Movies like The Boxtrolls

A feature-film shortlist from the cached Film Atlas engine. The interactive map may include more titles or newer results. These are similarity matches, not a guarantee of age suitability.

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   ParaNorman

   Strong story similarity

   2012 · 93 min · Adventure · Animation · Comedy · Family

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   In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock can speak to the dead, but no one other than his eccentric new friend believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's eccentric uncle tells him of a ritual he must perform to protect the town from a curse cast by a witch centuries ago.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: 3d animation and stop motion
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Over the Hedge

   Strong story similarity

   2006 · 83 min · Adventure · Animation · Comedy · Family

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   A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap

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   The Grinch

   Similar atmosphere

   2018 · 85 min · Animation · Comedy · Family · Fantasy

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   The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration. But a certain little who might change things.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared theme: 3d animation
   • a closely matched era

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   The Twits

   Similar atmosphere

   2025 · 99 min · Animation · Comedy · Family · Fantasy

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   When 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.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared themes: 3d animation and duringcreditsstinger

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   Strange World

   Genre overlap

   2022 · 102 min · Adventure · Animation · Family · Fantasy · Science Fiction

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   A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest, and by far most crucial, mission.

   Why it connects

   • substantial genre overlap

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   Rise of the Guardians

   Shared themes

   2012 · 97 min · Action · Adventure · Animation · Family · Fantasy

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   When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.

   Why it connects

   • shared themes: 3d animation and duringcreditsstinger
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Onward

   Similar atmosphere

   2020 · 102 min · Adventure · Animation · Comedy · Family · Fantasy

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   In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • similar audience response

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   WALL·E

   Shared themes

   2008 · 98 min · Animation · Family · Science Fiction

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   After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.

   Why it connects

   • shared themes: 3d animation and duringcreditsstinger
   • shared genre DNA
   • similar audience response

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   Epic

   Strong story similarity

   2013 · 102 min · Adventure · Animation · Family · Fantasy

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   A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world—and ours.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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    The Croods: A New Age

    Similar atmosphere

    2020 · 95 min · Adventure · Animation · Comedy · Family · Fantasy

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    Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans -- a family that's a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. As tensions between the new neighbors start to rise, a new threat soon propels both clans on an epic adventure that forces them to embrace their differences, draw strength from one another, and survive together.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: 3d animation and duringcreditsstinger

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