Movies Like The Ugly Duckling
If you liked The Ugly Duckling (1931), a animation and family movie directed by Wilfred Jackson, 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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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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Duck Duck Goose (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and familyAfter he’s grounded by an injury, a high-flying bachelor is saddled with two wide-eyed orphans as they come face-to-face with the dangers and beauty of the outside world.
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Piper (2016)
★ 8.1/10Also family and animationA mother bird tries to teach her little one how to find food by herself. In the process, she encounters a traumatic experience that she must overcome in order to survive.
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Dug's Special Mission (2009)
★ 7/10Also animation and familyDug is sent on foolish missions by Alpha, Beta, and Gamma so they can hunt for the Bird of Paradise Falls by themselves. Dug may find that where he belongs is not where he's been looking.
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Spinning (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and familyGuido discovers he has a hidden talent as a street corner sign spinner.
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Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also family and animationMater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable stories.
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Banana (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and familyThe Minions fight over a delicious banana... but is that all they want?!
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Hawaiian Vacation (2011)
★ 7/10Also animation and familyThe toys throw Ken and Barbie a Hawaiian vacation in Bonnie's room.
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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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Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and familyOrdered to teach a martial arts class of rambunctious bunny kittens, Po tells stories of each of the Furious Five's pasts.
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The Boxtrolls (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and familyAn orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
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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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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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Lou (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also family and fantasyA lost-and-found box holds a mysterious and unseen monster within.
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Home Makeover (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and familyWhen a social worker visits Gru’s house to assess its suitability for children, chaos ensues. Margo, Edith, and Agnes, along with the ever-mischievous Minions, scramble to give the home a makeover in record time. Their…
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Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and familyThis Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via…
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Party Central (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also family and animationMike and Sulley are back at Monsters University for a fun-filled weekend with their Oozma Kappa fraternity brothers. The gang is throwing their first party, but no one’s showing up. Luckily for them, Mike and Sulley…
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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.