Movies Like Big and Small
If you liked Big and Small (1991), a animation movie directed by Muzrab Baymukhamedov, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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The House (2022)
★ 7/10Also animationAcross different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
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No Time for Nuts (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also animationScrat comes across a time machine and is transported to various times all in pursuit of his beloved acorn.
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The Willoughbys (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also animationWhen the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.
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Far from the Tree (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also animationOn an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.
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The Secret of NIMH (1982)
★ 7.4/10Also animationA 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…
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Who Are You, Charlie Brown? (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also animationLupita Nyong'o narrates a documentary about Peanuts and its creator, Charles M. Schulz. Famous fans—including Drew Barrymore, Kevin Smith, and Al Roker—share its influence on them, and a new animated story finds…
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Three from Prostokvashino (1978)
★ 7.3/10Also animationLittle Fedor brings a cat to home despite his mother's distaste for cats. He runs away with his talking cat, to make more friends on the way.
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Ploey: You Never Fly Alone (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also animationA plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his beloved one next spring.
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Canvas (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also animationAfter a heartbreaking loss, a grandfather struggling to reclaim his passion for painting finds the inspiration to create again.
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Memoir of a Snail (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also animationForcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.
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Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also animationA brave young animal explorer teams up with two trusty friends to find a powerful artifact before his greedy uncle can get his paws on it.
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The Big Bad Wolf (1934)
★ 6.5/10Also animationThe Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.
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Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
★ 6/10Also animationAn intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.
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Day & Night (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also animationWhen Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each other at first, and quickly get off on the wrong foot. But as they…
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The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also animationWhen Brainy Smurf is favored to win the annual Smurfberry Hunt for the ninth year in a row, Gutsy Smurf sets out to discover how Brainy wins every year. Gutsy’s investigation takes him into spooky Smurfy Hollow–and…
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Good Scouts (1938)
★ 6.3/10Also animationDonald is leading a scout troop consisting of his nephews on a hike in the woods. Donald isn't nearly the expert on the woods that he thinks he is, much to the amusement of the boys. In a bid for sympathy, he douses…
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Matriculated (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also animationThe human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.
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Bao (2018)
★ 7.6/10Also animationAn aging Chinese mother suffering from empty nest syndrome gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively, giggly dumpling boy.
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Blush (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also animationWhen a horticulturalist-astronaut crashes onto a desolate planet, he encounters an ethereal visitor and discovers the joy of building a new life—realizing the universe has delivered something astonishing.