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The Plague Dogs (1982)
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The Plague Dogs (1982)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The Plague Dogs is a 1982 animated film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Richard Adams. The story is centred on two dogs named Rowf and Snitter, who escape from a research laboratory in Great Britain. In the process of telling the story, the film highlights the cruelty of performing vivisection and animal research for its own sake.
Style: adult animation, disturbing, heartbreaking, serious, realistic, suspenseful, road movie, psychedelic, offbeat, depressing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: dog, laboratory, pets, animal rights, chase, danger, mature, animal testing, fugitives, escapades, furry, virus, nature, darkness, vegan, folklore, welfare, british pub, survival, escape, talking dog, journey, research, shooting, blood ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: england, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, cult classic, adult animation and touching films with plots about danger, friendship, animal, heroes, escapades, friends and rescue mostly in Animation, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Plague Dogs: Watership Down (1978), Felidae (1994), All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), My Dog Tulip (2009), Grave of the Fireflies (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Watership Down (1978)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.
Style: emotional, adult animation, disturbing, serious, sad ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: rabbit, friendship, blood, journey, animal, violent, mature, survival, vegan, folk horror, literary, anthropomorphism ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place: england
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Felidae (1994)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Denmark
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A domestic house cat named Francis investigates the grisly feline murders taking place in his new neighborhood.
Style: adult animation, disturbing, neo noir, detective, slasher ...
Audience: kids
Plot: cat, murder, mad scientist, investigation, electric torture, dismemberment, nightmare, animal sex, talking animal, mysterious death, murder investigation, brutality ...
Time: 90s
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Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Birdboy and his animal friends plan their escape from an ecologically devastated island in this surreal, animated fantasy.
Style: suspense, gloomy, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: nightmare, murder, pursuit, stranded, hallucination, escape, death, violence, monster, island, friends, anthropomorphic animal ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Ireland, UK, USA, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the ...
Style: touching, sad, sweet, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: dog, childhood, afterlife, animal, orphan, heaven, angel, talking animal, anthropomorphic animal, furry, friendship, death ...
Time: 1930s, 90s, 20th century, year 1939
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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My Dog Tulip (2009)
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The story of a man who rescues a German shepherd and how the two become fast friends.
Style: adult animation, atmospheric, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot: dog, pets, rescue, friendship, german shepherd, dog sex, puppy love, lgbtq, friends, bittersweet, cartoon dog, old man ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: england, europe
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Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no ...
Style: anime, touching, depressing, heartbreaking, tear jerker ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: world war two, hunger, war, orphan, homelessness, survival, siblings relations, children, desperation, death of child, anti war, boy ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1988, year 1945, post world war two
Place: japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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Stormy Night (2005)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A goat named Mei wanders into a barn one night seeking shelter from a storm. In the barn, the goat meets another refugee. The two can neither see nor smell each other, but never the less they huddled together fending off the cold, and begin to talk. ...
Style: anime, semi serious, sad, emotional, allegory ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: friendship, imaginary, odd couple, best friend, partner, woods, family relations, society, danger, violence, couples, starvation ...
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Isle of Dogs (2018)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved ...
Style: crying, adult animation, artsy, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, date night
Plot: dog, politician, robot, rescue, friendship, stop motion, freedom, resistance, island, protest, boy, dog lover ...
Time: 2010s, 20th century, 2030s, future, 21st century
Place: japan
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50%
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The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music, Sport
Country: France, Belgium, Canada, UK, Latvia, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters--an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire--to rescue him.
Style: surreal, offbeat, humorous, adult animation, anime ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, adult
Plot: dog, cycling, tour de france, very little dialogue, bicycle, dream, chase, mafia, boy, escapades, danger, rescue ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Afro Samurai avenged his father and found a life of peace. But the legendary master is forced back into the game by a beautiful and deadly woman from his past. The sparks of violence dropped along Afro’s bloody path now burn out of control – and ...
Style: anime, serious, suspenseful, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: samurai, vengeance, sword fight, martial arts, master warrior, supernatural, mortal combat, justice, ninja, dark hero, brutality, violence ...
Time: future
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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White God (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hungary, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Favoring pedigree dogs, a new regulation puts a severe tax on mixed breeds. Owners dump their dogs and shelters become overcrowded. 13-year-old Lili fights desperately to protect her pet Hagen, but her father eventually sets the dog free on the ...
Style: heartbreaking, suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: dog, human animal relationship, friendship, animal attack, teenager, children, redemption, brutality, dog attack, revenge, betrayal by friend, girl dog relationship ...
Time: year 2014
Place: hungary, eastern europe, europe, budapest, chile ...
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100%
The Little Fox (1981)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A tale about a little fox Vuk from the novel of the famous Hungarian writer István Fekete.
Style: feel good, cult classic, anime, retro, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: hunter, hiding place, furry, fox, dog, forest, animal, hunting, hound dog, woods, family relations, animal life ...
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100%
Balto III: Wings of Change (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Balto and the other sled dogs are feeling dejected because the mail that used to be delivered by dogsled is now being delivered by airplanes. But when a mail plane crashes in the mountains, the dogs come to the rescue.
Style: semi serious, humorous, tense
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, rescue, airplane, dog sled, friendship, survival, rivalry, escapades, save the day, contests and competitions, heroes, danger ...
Time: 1920s
Place: alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration (2003)
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, suspense, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: dinosaur, family relations, getting home, land before time, friendship, child in peril, friends, parents and children, family life, danger, young heroes, survival ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, prehistory
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100%
Oliver & Company (1988)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: This animated take on Oliver Twist re-imagines Oliver as an adorable orphaned kitten who struggles to survive in New York City and falls in with a band of canine criminals led by an evil human. First, Oliver meets Dodger, a carefree mutt with street ...
Style: sentimental, funny, feel good, light, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
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Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place: new york, usa, new york state, manhattan new york city, america
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100%
Jungle Emperor Leo (1997)
Genre: Animation, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Tezuka Osamu's most famous work "Jungle Emperor Leo" has been made into an animated version a number of times. In this theater version, Tezuka Osamu was able for the first time to depict the theme that "All life is equal" ...
Style: anime, exciting, serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: jungle adventure, furry, jungle, righting the wronged, save the kingdom, animal life, imaginary kingdom, danger, rivalry, hopes, dishonesty, imaginary ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
When the Wind Blows (1986)
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II
Style: adult animation, bleak, apocalyptic, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, cold war, nuclear threat, tragedy, apocalypse, countryside, nuclear disaster, epidemic, chaos, post apocalyptic, distopia ...
Time: 20th century, year 1986, distant future, 80s
Place: england, europe
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A Fish Tale (2000)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, Ireland, Denmark, USA, France, Canada, UK, Spain, Estonia, Latvia
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Three children accidentally get turned into fish after drinking a potion made by an eccentric scientist. The kids end up in the sea, with one problem. They must find and drink the antidote within 48 hours, or forever remain as fish.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, cult classic, anime ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: ocean, transformation, antidote, survival, friendship, rescue, heroic mission, disorder, mischievous children, young heroes, danger, turned into an animal ...
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Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, History, War
Country: Ireland, France, USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The true story of the most decorated dog in American military history -- Sgt. Stubby -- and the enduring bonds he forged with his brothers-in-arms in the trenches of World War I.
Style: captivating, factual, emotional, uplifting, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: world war one, chase, soldier, rescue, dog, animal rescue, army, battles, friendship, danger, human spirit, hopes ...
Time: 20th century
Place: paris france, new haven connecticut, yale university
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100%
Charlotte's Web (1973)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Style: colorful, light, sweet, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: friendship, pig, rescue, farm, children, friends who live together, compassion, animal human communication, misunderstanding, love, rat, broom ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place: new england, usa, maine
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27%
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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
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50%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Luxembourg
Duration: 79 min.
Story: When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their ...
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Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: steampunk, apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia, survival, danger, technology gone awry, life is a bitch, vestiges of humanity, distopia, fate of humanity, robot ...
Time: future, 1940s, year 2009
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CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: CatDog are on a quest to find their parents.
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Duke Red has overseen the construction of a massive Ziggurat to extend his power across the whole planet. Tima, a robot-girl built in the image of his deceased daughter, is at the core of these plans. However, after escaping the Duke's clutches ...
Style: anime, futuristic, atmospheric, bleak, cyber ...
Audience: kids
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Time: future, year 2001
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27%
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The Jungle Book (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, New Zealand, France, Canada, India
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
Style: serious, entertaining, scenic, semi serious, motion capture ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens
Plot: jungle, animal, boy, orphan, human animal relationship, courage, tiger, monkey, talking animal, wild animal, friendship, greed ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, year 2015
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27%
Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. ...
Style: light, feel good, funny, computer animated, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, toddlers ...
Plot: talking animal, determination, rescue, jungle, friendship, fantasy world, animal, friends, elephant, creativity, goofy hero, save the day ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008
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27%
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Tibetan Dog (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan, China
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Jiantan is a young boy who has to leave Xi'an after the death of his mother to go deep into the Tibetan prairies to start living with the father he barely remembers. His dad, LaGeBa, is a busy doctor who decided to depart from the city and ...
Style: anime, atmospheric, touching, captivating, emotional ...
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27%
A Wind Named Amnesia (1990)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A wind has swept the Earth taking all the memories from everyone. No one knows who they are, how to speak, or how to use the tools of modern civilization. Two years later a young man who has been re-educated travels across America on a mysterious ...
Style: anime, apocalyptic, adult animation, manga, meditative ...
Audience: boys' night
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Place: japan, new york, usa, san francisco, los angeles
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26%
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Fritz the Cat (1972)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A hypocritical swinging college student cat raises hell in a satiric vision of various elements on the 1960's.
Style: psychedelic, adult animation, grindhouse, surreal, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sexual abuse, hippie, satire, sex, cat, comic book, stoner, addiction, drug, interspecies sex, sexual humor, social satire ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1972, year 1966
Place: new york, usa
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26%
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: South Korea, USA, Japan, Poland, China
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Escaping from poverty to become a witcher, Vesemir slays monsters for coin and glory, but when a new menace rises, he must face the demons of his past.
Style: adult animation, dark fantasy, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
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Time: 2020s
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