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Movies that feel like Ferdinand (2017)

If you loved Ferdinand, the closest films we have are Rio 2 (2014), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) and Rio (2011). All three share Ferdinand's whimsical and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow. But one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid— and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen.

🍅 71% Rotten Tomatoes6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Carlos Saldanhawhimsicalwarmcozyepicwittyplayful
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Rio 2
2014 · dir. Carlos Saldanha
🍅 50%6.3animation · adventure · comedy

The same hand behind both of them: Carlos Saldanha

It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.

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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009 · dir. Carlos Saldanha
🍅 46%6.9animation · comedy · family

Both are Carlos Saldanha's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Times are changing for Manny the moody mammoth, Sid the motor mouthed sloth and Diego the crafty saber-toothed tiger. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors – the mighty dinosaurs.

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Rio
2011 · dir. Carlos Saldanha
🍅 72%6.9animation · adventure · comedy

Whimsical where it counts, warm underneath

Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.

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The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019 · dir. Chris Renaud
🍅 60%6.4animation · comedy · family

Common ground: friendship

Max the terrier must cope with some major life changes when his owner gets married and has a baby. When the family takes a trip to the countryside, nervous Max has numerous run-ins with canine-intolerant cows, hostile foxes and a scary turkey. Luckily for Max, he soon catches a break when he meets Rooster, a gruff farm dog who tries to cure the lovable pooch of his neuroses.

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Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006 · dir. Carlos Saldanha
🍅 56%6.8animation · family · comedy

Cozy and epic in the same breath

Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley. The impending disaster prompts them to reunite and warn all the other beasts about the desperate situation.

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The Grinch
2018 · dir. Yarrow Cheney
🍅 60%6.4animation · comedy · family

Both are built on the same subject: based on children's book

The difference: Not nearly as epic as Ferdinand

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.

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The Croods: A New Age
2020 · dir. Joel Crawford
🍅 76%6.9animation · family · adventure

The same two preoccupations: joyous, and adoring

The difference: Missing the play of Ferdinand

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.

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: friendship

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Ferdinand does

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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🍅 71%6.3animation · family · comedy

The same preoccupation in both: based on children's book

After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean the island, and where the best inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind. When Flint discovers that his machine still operates and now creates mutant food beasts like living pickles, hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees and apple pie-thons, he and his friends must return to save the world.

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🍅 66%5.9adventure · animation · comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

When his best friend Gary is suddenly snatched away, SpongeBob takes Patrick on a madcap mission far beyond Bikini Bottom to save their pink-shelled pal.

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Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022 · dir. Derek Drymon
🍅 47%6animation · comedy · family

Both lean on whimsy more than on animation

When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the "Monsterfication Ray," goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. In their new mismatched bodies, Drac and Johnny must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it's too late, and before they drive each other crazy.

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Minions
2015 · dir. Kyle Balda
🍅 55%6.4family · animation · adventure

One thread runs through both: adoring

Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.

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