Movies like Dumbo
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Dumbo (2019)
88K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Circus owner Max Medici enlists former star Holt Farrier and his children Milly and Joe to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the circus makes an incredible comeback, attracting persuasive entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere, who recruits the peculiar pachyderm for his newest, larger-than-life entertainment venture, Dreamland.
Style:
fairy tale, costume drama, touching, sweet, emotional, sincere, sad, mystical, inspirational, mystic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, adult
Plot:
circus, elephant, boy, train, flying, children, family relations, fire, rescue, girl, amputee, magical, experiment, wild animal, child, vegan, magic realism, interwar period, dog, horse, snake, monkey, death, singer, lion ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era, year 2019, year 1919, 20th century
Place:
florida, missouri, coney island brooklyn new york city
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Most similar movies to Dumbo
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out fairy tale, feel good, whimsical and entertaining films with plots about family, friendship, children, family relations, transformation, fantasy world and child mostly in Adventure, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Dumbo: Christopher Robin (2018), The Jungle Book (2016), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), Inkheart (2008), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Denmark
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Working-class family man Christopher Robin encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.
Style:
fairy tale, sincere, touching, sad, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, adult
Plot:
winnie the pooh, childhood, bear, father daughter relationship, magic realism, mission, children, parenting, talking animal, animal, friend, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, future, 2010s
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, New Zealand, France, Canada, India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
Style:
visually stunning, entertaining, motion capture, scenic, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens
Plot:
jungle, animal, boy, human animal relationship, orphan, talking animal, tiger, wild animal, friendship, courage, greed, wolf ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2015
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A fantasy adventure that picks up several years after Maleficent, in which audiences learned of the events that hardened the heart of Disney’s most notorious villain and drove her to curse a baby Princess Aurora, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, cute, saga, costume drama ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, magical creature, fairy, strong female character, princess, kingdom, witchcraft, mother daughter conflict, wizards and magicians, magical, evil queen, fictional kingdom ...
Time:
year 2019, medieval times
Place:
europe, united kingdom, france
Similarity:
67%
85K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
Style:
fairy tale, touching, costume drama, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens, kids ...
Plot:
fictional reality, young heroes, adventurer, medieval, writers, imaginary, supernatural, book, parents and children, magic, kidnapping, heroes ...
Time:
year 2008, middle ages
Place:
alps, italy
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.
Style:
fairy tale, colorful, light, entertaining, modern fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, teens ...
Plot:
witch, magic, imaginary kingdom, magic trick, wizard of oz, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, circus, fantasy world, prophecy, transformation, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2013, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
kansas
Similarity:
100%
78K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A physician discovers that he can talk to animals.
Style:
light, funny, costume drama, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
animal human communication, veterinarian, victorian england, dragon, doctor, animal, duck, journey, friendship, happy ending, talking animal, children ...
Time:
victorian era, 2020s, future, 19th century, 1800s
Place:
buckingham palace, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: China, Spain, USA, UK, Australia, Canada, South Korea, Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.
Style:
3d animation, entertaining, funny, computer animated, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
circus, magic, monkey, cowboy, giraffe, elephant, lion, bear, obsessive quest, rivals, hamster, teenager ...
Time:
2010s, year 1964, year 1963, year 1962
Place:
cleveland ohio
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
The classic tale of 'Peter Pan' continues in Disney's sequel 'Return to Never Land'. In 1940 on a world besieged by World War II, Wendy, now grown up, has two children, one of them is her daughter, Jane.
Style:
fairy tale, cute, entertaining, sentimental, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, preschool
Plot:
pirate, fairy, friendship, peter pan, pirate ship, little boy, kidnapping, imaginary kingdom, treasure, eternal youth, raccoon, magic ...
Time:
year 1940, year 1945, 1950s, year 2002, 20th century ...
Place:
london, fictional island, england, europe, united kingdom
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When Sophie, a shy young woman, is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.
Style:
anime, fairy tale, atmospheric, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, family friendly, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
witch, steampunk, magic, supernatural ability, magical, fantasy world, love story, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, self discovery, transformation, demon ...
Time:
year 2004, year 2005, 20th century, 1900s, 2000s ...
Place:
japan, seattle, tokyo
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, France, Luxembourg
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, stylized, emotional, fairy tale, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
young heroes, folklore, children, supernatural ability, celtic, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, selkie, legends and myths, ocean, getting home, lighthouse ...
Time:
year 2014, 80s, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland, japan, tokyo
Similarity:
36%
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:
35%
955K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 124 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, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
friendship, magic, supernatural, surrealism, witch, parallel world, imaginary, fantasy world, ghost, japanese mythology, creature, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, seattle
Similarity:
33%
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:
32%
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:
feel good, light, funny, humorous, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
friends, talking animal, determination, fantasy world, rescue, jungle, elephant, friendship, animal, creativity, save the day, goofy hero ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
Style:
surreal, visually stunning, feel good, adult animation, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
stop motion, magic, surrealism, orphan, childhood, friendship, youth, giant, food, young heroes, aunt, adventurer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1948, year 1949, 1940s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, england, empire state building manhattan new york city, atlantic ocean ...
Similarity:
31%
13K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
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, feel good, touching, sentimental, gloomy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
parents and children, friendship, teaching the ways of the world, self discovery, deer, raccoon, relationship problems, friends, family relations, woods, wilderness, animal ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Similarity:
31%
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:
30%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of misfits encounter a young Yeti named Everest, and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his namesake.
Style:
sincere, exciting, captivating, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
friendship, zoologist, family relations, creature, travel, capture, yeti, quest, friends, supernatural being, teamwork, saving a life ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, asia
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europe to find the penguins and chimps who broke the bank at a Monte Carlo casino. When French ...
Style:
3d animation, humorous, hilarious, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, toddlers, family outing ...
Plot:
circus, penguins, animal, zebra, getting home, silly humor, talking animal, friendship, villain, fantasy world, buddies, giraffe ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
madagascar, new york, africa, monte carlo, europe ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Martians suddenly abduct his mom, mischievous Milo rushes to the rescue and discovers why all moms are so special.
Style:
touching, 3d animation, sentimental, captivating, motion capture ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, preschool
Plot:
martian, mars, children, space and aliens, alien, alien abduction, young heroes, matriarchy, guilt, robot human relationship, parents and children, alien invasion ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
28%
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:
28%
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:
28%
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:
28%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When Scooby and the gang hear of a werewolf plaguing a traveling circus, they go undercover as circus performers to get to the bottom.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, horror for children
Plot:
circus, scooby doo, talking dog, investigation, cartoon dog, friendship, gang, ghost, teenager, villain, great dane, dog ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
new jersey, atlantic city
Similarity:
27%
156K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 year old named Tim.
Style:
funny, touching, 3d animation, stylized, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
sibling rivalry, baby, boy, job promotion, child, little boy, child as adult, love, brothers, ceo, family relations, parenthood ...
Time:
year 2017, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Maltazard, the Evil M, is now 7 feet tall and evolving among the humans, causing terror wherever he goes. His goal is simple: forming an army of giant henchmen and ruling over the universe. Meanwhile, Arthur is still a Minimoy, and thus in a state ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, 3d animation, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
little people, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, friendship, imaginary, danger, disorder, escapades, youth, family relations, rescue ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Mexico, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A darker version of the classic children's fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into a real living boy.
Style:
fairy tale, 3d animation, visually stunning, period piece, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
magic, stop motion, pinocchio, grief, church, whale, father son relationship, puppet, boy, glory, little boy, children ...
Time:
2020s, 1940s, 20th century, 1910s, year 1916 ...
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, 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, sweet, atmospheric, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, toddlers, kids, preschool
Plot:
children, friendship, magic, magical, sisters, countryside, young heroes, child protagonist, teaching the ways of the world, sister sister relationship, little girl, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
1950s, year 1988, 20th century, 50s
Place:
japan, asia, seattle, tokyo
Similarity:
27%
183K
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, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
fish, magical, mermaid, magic, animal, obsessive quest, friendship, magic realism, transformation, princess, children, sea ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia, Cyprus, China
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A powerful king nearly lost his family due to the Snow Queen's evil deeds. He finds a way to ban all the magic from the world - all the possessors of magic powers are now trapped in Mirrorlands. The only one who can stop him and keep the ...
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, touching, sincere, inspirational
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
magic, kingdom, magical mirror, friendship, rescue, heroes, happy ending, isolation, snow, winter, witchcraft, troll ...
Similarity:
25%
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