Movies like Shrek
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Shrek (2001)
803K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
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 wisecracking donkey.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, funny, sweet, humorous, spoof, 3d animation, epic, witty, parody ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, teens, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
princess, magic, friendship, dragon, stereotypes, love and romance, imaginary kingdom, wedding, satire, talking animal, shrek, ogre, transformation, magical, villain, donkey, reluctant partners, fantasy world, knight, true love, swamp, witchcraft, opposites attract, curse, anthropomorphism ...
Time:
middle ages, year 2001, medieval times, 16th century, 2000s
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Most similar movies to Shrek
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out fairy tale, humorous, entertaining and feel good films with plots about friendship, family, storytelling, children, mentor, transformation and dialogue mostly in Animation, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like Shrek: Monsters, Inc. (2001), The Emperor's New Groove (2000), The Sword in the Stone (1963), Ice Age (2002), Puss in Boots (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
550K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Shrek, Fiona and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and the King find it hard to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. The fairy godmother discovers that Shrek has ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, 3d animation, computer animated, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
princess, cat, transformation, kingdom, creature, shrek, dragon, talking animal, donkey, godmother, prince, true love ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, medieval times, middle ages, 16th century
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
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, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, princess, shrek, dragon, magic, happy ending, donkey, talking animal, prince, royal court, cyclops, body swap ...
Time:
medieval times, year 2007, 2000s, middle ages
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and ...
Style:
fairy tale, computer animated, 3d animation, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, teens, date night ...
Plot:
magic, magical, female warrior, talking animal, shrek, true love, fantasy world, dragon, princess, ogre, animal, alternate timeline ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, medieval times, 2000s, middle ages
Similarity:
71%
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:
92%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Kuzco is a self-centered emperor who summons Pacha from a village and to tell him that his home will be destroyed to make room for Kuzco's new summer home. Kuzco's advisor, Yzma, tries to poison Kuzco and accidentally turns him into a ...
Style:
feel good, fairy tale, entertaining, sweet, witty ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
good versus evil, transformation, emperor, talking animal, jungle, treason, spoiled brat, llama, assassination attempt, friendship, change of heart, turned into an animal ...
Time:
15th century, year 2000, y2k, 16th century
Place:
peru, south america, latin america
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, entertaining, arthurian, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot:
magic, arthurian legend, wizard, transformation, medieval, king arthur, boy, sword and sorcery, sword, kingdom, tournament, owl ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 6th century, 1930s
Place:
europe, england, britain, london
Similarity:
100%
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:
85%
209K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town. This is the true ...
Style:
fairy tale, computer animated, humorous, sweet, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
cat, talking cat, imaginary kingdom, magic, shrek, happy ending, talking animal, treasure hunt, escapades, sword fight, save the day, friendship ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s
Place:
madagascar, iran, spain, europe, canada
Similarity:
86%
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540K
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, 3d animation, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
princess, disney princess, fall in love, couples, love and romance, love, horse, strong female character, power of love, female protagonist, unlikely couple, queen ...
Time:
year 2010, 19th century, 17th century, 2010s, 1810s
Place:
fictional island, europe, germany
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
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 ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
friendship, college, monster, underdog, university, unlikely friendships, competition, foe turned friend, creativity, fraternity, student life, odd couple ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 80s, 2000s ...
Similarity:
75%
474K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, UK
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, funny, feel good, humorous, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot:
jungle, friendship, unlikely friendships, penguins, zebra, animal life, wilderness, talking animal, escape, island, animal, lion ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
madagascar, africa, new york, manhattan new york city, antarctica ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
Story:
The Christmas tree isn't the only thing green in this new holiday classic. Shrek is back and trying to get into the spirit of the season. After promising Fiona and the kids a Christmas they'll remember, he is forced to take a crash course ...
Style:
christmas special, humorous, witty, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
holiday, shrek, christmas, friendship, fish out of water, escapades, family gatherings, family life, odd couple, xmas, christmas season, christmas eve ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
75%
663K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, 3d animation, saga, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
toy story, escape, toy comes to life, chase, friendship, villain, toys, doll, dream, cartoon dog, rescue, mistaken identity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
north america, ohio
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley. The impending disaster ...
Style:
computer animated, humorous, funny, entertaining, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
global warming, dinosaur, iceberg, friendship, talking animal, animal, mammoth, survival, teamwork, snow, kids and family, cold ...
Time:
prehistory, prehistoric times, 20th century, year 2006, 2000s
Place:
antarctic
Similarity:
67%
1.2M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from ...
Style:
touching, computer animated, feel good, funny, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
friendship, toys, childhood, rescue, toy comes to life, toy story, rivalry, wilhelm scream, birthday, loyalty, buddy, birthday present ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
usa, north america, ohio
Similarity:
100%
1.2M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Japan, Australia, Kazakhstan, Armenia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting ...
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, funny, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot:
friendship, underwater, animal, shark, father son relationship, friends, freedom, memory loss, courage, escape attempt, single father, talking animal ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new south wales, oceania, pacific ocean, sydney australia, australia
Similarity:
67%
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:
100%
435K
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, entertaining, touching, exciting, polynesian ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, ocean, girl, happy ending, island, disney princess, mythology, destiny, good versus evil, princess, little girl, friendship ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
polynesia, pacific ocean, fictional island, oceania, new zealand
Similarity:
57%
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497K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
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, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
princess, desert, genie, arabian nights, disney princess, magic, love, friendship, prince, poverty, monkey, unlikely couple ...
Time:
middle ages, year 1992, 90s, medieval times, 20th century ...
Place:
middle east, saudi arabia, sahara, china, egypt ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long enough to make it to the African continent. There the New Yorkers ...
Style:
entertaining, computer animated, humorous, 3d animation, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
hippopotamus, zebra, jungle, penguins, friendship, talking animal, lion, escape, friends, giraffe, chimpanzee, animal ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
madagascar, new york, africa, kenya, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
185K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.
Style:
feel good, sincere, modern fairy tale, fairy tale, computer animated ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, family friendly, kids
Plot:
brother brother relationship, elf, magic, teenage protagonist, fantasy world, teenage boy, cyclops, wizard, centaur, coming of age, dead father, creature ...
Time:
2020s, future, 2010s
Similarity:
57%
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:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
Style:
atmospheric, scenic, epic, adult animation, exciting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
good versus evil, mission, wizards and magicians, medieval, imaginary kingdom, obsessive quest, dragon, witchcraft, fortress, friends, curses spells and rituals, imaginary ...
Time:
year 1978, prehistory, prehistoric times, 70s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min.
Story:
Shrek challenges Donkey, Puss in Boots and his other fairy tale character friends to spend the night in Lord Farquaad's haunted castle, telling scary stories to see who can resist becoming scared and stay the longest.
Style:
computer animated, 3d animation, witty, feel good, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, horror for children, preschool
Plot:
halloween, shrek, ghost, friendship, odd couple, contests and competitions, imaginary, friends, verbal byplay, reluctant partners, husband wife relationship, cat ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
50%
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, sweet, touching, witty, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
fairy, friendship, imaginary kingdom, beast, curses spells and rituals, tinkerbell, strong female character, good versus evil, love, woods, young heroes, escapades ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
california
Similarity:
60%
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, funny, computer animated, 3d animation, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dinosaur, jungle, talking animal, fantasy world, ice age, friendship, birth, rescue, parenthood, bonding, animal life, iceberg ...
Time:
prehistoric times, prehistory, 20th century, year 2009, 2000s
Place:
antarctic
Similarity:
86%
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:
57%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA
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, 3d animation, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dragon, friendship, viking, unlikely friendships, creature, friends, medieval, imaginary, love, happy ending, magic, father son relationship ...
Time:
medieval times, year 2010, middle ages, 2000s, 2010s
Place:
scandinavia, fictional island, europe, seattle
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, computer animated, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens ...
Plot:
martial arts, courage, mentor, kung fu, animal, danger, furry, master warrior, hand to hand combat, chosen one, good versus evil, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
china, iran, ancient china, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico, UK
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 ...
Style:
touching, exciting, romantic, suspenseful, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, horror for children, preschool
Plot:
friendship, true love, life & death, hopes, day of the dead, destiny, love and romance, imaginary, bullfighting, afterlife, fall in love, escapades ...
Time:
year 2014, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
100%
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