Movies like Lilo & Stitch

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   Lilo & Stitch

   Shared cast

   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

   • strong story and style similarity
   • several principal cast members
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

   Shared cast

   2005 · 68 min · Animation · Comedy · Family · Science Fiction

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   Now, we find the rowdy extraterrestrial getting used to life with his new ʻohana. However, a malfunction in the ultimate creation of Dr. Jumba soon emerges, which reinstates his destructive programming and threatens to both ruin his friendship with Lilo and to short him out for good!

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • several principal cast members
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Stitch! The Movie

   Strong story similarity

   2003 · 63 min · Animation · Comedy · Family · Science Fiction

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   The continuing adventures of Lilo, a little Hawaiian girl, and Stitch, the galaxy's most-wanted extraterrestrial. Stitch, Pleakley, and Dr. Jumba are all part of the household now, but what Lilo and Stitch don't know is that Dr. Jumba brought his other alien "experiments" to Hawaiʻi as well.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared themes: alien and hawaii

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   The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

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   2026 · 98 min · Adventure · Animation · Comedy · Family · Fantasy

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   Having thwarted Bowser's previous plot to marry Princess Peach, Mario and Luigi now face a fresh threat in Bowser Jr., who is determined to liberate his father from captivity and restore the family legacy. Alongside companions new and old, the brothers travel across the stars to stop the young heir's crusade.

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   • strong recommendation signals

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   Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

   Shared themes

   2023 · 140 min · Action · Adventure · Animation · Science Fiction

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   After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.

   Why it connects

   • shared themes: enthusiastic and family
   • a closely matched era
   • similar audience response

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   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

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   2023 · 100 min · Action · Animation · Comedy · Science Fiction

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   After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O'Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

   Why it connects

   • shared themes: enthusiastic and whimsical
   • shared genre DNA
   • a closely matched era

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   Leroy & Stitch

   Shared cast

   2006 · 73 min · Animation · Comedy · Family · Science Fiction · TV Movie

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   Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley have finally caught all of Jumba's genetic experiments and found the one true place where each of them belongs. Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley are offered positions in the Galactic Alliance, turning them down so they can stay on Earth with Lilo, but Lilo realizes her alien friends have places where they belong – and it's finally time to say "aloha".

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • principal cast overlap
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Moana

   Genre overlap

   2016 · 107 min · Adventure · Animation · Comedy · Family

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   In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.

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   • shared genre DNA

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   We Can Be Heroes

   Shared themes

   2020 · 97 min · Action · Comedy · Family · Fantasy

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   When alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents - and the planet.

   Why it connects

   • shared themes: alien and family
   • shared genre DNA

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    Maya the Bee: The Honey Games

    Genre overlap

    2018 · 85 min · Adventure · Animation · Comedy · Family

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    Following an unproductive harvest season, it’s up to Maya and her brave friends to save their hive by competing in a series of games.

    Why it connects

    • shared genre DNA

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