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Finding Nemo (2003)

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.

Directed byAndrew Stanton

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  1. 01

    Finding Dory

    Same saga

    2016 · 97 min · Adventure · Animation · Family

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    Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same saga or cinematic universe
    • the same director
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  2. 02

    Ice Age

    Similar atmosphere

    2002 · 81 min · Adventure · Animation · Comedy · Family

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    Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: 3d animation and parent child relationship
    • a closely matched era
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  3. 03

    Monsters, Inc.

    Shared themes

    2001 · 92 min · Animation · Comedy · Family · Fantasy

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    Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.

    Why it connects

    • shared themes: 3d animation and duringcreditsstinger
    • shared genre DNA
    • a closely matched era
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  5. 05

    The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration

    Similar atmosphere

    2003 · 84 min · Adventure · Animation · Family

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    A bedtime story leads Littlefoot and his grandparents on a journey to a new land, where Littlefoot discovers someone who vanished before he was born: his father! Now Littlefoot must decide between two worlds. Will he leave to be with his friends in the Great Valley, or stay behind and start a new life with his father?

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 06

    The Croods

    Similar atmosphere

    2013 · 99 min · Adventure · Animation · Comedy · Family

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    The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and feisty Gran gather food by day and huddle together in a cave at night. When a more evolved caveman named Guy arrives on the scene, Grug is distrustful, but it soon becomes apparent that Guy is correct about the impending destruction of their world.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: 3d animation and aftercreditsstinger
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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    Lilo & Stitch

    Genre overlap

    2002 · 85 min · Animation · Comedy · Family · Science Fiction

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    As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl named Lilo and learns about loyalty, friendship, and ʻohana, the Hawaiian tradition of family.

    Why it connects

    • shared genre DNA
    • a closely matched era
    • similar audience response
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    Bambi II

    Shared cast

    2006 · 72 min · Animation · Drama · Family

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    Return to the forest and join Bambi as he reunites with his father, The Great Prince, who must now raise the young fawn on his own. But in the adventure of a lifetime, the proud parent discovers there is much he can learn from his spirited young son.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • a principal cast member
    • a closely matched era
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