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Movies that feel likeBee Movie (2007)

Barry B. Benson, a recent college graduate who wants more out of his life than making honey, decides to sue the human race after learning about the exploitation of bees at the hands of mankind. What will happen next?

If you loved Bee Movie, the closest films we have are Penguins of Madagascar (2014), Flushed Away (2006) and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008). All three share Bee Movie's warm and cozy feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015).

🍅 49% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Simon J. Smithwarmcozywhimsicalepicwittyplayful
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Penguins of Madagascar
2014 · dir. Simon J. Smith
🍅 74%★ 6.6family · animation · adventure

The same hand behind both of them: Simon J. Smith

The difference: Reviewed even better

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.

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Flushed Away
2006 · dir. David Bowers
🍅 72%★ 6.6adventure · animation · comedyNetflix

The same mix in both: warmth, then comfort

London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, Spike and Whitey.

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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008 · dir. Tom McGrath
🍅 64%★ 6.7adventure · animation · comedy

Both are built on the same subject: airplane

Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long enough to make it to the African continent. There the New Yorkers encounter members of their own species for the first time. Africa proves to be a wild place, but Alex and company wonder if it is better than their Central Park home.

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Bolt
2008 · dir. Chris Williams
🍅 90%★ 6.8animation · family · adventureDisney+

Both land whimsy and scale at once

Bolt is the star of the biggest show in Hollywood. The only problem is, he thinks it's real. After he's accidentally shipped to New York City and separated from Penny, his beloved co-star and owner, Bolt must harness all his "super powers" to find a way home.

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Over the Hedge
2006 · dir. Karey Kirkpatrick
🍅 75%★ 6.7adventure · animation · comedyRent or buy

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

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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The Lion King 1½
2004 · dir. Bradley Raymond
🍅 76%★ 6.5adventure · animation · comedyDisney+

Warm family, and it commits to that

Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog are best pals and the unsung heroes of the African savanna. This prequel to the smash Disney animated adventure takes you back -- way back -- before Simba's adventure began. You'll find out all about Timon and Pumbaa and tag along as they search for the perfect home and attempt to raise a rambunctious lion cub.

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Open Season
2006 · dir. Roger Allers
🍅 48%★ 6.1animation · family · adventure

Animation built on comfort, twice over

Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army against the hunters.

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Mulan II
2004 · dir. Darrell Rooney
★ 5.7animation · comedy · familyDisney+

Whimsical adventure in both cases

Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain Li Shang asks for her hand in marriage. Before the two can have their happily ever after, the Emperor assigns them a secret mission, to escort three princesses to Chang'an, China. Mushu is determined to drive a wedge between the couple after he learns that he will lose his guardian job if Mulan marries into the Li family.

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ParaNorman
2012 · dir. Sam Fell
🍅 89%★ 7family · animation · adventureMaxHulu

Both lean on scale more than on comedy

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.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water poster
🍅 80%★ 6adventure · animation · comedyParamount+

Family with a pulse of wit, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Bee Movie does

Evil pirate Burger Beard is in search of the final page of a magical book that makes any evil plan he writes in it come true, but the final page happens to be the Krabby Patty secret formula. When Burger Beard endangers Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Squidward, Sandy, and Plankton must embark on a quest to retrieve the recipe and save their city...a quest that takes them to the surface world and transforms them into superheroes.

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Horton Hears a Who!
2008 · dir. Jimmy Hayward
🍅 79%★ 6.8animation · comedy · familyNetflixMax

Playful animation, and it commits to that

An imaginative elephant named Horton hears a faint cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Horton suspects there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community, who thinks he has lost his mind, he is determined to save the tiny particle.

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Trolls
2016 · dir. Mike Mitchell
🍅 76%★ 6.4adventure · animation · comedy

Warm adventure in both cases

After the monstrous Bergens invade Troll Village, Princess Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and overly-cautious, curmudgeonly outcast Branch set off on a journey to rescue her friends. Their mission is full of adventure and mishaps, as this mismatched duo try to tolerate each other long enough to get the job done.

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