capable of destroying entire planets, ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, futuristic, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, pre-teens
Plot: robot, superhero, good versus evil, save the world, betrayal, brutality, self discovery, escapades, friendship, partner, danger, imaginary ...
Time: future, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mars Needs Moms (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, 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, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, preschool
Plot: martian, alien abduction, mars, children, space and aliens, parents and children, alien, ufo, alien invasion, young heroes, boy, guilt ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
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, touching, computer animated, entertaining, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: time travel, inventor, time machine, adoption, redemption, runaway, kids and family, father son relationship, sent to the past, scientist, love, eccentric family ...
Time: future, year 2007, 2030s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
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Robots (2005)
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, exciting, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: inventor, robot, androids and robots, kids and family, cyborgs, misfit, social misfits, destiny, creativity, redemption, technology, life philosophy ...
Time: 20th century, year 2005, future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 5.7
 100K
Chicken Little (2005)
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: light, humorous, 3d animation, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: alien, chicken, father son relationship, friendship, young heroes, furry, parents and children, danger, rescue, alien invasion, cornfield, nobody believes ...
Time: year 2016, year 2005
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 40K
Astro Boy (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, USA, Japan
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: exciting, anime, computer animated, futuristic, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: robot, androids and robots, transformation, androids, children, superhero, family in danger, evil force, goodhearted, giant, good versus evil, heroes ...
Time: future, year 2009
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Monsters vs. Aliens (2013)
Genre: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
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Story: Inspired by DreamWorks Animation's 2009 blockbuster feature film, this new series follows the further adventures of the beloved monsters- B.O.B., the gelatinous blob without a brain; Link, the prehistoric fish-man; Dr. Cockroach, the ...
Style: humorous, exciting, feel good, captivating, colorful ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: heroic mission, good versus evil, save the world, space and aliens, monster, giant, government facility, mutant, escapades, rivalry, evil alien, alien encounter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Times are changing for Manny the moody mammoth, Sid the motor mouthed sloth and Diego the crafty saber-toothed tiger. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors – the mighty dinosaurs.
Style: humorous, computer animated, funny, exciting, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: dinosaur, jungle, ice age, talking animal, fantasy world, friendship, parenthood, birth, rescue, animal life, iceberg, life philosophy ...
Time: prehistoric times, prehistory, 20th century, year 2009, 2000s
Place: antarctic
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
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, 3d animation, humorous, funny, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: food, inventor, nerd, natural disaster, father son relationship, mad scientist, small town, greed, parents and children, save the world, friendship, weatherman ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: fictional island, paris france, china, egypt, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Buzz Lightyear must battle Emperor Zurg with the help of three hopefuls who insist on being his partners.
Style: feel good, not serious, saga, stylized, parody ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, preschool
Plot: toy story, heroes, superhero, rescue, friendship, heroic mission, young heroes, imaginary, save the day, save the world, good versus evil, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Escape from Planet Earth (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Netherlands, Japan, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet.
Style: computer animated, entertaining, colorful, light, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: alien, alien invasion, mad scientist, planet, mysterious planet, rescue, space program, monster, good versus evil, silly humor, family relations, trap ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
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, clever, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: alien, rescue, evil alien, battles, heroic mission, young heroes, youth, disorder, inventions and discoveries, robot, school, genius ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 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 ⇓
100%
 5.4
 96K
The Smurfs (2011)
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: humorous, entertaining, funny, 3d animation, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot: chase, creativity, life philosophy, storytelling, wizard, talking animal, destiny, good versus evil, fight scenes, fish out of water, friends, disorder ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 6.5
 212K
Space Jam (1996)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: 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.
Style: light, satirical, entertaining, feel good, funny ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: basketball, alien, anthropomorphic animal, talking animal, transformation, looney tunes, underdog, childhood, amusement park, coyote, golf, competition ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1973, 70s, year 1993 ...
Place: north carolina, birmingham alabama, new york, madison square garden manhattan new york city, chicago ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Spies in Disguise (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Lance and Walter. One is a super cool and charming spy, and the other invents the super cool gadgets Lance uses. When an event happens, they must learn to rely on each other like never before in order to save the world.
Style: anime, 3d animation, cult classic, entertaining, spy comedy ...
Audience: kids
Plot: spy, pigeon, human becomes animal, disguise, talking animal, superhero, buddy, bird, animal, fight, secret service, inventor ...
Time: 20th century, 2010s, year 2009, year 2019, 2000s ...
Place: tokyo, venice, washington d.c., italy, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.4
 23K
Zoom (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Jack Shepard is an out-of-shape auto shop owner, far removed from the man who once protected the world's freedom. Reluctantly called back into action by the government, Jack is tasked with turning a ragtag group of kids with special powers into ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, feel good, semi serious, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: superhero, teenage superhero, high school, fight scenes, save the world, good versus evil, invisible man, comic book, space travel, friendship, superhero team, female hero ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 109K
Turbo (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, India
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The tale of an ordinary garden snail who dreams of winning the Indy 500.
Style: exciting, humorous, inspirational, light, computer animated ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot: racing, snail, contests and competitions, chases and races, friends, follow your dream, animal life, race, ambition, escapades, supportive friend, ambitious ...
Time: year 2013, 20th century, 2010s
Place: indiana, usa, indianapolis indiana, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.1
 225K
The Iron Giant (1999)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Denmark
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, exciting, emotional, sentimental, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: robot, giant robot, friendship, small town, prejudice, self sacrifice, childhood, cold war, boy, benign alien, androids and robots, space and aliens ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, year 1999, 90s, future ...
Place: usa, maine, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.2
 132K
Treasure Planet (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
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, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, toddlers, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: steampunk, treasure hunt, treasure, pirate, alien, space travel, outer space, fictional planet, adventurer, androids and robots, treasure map, betrayal ...
Time: future, year 2002, distant future
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.8
 497K
Big Hero 6 (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
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: touching, feel good, entertaining, exciting, futuristic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot: superhero, robot, friendship, heroes, teenage life, androids and robots, boy genius, young heroes, good versus evil, friends, imaginary, child prodigy ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, 2030s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, tokyo, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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