Movies Like Thomas and Friends: Ultimate Friendship Adventures

If you liked Thomas and Friends: Ultimate Friendship Adventures (2016), a movie directed by Dianna Basso and David Baas, 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
Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie (2018)
★ 7.4/10
Thomas leaves Sodor to fulfil his dream of seeing the world. This heroic quest takes Thomas across deserts, through jungles and over dangerous mountains as he travels across five continents seeing sights he has never…
2
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
★ 7/10
Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in an orphanage. Things take a turn when he meets Wilbur Robinson and his family.
3
Dolittle (2020)
★ 6.6/10
After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself away behind the high walls of Dolittle Manor with only his…
4
Tag (2018)
★ 6.7/10
For one month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no-holds-barred game of tag they’ve been playing since the first grade. This year, the game coincides with the wedding of their only…
5
Once Upon a Forest (1993)
★ 6.5/10
A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.
6
Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado (2025)
★ 6.6/10
Dora, Diego, and their new friends trek through the perilous dangers of the Amazonian jungle in search of the ancient and powerful treasure of Sol Dorado to keep it out of enemy hands.
7
Matchbox the Movie (2026)
★ 7.6/10
When a group of former childhood friends reconnect, their reunion takes a wild turn as they stumble upon a dangerous international plot—and must save the world.
8
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
★ 7.4/10
Four tales unfold in Wes Anderson's anthology of short films adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved stories, "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar", "The Swan", "The Rat Catcher", and "Poison."
9
Charlotte's Web (2006)
★ 6.2/10
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will…
10
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
★ 6/10
A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
11
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
★ 6.8/10
An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.
12
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
★ 6.4/10
Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who…
13
Toy Story (1995)
★ 8/10
Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz…
14
The Aeronauts (2019)
★ 6.8/10
In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing…
15
Blueback (2022)
★ 6.7/10
Based on the best-selling novel by Tim Winton, Blueback is a timely tale about the ocean, a beautiful marine creature, and a young girl’s power to change the world.
16
Treasure Island (1990)
★ 6.7/10
Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and…
17
Around the World With Timon & Pumbaa (1996)
★ 6.5/10
Join Timon and Pumbaa, your favorite friends from The Lion King, for outrageous laughs and high-spirited, globe-trotting adventures! First stop Boara Boara. Pumbaa gets the royal treatment when island natives think hes…
18
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
★ 6.7/10
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
19
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
★ 6.5/10
A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.
20
Paper Man (2009)
★ 6.3/10
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his…