Movies Like Mantis Boy
If you liked Mantis Boy, a animation and fantasy movie, 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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Waking Life (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and dramaWaking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like…
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Monster High: Scaris City of Frights (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and fantasyThe Monstruitas of Monster High are obsessed with going to Scaris, The City of Frights for Fashion international competition where the winner will become the apprentice of the world famous Madame Ghostier designer.
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Epic (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and fantasyA teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their…
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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and fantasyAfter a hurricane levels his city, a young man wanders into a mysterious library where books literally come to life. This film won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2012.
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A Tooth Fairy Tale (2025)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and fantasyVan, the brave son of a tooth fairy leader, meets the goblins girl Gemma on his first mission. Despite the myths about ancient disputes between fairies and goblins, they share common values. When the greedy Spider…
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Matriculated (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and dramaThe 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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The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasyWhen human sailors are attacked by mysterious creatures of the deep, only one person can stop the war between land and sea: the Witcher, Geralt of Rivia.
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Freedom Fighters: The Ray (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and fantasyEarth-X is one of many realities in the multiverse, with one glaring difference from our Earth: The Nazis won World War II. Led by The Ray, a group of heroes known as the Freedom Fighters battle selflessly against…
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Strange World (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and fantasyA journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest, and by far most crucial, mission.
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Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One (2023)
★ 7/10Also animation and fantasySuperman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Cyborg, Green Lantern and Vixen are transported to the strange world of Remnant and find themselves turned into teenagers. Meanwhile, Remnant heroes Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang…
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Welcome to Smelliville (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasyThe Oggly family arrive at the municipal rubbish dump of Smelliville and must look for a new home, but they never feel really welcome anywhere. They stink and are for most humans just a tad too oggly. When Firebottom…
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Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and fantasyMax imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret…
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Strings (2004)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and dramaThe story of Prince Hal who sets out to avenge his dead father against the city's rivals, the Zeriths, little knowing it was his wicked uncle Nezo who is the real killer, with his own designs on the throne.
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Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui (2004)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and fantasyIn the time before time, six unlikely Matoran find themselves transformed into mighty Toa. The new Toa Metru must prove themselves as true heroes, find the missing Toa Lhikan, and uncover a plot that threatens the…
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Hilda and the Mountain King (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and fantasyWhen Hilda wakes up in the body of a troll, she must use her wits and courage to get back home, become human again — and save the city of Trolberg.
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Monster High: Haunted (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and fantasyLurk what's waiting for the Monster High ghouls when they bring their killer fashion to the howlways of the spooktacular Haunted High! When the ghouls of Monster High follow Spectra Vondergeist one day, they discover a…
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Monster High: Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love? (2012)
★ 8/10Also fantasy and animationDraculaura’s Sweet 1600th birthday is an extra special occasion to party at Monster High! But her high expectations lead to deadly results when she’s faced with the choice between practical boyfriend Clawd, and new…
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Sanjay's Super Team (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and fantasySANJAY'S SUPER TEAM follows the daydream of a young Indian boy, bored with his father's religious meditation, who imagines "a kind of ancient, Hindu version of The Avengers," with the gods appearing like superheros.
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Northfork (2003)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and dramaThe year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley in the name of progress. It is the…
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Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and fantasyThe Guardians of Arcadia reunite to battle the nefarious Arcane Order, who've reawakened the primordial Titans.