Movies like Rise of the Guardians
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Rise of the Guardians (2012)
208K
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, 3d animation, cute, colorful, intense, anime ...
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, legends and myths, save the world, children, easter, danger, dream, allies, unlikely partners, youth, talking animal, easter bunny, magic, villain ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012
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 3d animation, computer animated, feel good and entertaining films with plots about good versus evil, family, children, destiny, kids and family, fantasy world and childhood mostly in Animation, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like Rise of the Guardians: Meet the Robinsons (2007), Big Hero 6 (2014), How to Train Your Dragon (2010), Epic (2013), Klaus (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, 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:
sweet, inspirational, cute, touching, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
time travel, inventor, time machine, redemption, runaway, adoption, kids and family, sent to the past, villain, father son relationship, eccentric family, love ...
Time:
future, year 2007, 2030s, 90s, year 1995 ...
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
90%
548K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, 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:
entertaining, feel good, exciting, touching, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
superhero, robot, friendship, heroes, revenge, good versus evil, young heroes, androids and robots, friends, boy genius, villain, inventor ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, tokyo, north america, california
Similarity:
90%
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:
86%
114K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
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, computer animated, intense ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, teen fantasy, girls' night ...
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, imaginary, teenage life, protector, save the kingdom, young heroes, daughter, friendship, danger, father daughter relationship, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
20th century, year 2013, 2010s
Similarity:
83%
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233K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain, UK, USA, Austria, Canada, France
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, touching, sincere, thought provoking, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, friendship, children, postman, letter, re-education, kindness, christmas present, small town, love, friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, future, 19th century
Place:
fictional island, scandinavia, finland
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India
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, feel good, sweet, 3d animation ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
fairy, female protagonist, imaginary, friendship, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, girl power, fantasy world, tinkerbell, good versus evil, peter pan, nature ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
london
Similarity:
83%
707K
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, romantic, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
princess, sisters, disney princess, snow, magic, magical, power of love, happy ending, female protagonist, love and romance, wizards and magicians, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 1800s, 1840s, 19th century
Place:
europe, scandinavia, seattle
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
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:
fairy tale, visually appealing, visually stunning, breathtaking, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
stop motion, magic, creativity, imagination, childhood, samurai, storytelling, destiny, sword, mentor, monkey, fight scenes ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
88%
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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, humorous, computer animated, 3d animation, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
dragon, viking, legends and myths, rescue, imaginary kingdom, warrior, death, good versus evil, loss of loved one, self sacrifice, friendship, save the day ...
Time:
year 2014, middle ages, 2010s, 20th century, medieval times
Place:
fictional island
Similarity:
71%
322K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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, witty, computer animated, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
superhero, villain, mad scientist, good versus evil, villain turns good, superhuman powers, prison, escapades, anti hero, talking animal, super villain, reporter ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, north america
Similarity:
78%
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:
captivating, fairy tale, feel good, light, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
snow white, princess, magic, love, female protagonist, gnome, friendship, prince, teamwork, good versus evil, magical, overweight ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
91%
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, entertaining, touching, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, santa claus, christmas eve, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, race against time, escapades, xmas, magical, resentment, christmas season ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
tanzania, idaho, toronto ontario canada, cuba, mexico ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Canada
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, feel good, anime ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
moon, chosen one, save the world, friendship, love and romance, good versus evil, happy ending, beautiful scenery, journey, sun, heroes, young heroes ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Australia, UK
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:
atmospheric, visually stunning, scenic, captivating, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, preschool
Plot:
owl, bird, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, escapades, imaginary, talking animal, danger, furry, heroes, animal life ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010
Similarity:
57%
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:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A love potion works its devious charms on fairies, elves and the swamp-dwelling Bog King as they all try to possess the potion for themselves.
Style:
humorous, exciting, feel good, 3d animation, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot:
fairy, love potion, true love, imaginary, imaginary kingdom, elf, betrayal, save the day, princess, heroes, kidnapping, magic ...
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:
82%
142K
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, feel good, 3d animation, colorful, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
childhood, friendship, deforestation, environmental, environment, justice, environmentalism, greed, talking animal, chase, heroes, society ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
61%
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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, christmas special, colorful, light, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, preschool ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, ghost, scrooge, redemption, christmas spirit, snow, christmas eve, regret, victorian england, greed, life changing experience ...
Time:
victorian era, future, year 2009, 1800s, 1830s ...
Place:
england, europe, britain, turkey, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, China, Canada, USA
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, 3d animation, computer animated ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
imaginary, friends, life philosophy, stop motion, escapades, imaginary kingdom, philosophy, little girl, desert, little boy, children, surrealism ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s
Similarity:
67%
72K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an ...
Style:
entertaining, sweet, 3d animation, computer animated, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, preschool
Plot:
baby, talking bird, stork, anthropomorphic animal, transformation, neglected child, talking animal, good versus evil, animal, father, son, human ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
tokyo, new york, japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The Templeton brothers—Tim and his Boss Baby little bro Ted—have become adults and drifted away from each other. Tim is now a married stay-at-home dad. Ted is a hedge fund CEO. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do ...
Style:
humorous, funny, 3d animation, anime, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
baby, children, boss, sibling rivalry, child, kids and family, father daughter relationship, baby girl, brother brother relationship, animal, talking animal, childhood ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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, 3d animation, stylized, computer animated ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, teens, preschool
Plot:
fantasy world, fairy, heroes, young heroes, destiny, friendship, escapades, good versus evil, disappearance, imaginary kingdom, friends, youth ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 60s
Place:
africa, connecticut
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, South Korea, Japan, USA, Brazil, Canada, Italy
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
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, 3d animation, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids, preschool
Plot:
superhero, heroine, teenage superhero, friendship, good versus evil, supernatural ability, transformation, female protagonist, magic, teenage girl, school, superheroine ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
74%
475K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan, UK
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, teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
princess, witch, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, bravery, happy ending, female protagonist, rebellious daughter, archery, feminism, archer, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
middle ages, 10th century, year 2012, 2010s, medieval times
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands, europe
Similarity:
80%
120K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, 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, 3d animation, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
friendship, alien, benign alien, imaginary, alien invasion, culture clash, save the world, animal, odd couple, escapades, space and aliens, friends ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, year 2015, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, france, boston, australia ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
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, anime, intercultural ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers, preschool ...
Plot:
steampunk, treasure hunt, underwater, princess, ancient civilization, fantasy world, adventurer, expedition, lost world, mythology, good versus evil, atlantis ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2001, year 1914
Place:
atlantic ocean, washington d.c., iceland
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Australia
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:
computer animated, fairy tale, feel good, motion capture, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, train, magic, winter, railway, dream, santa claus, christmas eve, snow, xmas, christmas time ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
45%
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 ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, funny, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
princess, magic, friendship, dragon, stereotypes, love and romance, imaginary kingdom, wedding, satire, talking animal, shrek, ogre ...
Time:
middle ages, year 2001, medieval times, 16th century, 2000s
Similarity:
57%
104K
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:
entertaining, humorous, 3d animation, funny, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
destiny, chase, runaway, storytelling, creativity, wizard, good versus evil, fight scenes, fish out of water, curses spells and rituals, friends, disorder ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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