Movies Like Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Day of the Departed

If you liked Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Day of the Departed (2016), a animation and fantasy movie directed by Peter Hausner, 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.

1
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026)
★ 9/10Also animation and adventure
Avatar Aang, the world's last Airbender, learns of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. With the help of his friends, he embarks on a global quest to find it before it falls into the wrong…
2
Monster High: Scaris City of Frights (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and fantasy
The 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.
3
Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and action
When a headstrong street orphan, Seiya, in search of his abducted sister unwittingly taps into hidden powers, he discovers he might be the only person alive who can protect a reincarnated goddess, sent to watch over…
4
Scared Shrekless (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and fantasy
Shrek challenges Donkey, Puss in Boots and his other fairy tale character friends to spend the night in Lord Farquaad's haunted castle, telling scary stories to see who can resist becoming scared and stay the longest.
5
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasy
Explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashes an ancient evil, and returns to Gotham after being away for two decades. There, Batman battles Lovecraftian supernatural forces and encounters allies and enemies such as…
6
Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also action and animation
This All Hallows’ Eve, Nightmare is bent on conquering our waking world by crossing through the Dream Dimension, and converting each dreamer into a monster. Can Dr. Strange, Hulk and the Howling Commandos hold the line…
7
The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and adventure
Six young ninjas are tasked with defending their island home of Ninjago. By night, they’re gifted warriors using their skill and awesome fleet of vehicles to fight villains and monsters. By day, they’re ordinary teens…
8
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also action and adventure
An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King…
9
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also action and adventure
A movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main…
10
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and animation
When his best friend Gary is suddenly snatched away, SpongeBob takes Patrick on a madcap mission far beyond Bikini Bottom to save their pink-shelled pal.
11
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and fantasy
The Guardians of Arcadia reunite to battle the nefarious Arcane Order, who've reawakened the primordial Titans.
12
The Black Cauldron (1985)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and adventure
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the…
13
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and fantasy
When 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…
14
Mythica: The Necromancer (2015)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and action
The young wizard Marek is forced to lead her band of would-be heroes on a mission for the corrupt Thieves Guild, which has taken her friend hostage. Their journey will take them straight into the wicked clutches of…
15
47 Ronin (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also action and fantasy
Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the…
16
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie (2018)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and adventure
When their trip to San Lorenzo takes a turn for the worst, Arnold and his classmate’s only hope of getting home is retracing the dangerous path that led to Arnold's parents' disappearance.
17
Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and animation
Batman and Nightwing are forced to team with the Joker's sometimes-girlfriend Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man.
18
Welcome to Smelliville (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and adventure
The 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…
19
Strings (2004)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and animation
The 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.
20
Monster High: Haunted (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and fantasy
Lurk 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…