Movies like The Mouse and His Child

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The Mouse and His Child (1977)
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The Mouse and His Child (1977)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The Mouse and his child (the two parts of a single small wind-up toy), go on a quest to become "self-winding".
Style: anime, philosophical, independent film, 2d animation, cult film
Plot: mouse, slavery, anthropomorphism, literary, child, christmas, dog, winter, train, forest, rock, snow, water, death, quest, murder, doll, desire, miraculous event, bird, father, rat, family relations, deception, philosophy ...
Keyword: gangsters

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Most similar movies to The Mouse and His Child

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, 2d animation, semi serious and feel good films with plots about talking animal, friendship, animal, anthropomorphism, danger, friends and furry mostly in Animation, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like The Mouse and His Child: Heidi's Song (1982), The Fox and the Hound (1981), Once Upon a Forest (1993), Charlotte's Web (1973), Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Heidi's Song (1982)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Much under-rated animated feature film from the people behind the classic film "Charlotte's Web" (and most notably Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, and Tom and Jerry). Unlike the limited animation they developed for television, ...
Style: anime, independent film, 2d animation
Audience: kids
Plot: literary, singing, girl, singer, locked in a basement, governess, mansion, rescue, snow, butler, hawk, child protagonist ...
Time: year 1982
Place: swiss alps, switzerland, alps, europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and ...
Style: touching, emotional, tear jerker, sad, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: dog, friendship, reconciliation, hunting, animal life, childhood, fox, chase, rescue, animal, friends, rivalry ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 60s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Once Upon a Forest (1993)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.
Style: sentimental, sad, cult classic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: badger, expedition, environmental, environment, friendship, race against time, furry, mature, love, rescue, contamination, mouse ...
Time: 20th century, year 1993
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Charlotte's Web (1973)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Style: colorful, light, sweet, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: friendship, pig, rescue, farm, children, friends who live together, compassion, animal human communication, misunderstanding, love, rat, broom ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place: new england, usa, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Giovanni currently lives a dreary life of near non-stop work. At school, his peers ridicule him incessantly, and his employer at work is distant and cold. As his isolation from society becomes unbearable, he suddenly finds himself on a train heading ...
Style: anime, surreal, psychedelic, comfort
Plot: train, anthropomorphism, furry, space, philosophy, literature, another dimension, buddhism, friendship, surrealism, innocence, journey ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.
Style: fairy tale, touching, atmospheric, feel good, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: mouse, heroic mission, friendship, against the odds, laboratory, rat, rescue, illness, family problems, cure, danger, heroes ...
Time: 80s, year 1982, 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Twelve Months (1980)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min.
Story: A young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward. One greedy woman sends her stepdaughter, whom she does not like, to look for the flowers in a cold forest, knowing the task will be impossible for ...
Style: anime, fairy tale
Plot: blizzard, new year's eve, fire, orphan, forest, girl power, stepmother, pond, dog, happy ending, christmas, desire ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Stormy Night (2005)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A goat named Mei wanders into a barn one night seeking shelter from a storm. In the barn, the goat meets another refugee. The two can neither see nor smell each other, but never the less they huddled together fending off the cold, and begin to talk. ...
Style: anime, semi serious, sad, emotional, allegory ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: friendship, imaginary, odd couple, best friend, partner, woods, family relations, society, danger, violence, couples, starvation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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The Last Unicorn (1982)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually ...
Style: touching, anime, exciting, feel good, stylized ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: good versus evil, unicorn, horse, magic, friendship, rescue, dragon, heroic mission, wizard, mythology, animal, bird attack ...
Time: year 1982, 90s, 80s
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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The Aviators (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, War
Country: Spain, Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A bird that wants to become a hero, a carrier pigeon with an endless list of achievements under his belt and a mouse inventor who want to fly at all costs are some of the characters in this animated film. Peace reigns in a farm located in the ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, anime ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: world war one, pigeon, cartoon bird, airplane, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic animal, cartoon mouse, bird, aerial combats, air force, escapades, battles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story: After young Clara receives a wooden nutcracker as a Christmas gift, she dreams about a fantastical battle between her Nutcracker Prince and the evil Mouse King. At stake is the Nutcracker's freedom - and Clara's future happiness.
Style: fairy tale, cult classic, christmas classics, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: christmas, cinderella story, objects come to life, snow, princess, winter, heartwarming, literary, soldier, good versus evil, heroes, anthropomorphic mouse ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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
Place: japan, seattle, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 6.1
 12K
Bambi II (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Return to the forest and join Bambi as he reunites with his father, The Great Prince, who must now raise the young fawn on his own. But in the adventure of a lifetime, the proud parent discovers there is much he can learn from his spirited young son.
Style: sincere, touching, feel good, sentimental, gloomy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: friendship, parents and children, teaching the ways of the world, self discovery, deer, raccoon, family relations, friends, relationship problems, animal, woods, wilderness ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Ringing Bell (1978)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min.
Story: Chirin is an innocent though adventurous young lamb whose carefree life on the farm comes to an abrupt end when a wolf murders his mother. Confused and angry, Chirin pursues the wolf into the mountains, seeking revenge. The laws of nature are ...
Style: anime, disturbing, adult animation, 2d animation
Audience: kids
Plot: revenge, coming of age, tragedy, anthropomorphism, death, rabbit, outcast, determination, sheep, dog, wolf, mountain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
 7.6
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Watership Down (1978)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.
Style: emotional, adult animation, disturbing, serious, sad ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: rabbit, friendship, blood, journey, animal, violent, mature, survival, vegan, folk horror, literary, anthropomorphism ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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The Lion King (1994)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young lion cub named Simba can't wait to be king. But his uncle craves the title for himself and will stop at nothing to get it.
Style: touching, sentimental, inspirational, humorous, emotional ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: lion, jungle, friendship, betrayal, love, good versus evil, tragedy, pride and honor, exile, hyena, uncle, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Yankee Doodle Cricket (1975)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
Story: The War of Independence has begun, and Tucker the Mouse, Harry the Cat and Chester C. Cricket are indispensable to the American colonies' effort to free themselves from the rule of the despotic English king. Harry and Tucker help Thomas ...
Plot: turtle, bird, sneeze, firefly, eagle, war for independence, library, drunkenness, anthropomorphism, mouse, rabbit, anthropomorphic animal ...
Time: 1770s
Place: connecticut, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Katy Caterpillar (1984)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Katy Caterpillar lives in a cherry tree deep in the forest, but she longs to see the wide world. When she finally gets her chance, she meets lots of fascinating characters along the way.
Style: anime
Plot: insect, forest, butterfly, sibling relationship, sister sister relationship, animal, self discovery, mother nature, destiny, cobweb, merchant, city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Balto (1995)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story: An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
Style: sentimental, feel good, suspenseful, exciting, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, teen drama ...
Plot: dog, wolf, furry, danger, goose, snow, courage, disease, wilderness, daring rescue, dog sled, animal ...
Time: 1920s, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Chicken Run (2000)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Having been hopelessly repressed and facing eventual certain death at the British chicken farm where they are held, Rocky the american rooster and Ginger the chicken decide to rebel against the evil Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy, the farm's owners. Rocky ...
Style: claymation, funny, witty, humorous, period piece ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot: stop motion, bird, freedom, escape, anthropomorphic animal, prison, escape attempt, chicken, talking animal, rescue, chicken farm, anthropomorphism ...
Time: 20th century, year 1959, post world war two, 1950s, year 2000 ...
Place: england, europe, united kingdom, yorkshire, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
The Land Before Time (1988)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 69 min.
Story: An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs, each one a different species, ...
Style: feel good, sweet, touching, colorful, emotional ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, preschool
Plot: dinosaur, tyrannosaurus rex, friendship, earthquake, childhood, talking animal, natural disaster, babies and infants, wilderness, rescue, coming of age, land before time ...
Time: prehistory, prehistoric times, 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
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 outing, toddlers, family friendly, preschool
Plot: magic, wizard, arthurian legend, medieval, king arthur, boy, transformation, knight, kingdom, tournament, talking animal, friendship ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 6th century
Place: england, europe, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 6.7
 63K
Ferdinand (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, but one day five ...
Style: touching, stylized, exciting, 3d animation, computer animated ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot: bull, bullfighting, friendship, pacifist, kindness, countryside, animal, farm, girl, matador, child, talking horse ...
Time: 20th century, year 2017, 2010s
Place: spain, europe, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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 8.2
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Redwall (1999)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Redwall is a television series made by Canada-based Nelvana, France-based Alphanim and UK-based BBC One and is based on the Redwall novels by Brian Jacques. The series currently spans three seasons, the first based on the first book Redwall, the ...
Style: anime
Audience: kids
Plot: villain, good versus evil, snake, fortress, abbey, cartoon mouse, anthropomorphic animal, warrior, destiny, mole, mouse, sword and sorcery ...
Time: medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.3
 245K
Tarzan (1999)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the ...
Style: fairy tale, touching, light, captivating, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: jungle, tarzan, happy ending, love and romance, childhood, orphan, ape man, adoption, monkey, friendship, betrayal, baby ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 1800s, 1880s, 20th century ...
Place: africa, nigeria
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (1994)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: In search of some adventure in their safe and peaceful valley, the five dinosaur friends make a hideaway. From there, they spot two thieves in action, stealing an egg from one of their broods. They chase them down and manage to recover the egg ...
Style: semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous, biting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: dinosaur, land before time, friendship, talking animal, chase, betrayal, love, prehistoric animal, violence against women, tyrannosaurus rex, furry, water ...
Time: prehistory, 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 7.3
 181K
101 Dalmatians (1961)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, sweet, light, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, dalmatian, pets, puppy, female villain, chase, animal, talking animal, christmas, cat, love, good versus evil ...
Time: year 1961, 60s, 20th century
Place: england, london, united kingdom, europe, scotland yard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 4.0
 324
Americano (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Cuco, a mexican parrot, goes on an adventure from Mexico to Hollywood in order to get help from El Americano, a famous superhero from TV, against an evil band of birds trying to take control of his family’s beloved circus.
Style: semi serious, captivating, satirical, sincere, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: bird, friendship, fight, circus, heroes, parrot, animal life, cartoon bird, father son relationship, rescue mission, competitor, anthropomorphic animal ...
Place: tijuana mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Beloved dinosaurs Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Petrie and Ducky return in this story about the wonders of discovery that features new songs, including Donny Osmond's "No One Has to Be Alone."
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, touching, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: dinosaur, land before time, friendship, family relations, family life, youth, child in peril, best friend, disorder, heroic mission, mischievous children, young heroes ...
Time: prehistory, year 2002
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Long Way North (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Denmark, Belgium, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: 1892, Saint Petersburg. Sasha, a young Russian aristocrat, has always been fascinated by her grandfather's life as an adventurer. A renowned explorer, he designed a magnificent arctic ship, but he hasn't returned from his last expedition ...
Style: exciting, touching, stylized, captivating, tense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: ship, sea captain, journey, hunger, north pole, grandfather granddaughter relationship, teenager, dog, arctic, friendship, danger, family relations ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s
Place: russia, st. petersburg russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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