Movies Like Light and Heavy
If you liked Light and Heavy (1991), a animation and family movie directed by John Lasseter, 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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Far from the Tree (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and familyOn 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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PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and familyA royal relative steals a gem with the power to make things fly, the Paw Patrol takes to the skies to stop him and save Barkingburg.
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Competition (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and familyTwo minions working in a bomb lab get competitive.
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Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and familyPo and the Furious Five uncover the legend of three of kung fu's greatest heroes: Master Thundering Rhino, Master Storming Ox, and Master Croc.
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Minions & More Volume 1 (2022)
★ 7/10Also animation and familyThis collection of 10 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Puppy (2013); Minion Scouts (2019); Training Wheels (2013); The Secret Life of Kyle (2017); Santa's Little…
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Snoopy Presents: There's No Place Like Home, Snoopy (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and familyWhen Snoopy's beloved doghouse goes missing, he tries to track it down, and learns what makes a house feel like home.
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Ploey: You Never Fly Alone (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and familyA 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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Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and familyAs Po looks for his lost action figures, the story of how the panda inadvertently helped create the Furious Five is told.
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Day & Night (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and familyWhen 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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Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and familyFranklin is new to town and hoping to make friends, but his usual tactics don't work on the Peanuts gang. When the Soap Box Derby arrives, he's sure it's a chance to impress new pals and teams up with the only other…
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Luxo Jr. (1986)
★ 7/10Also animationA baby lamp finds a ball to play with and it's all fun and games until the ball bursts. Just when the elder Luxo thinks his kid will settle down for a bit, Luxo Jr. finds a ball ten times bigger.
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Monster High: Friday Night Frights (2012)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and familyAfter Monster High’s roller skating team is defeated at the Skulltimate Roller Maze tournament, the ghouls team up to face an all-boys league, with the hope of winning back the school crest and restoring school spirit.
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Cat Pack: A PAW Patrol Exclusive Event (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and familyWhen Mayor Humdinger transforms his robot cat Meow-Meow into a tiger-sized metal-eating menace, the PAW Patrol calls in the Cat Pack for help in the stopping the creature.
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Snoopy Presents: It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and familyCharlie Brown is determined to win the big baseball game. But things turn into a fiasco right before the matchup, when Sally bonds with a little flower on the pitcher's mound and vows to protect it at all costs.
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Minions & More Volume 2 (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also family and animationThis collection of 11 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Mower Minions (2016); Yellow Is the New Black (2018); Competition (2015); Cro Minion (2015); Binky Nelson…
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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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Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You (1999)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and familyAfter Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Rabbit see Christopher Robin making a valentine for -- gasp! -- a girl, they find he's been bitten by a "Smitten" and is lovesick! Worried that he'll no longer have time for them, and…
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The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and familyBugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters.
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The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animationGrandPat travels through alternate dimensions and timelines to get home.
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Monster High: Ghouls Rule (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and familyMonster High: Ghouls Rule unearths an old conflict between "Normies" and monsters - and things are about to get scary! For years, students at Monster High were warned that Halloween was a night to stay inside and avoid…