Movies like Rise of the Guardians
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Rise of the Guardians (2012)
181K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
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, colourful, clever, humorous, intense, anime, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, girls' night
Plot:
holiday, dreams, christmas, childhood, belief, good versus evil, friendship, fairy, protector, heroic mission, santa claus, save the world, legends and myths, heroes, children, partners, talking animals, unlikely partners, allies, youth, boogeyman, mythology, creativity, transformation, life philosophy ...
Place:
new york, st. petersburg russia, saint petersburg
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Most similar movies to Rise of the Guardians
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, sweet, fairy tale and entertaining films with plots about computer animation, friendship, children, childhood, transformation, storytelling and animals mostly in Animation, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like Rise of the Guardians: Epic (2013), How to Train Your Dragon (2010), Big Hero 6 (2014), The little prince (2015), Moana (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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107K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world -- and ours.
Style:
feel good, exciting, humorous, fairy tale, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, preschoolers, girls' night
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, teenage life, friendship, save the kingdom, young heroes, protector, daughter, father daughter relationship, flying, talking animals, unlikely friendships ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: 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, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, preschoolers ...
Plot:
dragon, friendship, viking, unlikely friendships, friends, father son relationship, young kid, magic, happy ending, creature, teamwork, legends and myths ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
scandinavia, europe, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
470K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
Style:
touching, feel good, entertaining, exciting, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
superhero, robot, disney, friendship, heroes, teenage life, boy genius, androids and robots, good versus evil, young heroes, friends, child prodigy ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, tokyo, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Canada, Italy, USA, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her ...
Style:
fairy tale, stylized, sweet, touching, colourful ...
Audience:
family outing, preschoolers, kids, girls' night
Plot:
little boy, friends, child, surrealism, self discovery, life philosophy, social differences, philosophy, imaginary kingdom, prince, little girl, old man ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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345K
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:
colourful, exciting, touching, fairy tale, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, preschoolers ...
Plot:
disney, ocean, magic, disney princess, girl, island, happy ending, mythology, destiny, good versus evil, beautiful scenery, friendship ...
Place:
polynesia, pacific ocean, oceania, new zealand, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie's, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga'Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, scenic, fairy tale, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, preschoolers
Plot:
owl, bird, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, talking animals, heroic mission, save the kingdom, rescue, flying, escapades, heroes, leader ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father ...
Style:
stylized, fairy tale, atmospheric, breathtaking, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
magic, samurai, creativity, imagination, stop motion, childhood, talking animals, friendship, monkey, plot twist, destiny, mentor ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
492K
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:
feel good, road movie, touching, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
talking animals, animals, unlikely friendships, friendship, good versus evil, ice age, heroic mission, life risking, odd couple, heroes, friends, animal life ...
Time:
prehistoric times, stone age, prehistory
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
118K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
Style:
entertaining, colourful, feel good, humorous, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
disney, childhood, environmental, ecology, deforestation, justice, talking animals, friendship, environmentalism, young heroes, obsessive quest, greed ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Princes who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy.
Style:
feel good, fairy tale, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
princess, love, friendship, female protagonist, magic, good versus evil, gnome, snow white, magical, prince, overweight, teamwork ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
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, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot:
friendship, true love, life & death, hopes, destiny, fall in love, day of the dead, afterlife, love triangle, love and romance, bullfighting, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ...
Style:
humorous, stylized, colourful, touching, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, preschoolers
Plot:
christmas, holiday, santa claus, redemption, race against time, escapades, magic, runaway, good versus evil, magical, christmas eve, resentment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tanzania, idaho, cuba, toronto ontario canada, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In this animated adventure, brilliant preteen inventor Lewis creates a memory scanner to retrieve his earliest recollections and find out why his mother gave him up for adoption. But when the villainous Bowler Hat Guy steals the machine, Lewis is ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, entertaining, sweet, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, preschoolers, girls' night, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
time travel, disney, time machine, inventor, redemption, runaway, orphan, talking animals, twists and turns, father son relationship, love, eccentric family ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
634K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, touching, exciting, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
princess, disney, sisters, magic, disney princess, snowman, snow, wizards and magicians, power of love, happy ending, female protagonist, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
europe, norway, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a faun named Mune becomes the Guardian of the Moon, little did he had unprepared experience with the Moon and an accident that could put both the Moon and the Sun in danger, including a corrupt titan named Necross who wants the Sun for himself ...
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, light, colourful, feel good ...
Audience:
preschoolers, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
save the world, moon, chosen one, friendship, good versus evil, talking animals, love and romance, happy ending, beautiful scenery, journey, sun, obsessive quest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
Style:
feel good, sweet, sentimental, 3d animation, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, holiday, magic, dream, train, railway, snow, winter, good versus evil, life philosophy, friendship, santa claus ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, dark, atmospheric, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, horror for children
Plot:
christmas, halloween, holiday, goth, good versus evil, imagination, objects come to life, music, imaginary kingdom, magic, fantasy world, loneliness ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Journey into the secret world of Pixie Hollow and hear Tinker Bell speak for the very first time as the astonishing story of Disney's most famous fairy is finally revealed in the all-new motion picture "Tinker Bell."
Style:
fairy tale, sincere, exciting, feel good, sweet ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, preschoolers
Plot:
fairy, friendship, female protagonist, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, youth, disorder, good versus evil, nature, rescue, rivalry, magic ...
Place:
london
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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115K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, ...
Style:
touching, fairy tale, inspirational, feel good, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, preschoolers
Plot:
animals, friendship, disney, talking animals, unlikely friendships, brother brother relationship, brotherhood, native americans, survival, self sacrifice, turned into an animal, wilderness ...
Time:
stone age, 1890s, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place:
antarctica, alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
163K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A postman is posted to a frozen town in the North - where he discovers Santa Claus is hiding out.
Style:
feel good, thought provoking, touching, colourful, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, children, postman, santa claus, friendship, small town, kindness, re-education, christmas present, friends, letter, toys ...
Time:
future, 19th century
Place:
finland, scandinavia, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge ...
Style:
feel good, colourful, light, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot:
christmas, holiday, ghost, disney, redemption, scrooge, snow, time travel, greed, christmas eve, regret, life changing experience ...
Time:
future, victorian era, 1840s, 19th century
Place:
england, london, europe, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
482K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
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, entertaining, motivational, fairy tale, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
kung fu, animals, martial arts, mentor, talking animals, good versus evil, master, chosen one, transformation, training, warrior, fight scenes ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008
Place:
asia, china, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as ...
Style:
touching, emotional, colourful, fairy tale, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, date night, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
folklore, young heroes, supernatural, children, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, ocean, getting home, lighthouse, celtic, magic, legends and myths ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
japan, europe, ireland, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, stylized, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, preschoolers
Plot:
fantasy world, fairy, young heroes, friendship, good versus evil, family relations, destiny, heroes, disappearance, childhood, children, friends ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
africa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The world's most highly qualified crew of archaeologists and explorers is led by historian Milo Thatch as they board the incredible 1,000-foot submarine Ulysses and head deep into the mysteries of the sea.
Style:
fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, stylized, anime ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
disney, steampunk, princess, treasure hunt, expedition, adventurer, atlantis, ancient civilization, fantasy world, ancient mystery, monster, museum ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1914
Place:
atlantic ocean, washington d.c., iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.
Style:
exciting, entertaining, colourful, sweet, witty ...
Audience:
kids, preschoolers
Plot:
pirate, mythology, treasure hunt, chase, arabian nights, sinbad, swashbuckler, heroes, sea monster, good versus evil, friendship, treasure ...
Time:
ancient times, middle ages, 8th century
Place:
sicily, mediterranean sea
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
105K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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:
emotional, light, entertaining, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, preschoolers
Plot:
alien, friendship, benign alien, culture clash, loneliness, save the world, alien invasion, odd couple, children, runaway, catastrophe, disney ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, australia, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, South Korea, Japan, USA
Duration: 20 min.
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Story:
Normal high school kids by day, protectors of Paris by night! Miraculous follows the heroic adventures of Marinette and Adrien as they transform into Ladybug and Cat Noir and set out to capture akumas, creatures responsible for turning the people of ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, sweet, entertaining, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, kids, preschoolers
Plot:
superhero, teenage hero, friendship, heroine, good versus evil, partners, supernatural ability, female protagonist, transformation, teenager, magic, school ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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, preschoolers, teens
Plot:
robot, small town, friendship, prejudice, self sacrifice, benign alien, childhood, androids and robots, boy, military, cold war, space and aliens ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, future, year 1957
Place:
maine, usa, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
419K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
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, humorous, touching, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, teens, preschoolers ...
Plot:
disney, princess, coming of age, rebellious daughter, mother daughter relationship, witch, bravery, happy ending, medieval, bear, female protagonist, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
middle ages, 10th century
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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