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Movies that feel likeArrietty (2010)

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.

If you loved Arrietty, the closest films we have are Boy & the World (2014), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) and Ponyo (2008). All three share Arrietty's dreamlike and whimsical feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Secret of Kells (2009).

🍅 94% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashidreamlikewhimsicalwarmcozywistful
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Boy & the World
2014 · dir. Alê Abreu
🍅 93%★ 7.5animation · fantasy · adventure

Dreamlike where it counts, whimsical underneath

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Arrietty does

Suffering because of his father's departure to the big city, a boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic world dominated by bug-engines and strange beings. An unusual animation with various artistic techniques that portrays the issues of the modern world through the eyes of a child.

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Kiki's Delivery Service
1989 · dir. Hayao Miyazaki
★ 7.8animation · family · fantasyMax

Warm and cozy in the same breath

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 1980s show

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

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Ponyo
2008 · dir. Hayao Miyazaki
🍅 91%★ 7.6animation · fantasy · familyMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: anime

The difference: Takes it somewhere less wistful than Arrietty does

When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.

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The Secret of Kells
2009 · dir. Tomm Moore
🍅 90%★ 7.5animation · family · fantasy

Dreamlike fantasy, and it commits to that

Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him beyond the abbey walls and into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. Will Brendan succeed in his quest?

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The Little Mermaid
1989 · dir. John Musker
🍅 92%★ 7.6animation · family · fantasyDisney+

Animation with a pulse of wistfulness, in both cases

This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.

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Song of the Sea
2014 · dir. Tomm Moore
🍅 99%★ 8family · animation · fantasy

Both lean on whimsy more than on family

The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.

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When Marnie Was There
2014 · dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
🍅 92%★ 7.6animation · drama · familyMax

Both are Hiromasa Yonebayashi's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Arrietty does

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.

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Epic
2013 · dir. Chris Wedge
🍅 65%★ 6.6animation · adventure · familyMax

The same preoccupation in both: forest

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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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🍅 52%★ 6.9animation · adventure · family

Warm fantasy in both cases

When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.

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The Book of Life
2014 · dir. Jorge R. Gutierrez
🍅 82%★ 7.2animation · family · fantasyDisney+Peacock

Animation built on comfort, twice over

The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears.

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Kirikou and the Sorceress
1998 · dir. Michel Ocelot
🍅 96%★ 7.5fantasy · adventure · animationPrime Video

Family with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.

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The Lorax
2012 · dir. Chris Renaud
★ 6.4animation · family

Whimsical animation in both cases

A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

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