Movies Like The Swineherd
If you liked The Swineherd (1980), a animation and fantasy movie directed by Mayya Buzinova and Iosif Douksha, 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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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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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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Arctic Dogs (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also animationAnimals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.
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Dolphin Boy (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and fantasyWhen a plane crashes at sea, dolphins rescue a little boy and raise him as family. He lives a carefree life beneath the waves until an evil monster seizes power over the underwater world. Banished to dry land, the boy…
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Revolting Rhymes (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and fantasyTwo half-hour animated films based on the much-loved rhymes written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
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Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and fantasyA 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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Lou (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also fantasy and animationA lost-and-found box holds a mysterious and unseen monster within.
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The Willoughbys (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and fantasyWhen 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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The Humpbacked Horse (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and fantasyRemake of the 1947 Soviet film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow.
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Cosmos Laundromat (2015)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and fantasyOn a desolate island, a suicidal sheep named Franck meets his fate…in the form of a quirky salesman named Victor, who offers him the gift of a lifetime. The gift is many lifetimes, actually, in many different worlds…
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Slumberland (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasyA young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
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Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and fantasySet in the storybook world of Enchancia, the music-filled movie follows Sofia, an average girl whose life suddenly changes when her mother marries the king and she is whisked off to live in a castle with her mom, new…
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The Monkey King (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and fantasyA stick-wielding monkey teams with a young girl on an epic quest for immortality, battling demons, dragons, gods — and his own ego — along the way.
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Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasy and animationAfter tumbling into a magic storybook, Puss in Boots must fight, dance and romance his way through wild adventures as he searches for an escape.
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The Twits (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also animation and fantasyWhen the meanest, nastiest villains pull a trick to take over their town, two brave children team up with a family of magical animals to bring them down.
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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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Pixie Hollow Bake Off (2013)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasyTink challenges Gelata to see who can bake the best cake for the queen's party. Plus 10 Disney Fairies Mini-Shorts: - Just Desserts - If The Hue Fits - Dust Up - Scents And Sensibility - Just One Of The Girls…
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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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How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)
★ 8/10Also animation and fantasyIt's been ten years since the dragons moved to the Hidden World, and even though Toothless doesn't live in New Berk anymore, Hiccup continues the holiday traditions he once shared with his best friend. But the Vikings…
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Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and fantasyA hunt for a lost sheep turns into a competition between Hiccup and friends as they compete to become the first Dragon Racing champion of Berk.