Movies like Isle of Dogs
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Isle of Dogs (2018)
209K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
Style:
adult animation, crying, 3d animation, artsy, funny, atmospheric, captivating, suspense, anime, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, date night, family friendly
Plot:
dog, politician, robot, friendship, resistance, stop motion, boy, protest, morality, mission, dystopia, island, loyalty, conspiracy, cartoon dog, rescue, fight, corruption, waste, propaganda, missing boy, flashback, animal cruelty, serum, canine ...
Time:
2010s, 20th century, future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
japan
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, weird, feel good and computer animated films with plots about friendship, storytelling, runaway, children, mentor, heroes and death mostly in Animation, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Isle of Dogs: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), 9 (2009), Metropolis (2001), My Life as a Zucchini (2016), The Plague Dogs (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
Style:
talky, humorous, fairy tale, cerebral, adult animation ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, teens, date night ...
Plot:
stop motion, anthropomorphic animal, unlikely partners, heroic mission, dishonesty, danger, talking animal, furry, fox, anthropomorphism, animal life, relatives ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
156K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Luxembourg, UK, Russia
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their ...
Style:
adult animation, surreal, apocalyptic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
steampunk, post apocalypse, dystopia, apocalypse, survival, technology gone awry, vestiges of humanity, robot, fate of humanity, heroes, distopia, danger ...
Time:
future, 1940s, year 2009
Place:
canada
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Duke Red has overseen the construction of a massive Ziggurat to extend his power across the whole planet. Tima, a robot-girl built in the image of his deceased daughter, is at the core of these plans. However, after escaping the Duke's clutches ...
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, bleak, adult animation, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
robot, steampunk, metropolis, artificial intelligence, androids, cyberpunk, rebellion, heroic mission, save the day, uncover truth, self discovery, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 1930s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, France, UK
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and ...
Style:
touching, compassionate, sincere, romantic, psychological ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
adoption, children, loneliness, alcoholic, orphan, introvert, friendship, orphanage, children's home, accidental killing, tragedy, alone ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Plague Dogs is a 1982 animated film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Richard Adams. The story is centred on two dogs named Rowf and Snitter, who escape from a research laboratory in Great Britain. In the process of telling the story, ...
Style:
adult animation, disturbing, heartbreaking, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
horror for children, adult
Plot:
dog, laboratory, animal rights, pets, danger, chase, animal testing, mature, escapades, fugitives, animal experimentation, compassion ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince ...
Style:
gothic, scary, black and white, claymation, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, netherlands, boston
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100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
Style:
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Plot:
child, planet, galaxy, child protagonist, children, space, alien, space adventure, interspecies friendship, astronaut, outer space, alien race ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Birdboy and his animal friends plan their escape from an ecologically devastated island in this surreal, animated fantasy.
Style:
gloomy, psychological, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
escape, friends, pursuit, stranded, hallucination, monster, anthropomorphic animal, murder, island, death, nightmare, danger ...
Time:
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Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Czech Republic, UK
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, sentimental, entertaining, sad, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
robot, giant robot, friendship, small town, prejudice, self sacrifice, childhood, boy, benign alien, cold war, androids and robots, space and aliens ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 90s, year 1957, future ...
Place:
usa, maine, iceland
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In an underground world where tunnels extend everywhere, even though they live in dark and confined spaces, people wear protective clothes and lead quiet and enjoyable lives. Patema, a princess in her underground village, loves to explore the ...
Style:
anime, semi serious, captivating, manga, colorful ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, steampunk, self discovery, dystopia, imaginary, love and romance, culture clash, conspiracy, fighting the system, escapades, investigation, good versus evil ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-travel machine is stolen and moments in history begin to be changed.
Style:
humorous, computer animated, 3d animation, entertaining, witty ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
time travel, inventor, prodigy, young heroes, dog, time machine, talking dog, heroes, father son relationship, sent to the past, adoption, storytelling ...
Time:
16th century, year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, 18th century ...
Place:
usa, new york state, africa, italy, asia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
One Christmas Eve three people, a middle-aged alcoholic named Gin, a former drag queen Hana and a dependent runaway girl Miyuki, discover an abandoned newborn while looking through the garbage.
Style:
touching, emotional, anime, witty, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
100%
201K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless ...
Style:
depressing, touching, emotional, sad, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
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Place:
australia, oceania, persia, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music, Sport
Country: France, Belgium, Canada, UK, Latvia, South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters--an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire--to rescue him.
Style:
offbeat, humorous, surreal, anime, witty ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
dog, tour de france, cycling, very little dialogue, bicycle, dream, mafia, boy, chase, danger, escapades, rescue ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
67%
1.2M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
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:
touching, feel good, inspirational, sweet, tear jerker ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, loneliness, unlikely friendships, friendship, follow your dream, friends, journey, obsessive quest, hopes, giant bird, wilderness, imagination ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south america, iran, venezuela, latin america, mount everest ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the suburbs of Tokyo some time ago, there lived a clumsy boy about 10 years old. There appeared in front of him named Sewashi, Nobita's descendant of four generations later from the 22nd century, and Doraemon, a 22nd century cat-type ...
Style:
anime, 3d animation, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the ...
Style:
anime, manga, cerebral, philosophical, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, adult
Plot:
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Time:
future, year 1984, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After SpongeBob's beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to The Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home.
Style:
funny, 3d animation, adult animation, computer animated, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
sea voyage, desert, friendship, snail, search and rescue, best friend, journey, friends, talking animal, abduction, kindness, deception ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
25%
310K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to her room, a road trip adventure ...
Style:
humorous, 3d animation, road movie, saga, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
friendship, toy story, travel, on the road, sheriff, astronaut, child, cartoon dog, antique shop, carnival, ventriloquist dummy, cowboy ...
Time:
year 2019, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
50%
930K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, sweet, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot:
cooking, chef, food, friendship, rat, restaurant, cooking and food, follow your dream, mouse, young man, rise to the top, friends ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 60s, 1950s, 2000s ...
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Afro Samurai avenged his father and found a life of peace. But the legendary master is forced back into the game by a beautiful and deadly woman from his past. The sparks of violence dropped along Afro’s bloody path now burn out of control – and ...
Style:
anime, surreal, suspense, bleak, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
samurai, vengeance, sword fight, martial arts, master warrior, supernatural, mortal combat, ninja, justice, dark hero, revenge, one man army ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Ainu tribe, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to ...
Style:
anime, philosophical, atmospheric, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
wolf, human animal relationship, friendship, mythology, nature, strong female lead, human spirit, forest, hopes, princess, moral ambiguity, demon ...
Time:
15th century, 16th century, year 1997, near future, 90s ...
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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25%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's ...
Style:
humorous, 3d animation, light, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
alien, friendship, chicken, spaceship, fish, father son relationship, dog, young heroes, cornfield, duck, cinema, voice over narration ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2005
Similarity:
25%
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:
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Similarity:
25%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, 3d animation, humorous, colorful, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
friendship, food, inventor, scientist, island, animal, kids and family, creator, chaos and mayhem, danger, save the day, villain ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, fictional island
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A spectacular journey of an unwilling young hero thrust into a mysterious past full of monsters, dragons, and strange hidden powers. Through a series of out of this world battles and adventures, Jun, a shy middle school boy, is transformed into a ...
Style:
anime, exciting, stylized, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
destiny, monk, battles, time travel, self discovery, rivalry, escapades, uninhibited rivalry, danger, imaginary, giant spider, samurai ...
Time:
middle ages, 2010s
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
25%
384K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must ...
Style:
anime, touching, melancholic, sweet, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family outing, kids, teen drama
Plot:
time travel, body swapping, beautiful scenery, plot twist, destiny, school, love story, girl, friendship, schoolgirl, love, memory loss ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2013, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
tokyo, japan, east asia
Similarity:
25%
695K
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, music, afterlife, musician, death, childhood, memory, boy, life after death, betrayal, life & death, dog ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
mexico, tibet, north america
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must ...
Style:
3d animation, computer animated, saga, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, teen fantasy, teens, toddlers
Plot:
dragon, friends, viking, heroine, warrior, flying, sword fight, fight, team, good versus evil, heroes, battles ...
Time:
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Similarity:
25%
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