Movies like Monsters University

If you like "Monsters University" you are looking for feel good, light and funny movies about / with college, monster, friendship, underdog, unlikely friendships, university and competition themes of Animation, Adventure and Comedy genre shot in USA or Japan.
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Monsters University (2013)
 7.2
 387K
Monsters University (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.
Style: feel good, light, funny, humorous, computer animated, fairy tale, 3d animation, anime, intense, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night, toddlers, preschool
Plot: college, monster, friendship, underdog, unlikely friendships, university, competition, foe turned friend, creativity, fraternity, student life, odd couple, teachers and students, social relations, college life, halloween, creature, teamwork, good versus evil, teacher, student, friends, fear, contests and competitions, wilhelm scream ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 80s, 2000s, future, 1990s
Keyword: preschoolers, reboot, challenge, dreams

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Most similar movies to Monsters University

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, 3d animation, computer animated and humorous films with plots about kids and family, friendship, friends, escapades, male protagonist, love and animal mostly in Adventure, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like Monsters University: Monsters, Inc. (2001), Toy Story 3 (2010), Home (2015), Turbo (2013), Monsters at Work (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 8.1
 972K
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
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: feel good, humorous, entertaining, sweet, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: monster, friendship, imaginary, creature, imagination, children, fantasy world, friends, parallel world, rivalry, little girl, rivals ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: persia, himalaya
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.3
 887K
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home ...
Style: feel good, funny, touching, emotional, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot: toys, escape, friendship, objects come to life, toy story, toy comes to life, anthropomorphism, dinosaur, betrayal, college, dog, friends ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 2000s, 21st century
Place: iran, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 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%
 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%
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Monsters at Work (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story: Six months after the events of Monsters, Inc., the city of Monstropolis is now fueled with the sound of laughter. Tylor Tuskmon, a mechanic on the Facilities Team, dreams of working alongside his idols Mike Wazowski and James P. 'Sulley' ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, computer animated, touching, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: monster, imagination, friendship, friend, friends, rivalry, creativity, good versus evil, unlikely partners, best friend, imaginary, partner ...
⇓ 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 ⇓
71%
 8.1
 815K
Ratatouille (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
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, entertaining, inspirational, sweet, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: chef, cooking, food, friendship, rat, cooking and food, follow your dream, restaurant, mouse, rise to the top, young man, odd couple ...
Time: year 2007, 60s, 20th century, 1950s, 2000s ...
Place: paris france, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 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%
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 7.2
 464K
Cars (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country ...
Style: exciting, feel good, light, computer animated, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: car, friendship, car race, road trip, small town, happy ending, social relations, mentor, auto racing, on the road, racing, unlikely friendships ...
Time: year 2006, year 2016, 1950s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: arizona, california, madagascar, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, India
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europe to find the penguins and chimps who broke the bank at a Monte Carlo casino. When French ...
Style: humorous, hilarious, funny, entertaining, witty ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, family outing, toddlers ...
Plot: circus, penguins, zebra, getting home, talking animal, animal, friendship, villain, unlikely friendships, fantasy world, giraffe, silly humor ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: madagascar, new york, africa, europe, monte carlo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane ...
Style: claymation, feel good, humorous, not serious, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, adult ...
Plot: dog, cartoon rabbit, experiment gone awry, competition, love triangle, rabbit, disorder, inventions and discoveries, ambition, fall in love, partner, turned into an animal ...
Time: 2000s
Place: northern england, yorkshire, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, heroic mice Miss Bianca and Bernard, fly to Australia to save the ...
Style: sweet, humorous, entertaining, intense, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot: mouse, australian outback, friendship, poacher, anthropomorphic animal, talking animal, good versus evil, rescue, furry, adventurer, heroic mission, child ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: australia, madagascar, new york, oceania, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
Story: During a post-Christmas play date, the gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It's all up to Trixie, the triceratops, if the gang hopes to return to ...
Style: humorous, sweet, christmas special, entertaining, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: toys, christmas, friendship, good versus evil, imaginary, danger, getting home, escapades, toy story, talking animal, dinosaur, friends ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.3
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Up (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Japan
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: feel good, inspirational, touching, sweet, tear jerker ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, date night ...
Plot: dog, loneliness, friendship, unlikely friendships, follow your dream, hopes, friends, animal life, journey, obsessive quest, aging, wilderness ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: south america, iran, venezuela, latin america, mount everest
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 6.4
 29K
Luck (2022)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Suddenly finding herself in the never-before-seen Land of Luck, the unluckiest person in the world must unite with the magical creatures there to turn her luck around.
Style: funny, multicultural, feel good, humorous, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: luck, bad luck, superstition, black cat, dragon, leprechaun, cat, unicorn, ceo, battles, female protagonist, friends ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ 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 ⇓
100%
 7.2
 33K
Wish Dragon (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China, USA, Thailand, Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Din, a working-class college student, and Long, a cynical but all-powerful dragon capable of granting wishes, set off on a hilarious adventure through modern day Shanghai in pursuit of Din's long-lost childhood friend, Lina.
Style: entertaining, anime, 3d animation, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: dragon, wish fulfillment, wish come true, magic, childhood, desire, best friend, teenager, friendship, magical power, wizards and magicians, escapades ...
Time: future
Place: china, shanghai
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 140K
The Boss Baby (2017)
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, feel good, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, toddlers, preschool
Plot: sibling rivalry, baby, boy, job promotion, child, little boy, brothers, child as adult, parenthood, family relations, ceo, imagination ...
Time: 20th century, year 2017, 2010s
Place: las vegas, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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 6.7
 120K
Cars 3 (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician with her own plan to win, ...
Style: scenic, touching, intense, emotional, depressing ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, toddlers
Plot: racing, race car, accident, desert, old friend, mentor, talking car, race, competition, life philosophy, fantasy world, loneliness ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 2015, year 2016
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.4
 191K
Luca (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Italy, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, two young boys experience an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another ...
Style: captivating, funny, entertaining, 3d animation, cute ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly
Plot: water, friendship, coming of age, ocean, sea voyage, disguise, seaside town, sea adventure, sea, monster, creature, male female friendship ...
Time: 1950s, 2020s, future, year 1959, 20th century
Place: italy, europe, riviera, mediterranean sea
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 6.1
 330K
Shrek the Third (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, they set off to bring ...
Style: humorous, fairy tale, parody, computer animated, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: imaginary kingdom, princess, dragon, magic, happy ending, talking animal, donkey, shrek, prince, rescue, body swapping, danger ...
Time: year 2007, medieval times, 2000s, middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 514K
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
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, computer animated, entertaining, 3d animation, hilarious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, mentor, good versus evil, master, chosen one, talking animal, furry, wuxia, transformation, anthropomorphic animal, training ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s
Place: asia, china, iran, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Stuart Little 2 (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy mouse adventures are in store as Stuart, his human brother, George, and their mischievous cat, ...
Style: light, entertaining, sentimental, stylized, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: mouse, friendship, bird, talking animal, disorder, rescue, friends, heroic mission, escapades, danger, furry, cat ...
Time: year 2002
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 6.7
 24K
Ballerina (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Set in 1879 Paris. An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
Style: touching, inspirational, light, humorous, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, family outing
Plot: ballet, ballerina, inventor, children, dancing, orphan, follow your dream, rivalry, best friends in love, mentor, flying, dancer ...
Time: future, 19th century
Place: paris france, europe, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The thrilling second chapter of the epic How To Train Your Dragon trilogy brings back the fantastical world of Hiccup and Toothless five years later. While Astrid, Snotlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the ...
Style: fairy tale, computer animated, humorous, feel good, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: dragon, viking, legends and myths, rescue, imaginary kingdom, death of father, friendship, good versus evil, warrior, death of husband, loss of loved one, self sacrifice ...
Time: year 2014, 20th century, 2010s, middle ages, medieval times
Place: fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 178K
Bee Movie (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, light, absurd, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: animal life, unlikely friendships, culture clash, beehive, talking animal, bee, honey, fighting the system, meme, friendship, transformation, lawsuit ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, pasadena california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 434K
Madagascar (2005)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Alex the lion is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York's Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends -- Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo -- have spent their whole lives in blissful captivity before ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, funny, humorous, computer animated ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot: jungle, friendship, penguins, unlikely friendships, animal life, island, zebra, escape, lion, animal, rescue, wilderness ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: madagascar, new york, africa, manhattan new york city, antarctica ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 515K
Ice Age (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, France, Canada
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: feel good, road movie, touching, humorous, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot: ice age, unlikely friendships, good versus evil, friendship, heroic mission, life risking, odd couple, talking animal, heroes, friends, bonding, animal life ...
Time: prehistoric times, stone age, prehistory, year 2002, 20th century ...
Place: antarctic
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 210K
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A lonely Hawaiian girl named Lilo is being raised by her older sister, Nani, after their parents die -- under the watch of social worker Cobra Bubbles. When Lilo adopts a funny-looking dog and names him "Stitch," she doesn't realize ...
Style: humorous, feel good, entertaining, touching, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, date night ...
Plot: alien, adoption, friendship, orphan, benign alien, space and aliens, unlikely friendships, sisters, experiment, heroes, self sacrifice, sister sister relationship ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hawaii, usa, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 439K
Brave (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Mérida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, computer animated, 3d animation, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: princess, witch, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, bravery, happy ending, bear, heroine, female protagonist, rebellious daughter, archery, archer ...
Time: middle ages, 10th century, year 2012, 2010s, medieval times
Place: scotland, scottish highlands, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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