Movies like Barnyard

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Barnyard (2006)
 5.6
 32K
Barnyard (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When the farmer's away, all the animals play, and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Otis, a carefree cow.
Style: humorous, exciting, funny, captivating, light, feel good, clever, sweet, entertaining, anime ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot: animals, pig, coyote, father son relationship, talking animals, countryside, chicken, friendship, best friends, leadership, rescue, odd couple, cow, dog, loss of father, anthropomorphic animal, chase, farm, disney, catastrophe, gangsters, monster, jungle, twists and turns, children ...
Time: 2000s
Place: new jersey

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Most similar movies to Barnyard

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, sweet, entertaining and clever films with plots about friendship, computer animation, talking animals, animals, dialogue, storytelling and mentor mostly in Animation, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like Barnyard: Open Season (2006), Home on the Range (2004), The Wild (2006), Chicken Run (2000), Penguins of Madagascar (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
 6.1
 100K
Open Season (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, stylized, buddy comedy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: friendship, talking animals, animals, disney, partners, hunting, animal life, wilderness, heroes, disorder, friends, unlikely partners ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
Home on the Range (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: When a greedy outlaw schemes to take possession of the "Patch Of Heaven" dairy farm, three determined cows, a karate-kicking stallion and a colorful corral of critters join forces to save their home. The stakes are sky-high as this ...
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious, entertaining, visually appealing ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: disney, farm, cow, animal life, animals, friendship, rescue, escapades, rivalry, rabbit, talking animals, dog ...
Time: 19th century
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100%
 5.2
 27K
The Wild (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.
Style: humorous, stylized, feel good, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, preschoolers
Plot: disney, jungle, talking animals, lion, zoo, animal life, animals, fish out of water, survival, rescue, adaptation, friendship ...
Place: africa, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 197K
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: light, funny, witty, humorous, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot: freedom, escape, chicken, escape attempt, bird, animal protagonist, prison, prison escape, stop motion, talking animals, anthropomorphic animal, runaway ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, post world war two
Place: england, yorkshire, europe, northern england, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.
Style: entertaining, humorous, sweet, colourful, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, preschoolers
Plot: penguins, talking animals, spy, friendship, buddies, undercover, good versus evil, espionage, children, animal life, animals, rescue ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: madagascar, antarctica, rio de janeiro, shanghai, venice ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
Style: light, entertaining, funny, sweet, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, preschoolers, family outing
Plot: dog, animals, children, friendship, talking animals, terrier, anthropomorphism, cat, disney, kids and family, pig, chase ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, north america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.
Style: humorous, sweet, witty, funny, stylized ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, preschoolers
Plot: animals, talking animals, friendship, animal life, unlikely partners, parents and children, pirate, natural disaster, fantasy world, children, iceberg, friends ...
Time: prehistoric times, prehistory
Place: north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
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: humorous, sweet, funny, entertaining, witty ...
Audience: kids, preschoolers, teens, family outing
Plot: circus, talking animals, penguins, zebra, getting home, friendship, animals, lion, villain, buddies, unlikely friendships, giraffe ...
Time: 21st century
Place: madagascar, new york, london, africa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Times are changing for Manny the moody mammoth, Sid the motor mouthed sloth and Diego the crafty saber-toothed tiger. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors – the mighty dinosaurs.
Style: humorous, funny, exciting, sweet, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, preschoolers ...
Plot: dinosaur, jungle, talking animals, ice age, fantasy world, friendship, loneliness, parenthood, animals, birth, rescue, animal life ...
Time: prehistoric times, prehistory
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Back at the Barnyard (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story: A spin-off of the movie version of the same name, the show follows the lives of the animals on a farm.
Style: humorous, captivating, feel good, light, funny ...
Audience: preschoolers, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: farm, animal life, friendship, talking animals, friends, silly humor, buddies, countryside, farmer, animals, animal that acts human, cattle ranch ...
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.9
 413K
Madagascar (2005)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Alex the lion is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York's Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends -- Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo -- have spent their whole lives in blissful captivity before ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, funny, humorous, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, preschoolers
Plot: animals, friendship, jungle, talking animals, unlikely friendships, lion, penguins, island, animal life, friends, zebra, escape ...
Time: 21st century
Place: madagascar, new york, africa, manhattan new york city, antarctica ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 492K
Ice Age (2002)
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: feel good, road movie, touching, humorous, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschoolers, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: talking animals, animals, unlikely friendships, friendship, good versus evil, ice age, heroic mission, life risking, odd couple, heroes, friends, animal life ...
Time: prehistoric times, stone age, prehistory
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.3
 1.1M
Up (2009)
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: feel good, touching, sweet, inspirational, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschoolers, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: unlikely friendships, dog, loneliness, friendship, hopes, follow your dream, talking animals, friends, journey, animal life, obsessive quest, aging ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: south america, venezuela, latin america, mount everest
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long enough to make it to the African continent. There the New Yorkers ...
Style: entertaining, funny, humorous, sweet, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot: talking animals, penguins, hippopotamus, lion, friendship, jungle, animals, zebra, friends, farce, giraffe, chimpanzee ...
Time: 21st century
Place: madagascar, new york, africa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
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, colourful, funny, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschoolers, teens, toddlers
Plot: talking animals, determination, friends, rescue, jungle, elephant, friendship, fantasy world, animals, creativity, children, goofy hero ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog are best pals and the unsung heroes of the African savanna. This prequel to the smash Disney animated adventure takes you back -- way back -- before Simba's adventure began. You'll find out all ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, funny, sweet, feel good ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, preschoolers, family outing
Plot: lion, animals, good versus evil, friendship, jungle, imaginary kingdom, talking animals, kids and family, rescue, anthropomorphism, best friend, escapades ...
Time: 2000s
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 95K
Chicken Little (2005)
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: light, feel good, humorous, semi serious, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing, preschoolers
Plot: disney, alien, father son relationship, friendship, chicken, young heroes, pig, animals, parents and children, rescue, nobody believes, fish ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.0
 188K
Shark Tale (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He's a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: fish, shark, gangsters, loss of son, heroes, animal life, animals, fantasy world, anthropomorphism, ransom, disorder, misfit ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.5
 23K
Valiant (2005)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, he immediately sets out for London. On the way, he meets a smelly but friendly pigeon ...
Style: light, humorous, not serious, entertaining, unusual plot structure ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschoolers
Plot: bird, world war two, friendship, disney, animals, hopes, heroic mission, human spirit, escapades, against the odds, anthropomorphic animal, war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: london, england, france, europe, big ben london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 130K
Flushed Away (2006)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, ...
Style: funny, entertaining, stylized, exciting, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, preschoolers
Plot: boat, talking animals, rat, animals, fish out of water, lifestyle change, disorder, rivalry, escape, lifestyle, friendship, stop motion ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: europe, england, tower bridge london, buckingham palace, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.7
 180K
Over the Hedge (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself.
Style: exciting, humorous, funny, satirical, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot: squirrel, talking animals, raccoon, fish out of water, leader, friendship, animal that acts human, heroic mission, turtle, rescue, animal life, children ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.7
 46K
Planes (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Dusty is a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his mentor Skipper and a host of new friends, Dusty sets off to make his dreams come true.
Style: humorous, sexy, entertaining, inspirational, emotional ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, preschoolers
Plot: underdog, airplane, friendship, self discovery, sport, competition, ambition, anthropomorphism, rivalry, disney, contests and competitions, catastrophe ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 105K
Home (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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: emotional, light, entertaining, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, preschoolers
Plot: alien, friendship, benign alien, culture clash, loneliness, save the world, alien invasion, odd couple, children, runaway, catastrophe, disney ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, australia, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift gears and is launched into the world of aerial firefighting. Dusty joins forces with veteran fire and rescue helicopter Blade Ranger and ...
Style: humorous, intense, semi serious, sexy, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: disney, airplane, rescue, aviation, firefighter, firefighting, love, friends, fire, anthropomorphic vehicle, friendship, escapades ...
Place: new jersey, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Winnie the Pooh (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min.
Story: During an ordinary day in Hundred Acre Wood, Winnie the Pooh sets out to find some honey. Misinterpreting a note from Christopher Robin, Pooh convinces Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and Eeyore that their young friend has been captured by ...
Style: humorous, witty, sweet, stylized, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot: disney, friendship, talking animals, bear, winnie the pooh, love, goodhearted, escapades, goofy hero, tiger, pig, best friends ...
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 40K
The Ant Bully (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Fed up with being targeted by the neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle vents his frustrations on the anthill in his front yard ... until the insects shrink him to the size of a bug with a magic elixir. Convicted of "crimes against the ...
Style: humorous, melancholic, light, sweet, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, preschoolers, pre-teens ...
Plot: friendship, bully, vengeance, children, magic, transformation, adaptation, rescue, unlikely friendships, bullying, self discovery, superior ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 118K
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, colourful, feel good, humorous, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: disney, childhood, environmental, ecology, deforestation, justice, talking animals, friendship, environmentalism, young heroes, obsessive quest, greed ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 59K
The Boxtrolls (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
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, feel good, colourful, surreal, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: good versus evil, friendship, prejudice, steampunk, children, young heroes, stop motion, greed, adaptation, runaway, mentor, creativity ...
Time: victorian era
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Musical, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, feel good, entertaining, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot: dog, old west, justice, animal protagonist, rescue, friends, escapades, adventurer, young heroes, family life, fish out of water, mouse ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
 1.1M
Finding Nemo (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting ...
Style: feel good, humorous, sentimental, sweet, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschoolers, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: animals, friendship, memory loss, shark, friends, courage, father son relationship, rescue, talking animals, odd couple, freedom, single father ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: oceania, new south wales, pacific ocean, australia, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%