Movies like Kubo and the Two Strings

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Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
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Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
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 and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, breathtaking, touching, stylized, visually appealing, anime, visually stunning, 3d animation, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot: stop motion, magic, imagination, creativity, samurai, childhood, storytelling, friendship, monkey, destiny, mentor, talking animal, children, fight scenes, strong female character, mythology, cave, coming of age, bittersweet, sword, feudal japan, teenager, martial arts, magical, supernatural ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: japan

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Most similar movies to Kubo and the Two Strings

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, anime, fairy tale and touching films with plots about friendship, escapades, good versus evil, love, danger, imaginary and youth mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Kubo and the Two Strings: Moana (2016), The Book of Life (2014), ParaNorman (2012), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), Coco (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Moana (2016)
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, exciting, touching, entertaining, colorful ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: ocean, magic, girl, disney princess, island, happy ending, mythology, destiny, good versus evil, friendship, giant crab, little girl ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: polynesia, pacific ocean, fictional island, oceania, new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
The Book of Life (2014)
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: exciting, touching, romantic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot: true love, life & death, day of the dead, hopes, friendship, afterlife, imaginary, love and romance, destiny, bullfighting, fall in love, escapades ...
Time: 20th century, year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
 7.0
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ParaNorman (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock is a boy who can speak to the dead, but no one besides his eccentric new friend, Neil, believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's estranged eccentric uncle tells him of an important annual ...
Style: gothic, dark fantasy, surreal, claymation, witty ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: stop motion, ghost, zombie, halloween, small town, supernatural ability, supernatural, witch, stereotypes, disorder, friends, stupidity ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2000
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 7.1
 183K
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: China, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Continuing his "legendary adventures of awesomeness", Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to his home.
Style: light, funny, computer animated, 3d animation, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot: kung fu, good versus evil, animal protagonist, talking animal, dragon, anthropomorphism, fight scenes, monkey, animal, mentor, village, creativity ...
Time: 2010s, 20th century, year 2016
Place: china, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Coco (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Mystery
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead ...
Style: touching, feel good, sincere, sweet, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: day of the dead, afterlife, life after death, musician, music, life & death, death, childhood, memory, good versus evil, boy, dog ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: mexico, tibet
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
The Boy and the Beast (2015)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That ...
Style: anime, touching, breathtaking, poignant, intense ...
Plot: training, mentor, beast, friendship, martial arts, destiny, orphan, good versus evil, fantasy world, japanese schoolgirl, loneliness, boy ...
Time: 2010s
Place: japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
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, computer animated, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, preschool
Plot: holiday, christmas, childhood, good versus evil, belief, friendship, fairy, protector, heroic mission, santa claus, imaginary, legends and myths ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012
Place: new york, st. petersburg russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister ...
Style: anime, feel good, atmospheric, sweet, touching ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, toddlers, preschool
Plot: children, friendship, magical, magic, countryside, sisters, child protagonist, parents and children, young heroes, sister sister relationship, hospital, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: year 1988, 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
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: captivating, fairy tale, exciting, scenic, computer animated ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, preschool
Plot: owl, bird, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, heroic mission, imaginary, save the kingdom, talking animal, danger, rescue, escapades, heroes ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Spirited Away (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
Style: anime, surreal, atmospheric, stylized, fairy tale ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens
Plot: friendship, surrealism, supernatural, magic, witch, parallel world, fantasy world, imaginary, ghost, creature, dragon, japanese mythology ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Style: anime, touching, feel good, fairy tale, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: witch, self discovery, magic, friendship, coming of age, supernatural ability, young heroes, cat, wizards and magicians, friends, female protagonist, teenage girl ...
Time: year 1989
Place: seattle, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. ...
Style: light, feel good, funny, computer animated, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, toddlers ...
Plot: talking animal, determination, rescue, jungle, friendship, fantasy world, animal, friends, elephant, creativity, goofy hero, save the day ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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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%
Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
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, computer animated, stylized, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, preschool
Plot: fantasy world, fairy, young heroes, friendship, good versus evil, destiny, heroes, disappearance, friends, youth, heroic mission, escapades ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 60s
Place: africa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Dinosaur (2000)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.
Style: entertaining, computer animated, feel good, touching, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: dinosaur, extinction, animal life, friendship, rescue, family reunited, danger, wilderness, talking animal, animal, catastrophe, jungle ...
Time: prehistoric times, prehistory, year 2000, y2k
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
Style: anime, fairy tale, manga, visual, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: steampunk, lost civilization, orphan, imaginary kingdom, friendship, magic, young heroes, pirate, castle, treasure, giant robot, artifact ...
Time: year 1986
Place: wales
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan, Germany
Duration: 68 min.
Story: Who or what exactly is a Heffalump? The lovable residents of the Hundred Acre Wood -- Winnie the Pooh, Rabbit, Tigger, Eeyore, Kanga and the rest of the pack -- embark on a journey of discovery in search of the elusive Heffalump. But as is always ...
Style: touching, feel good, sweet, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot: winnie the pooh, friendship, children, childhood, talking animal, life philosophy, elephant, happy ending, culture clash, beautiful scenery, mother son relationship, pig ...
Time: year 2005
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Wolfwalkers (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads ...
Style: touching, emotional, atmospheric, stylized, anime ...
Audience: kids, date night, family friendly
Plot: folklore, friendship, wolf, peril, father daughter relationship, family relations, legends and myths, hunter, happy ending, wolf pack, human animal relationship, good versus evil ...
Time: 17th century
Place: ireland
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67%
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The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers ...
Style: anime, fairy tale, touching, visually appealing, scenic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teen drama, preschool
Plot: friendship, midget, little people, cat, mysterious character, daring rescue, friends, tiny, self discovery, magical, tragedy, coming of age ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
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57%
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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 ⇓
60%
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Ponyo (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The son of a sailor, 5-year old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One fateful day, he finds a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is no ordinary ...
Style: touching, sweet, anime, scenic, manga ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, toddlers, preschool
Plot: fish, mermaid, magical, obsessive quest, magic, love, animal, friendship, magic realism, unlikely friendships, princess, sea ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: japan, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014)
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, exciting, sweet, touching, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens
Plot: fairy, friendship, imaginary kingdom, beast, tinkerbell, curses spells and rituals, love, good versus evil, woods, young heroes, strong female character, fantasy world ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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 ⇓
50%
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 6.8
 61K
The Boxtrolls (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
Style: exciting, dark fantasy, feel good, colorful, surreal ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: stop motion, steampunk, good versus evil, friendship, prejudice, children, young heroes, talking animal, greed, adaptation, storytelling, mentor ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, victorian era
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 6.4
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The Lorax (2012)
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, computer animated, colorful, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: environmental, childhood, ecology, friendship, environment, deforestation, environmentalism, talking animal, greed, chase, heroes, society ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 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 ⇓
63%
 7.5
 3K
The Point (1971)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Years ago, there was a place called The Land of Point, because everything in The Land of Point had one: the barns, the houses, the cars, everything, even the people. Everyone in The Land of Point had a point at the top of its head. Everyone, that ...
Style: psychedelic, surreal, allegory, cult classic, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: trippy, dog, the beatles, humanist, psychology, outcast, misfit, narration, friends, rejection, heroes, youth ...
Time: 1900s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Secret of Kells (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Belgium, France
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that ...
Style: fairy tale, stylized, anime, lyrical, scenic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, date night, pre-teens
Plot: good versus evil, magic, legends and myths, medieval, monastery, imaginary, heroic mission, self discovery, fairy, viking, children, art ...
Time: middle ages, year 2009, medieval times, 2000s, 9th century
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (2023)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, North Korea, Russia, Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Ruby Gillman, a sweet and awkward high school student, discovers she's a direct descendant of the warrior kraken queens. The kraken are sworn to protect the oceans of the world against the vain, power-hungry mermaids. Destined to inherit the ...
Style: 3d animation, fairy tale, funny, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mermaid, ocean, female protagonist, teenager, teenage girl, high school, prom, sea monster, shapeshifting, sea, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship ...
⇓ 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 ⇓
50%
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