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Movies that feel like Frankenweenie (2012)

If you loved Frankenweenie, the closest films we have are The Boxtrolls (2014), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013). All three share Frankenweenie's whimsical and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Hulu and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.

πŸ… 87% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Tim Burtonwhimsicalwittyplayfulwarmcozyromantic
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If Frankenweenie hit the spot, these will too

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The Boxtrolls
2014 Β· dir. Graham Annable
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.8animation Β· comedy Β· family

One thread runs through both: stop motion

The difference: Not nearly as romantic as Frankenweenie

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.

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The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019 Β· dir. Chris Renaud
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6.4animation Β· comedy Β· family

The same preoccupation in both: dog

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013 Β· dir. Kris Pearn
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.3animation Β· family Β· comedy

Whimsical and witty in the same breath

The difference: Missing the romance of Frankenweenie

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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πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.5adventure Β· animation Β· comedy

Both are built on the same subject: stop motion

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Frankenweenie does

Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal Gromit run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods, which turns their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.

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ParaNorman
2012 Β· dir. Sam Fell
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7family Β· animation Β· adventure

Both land play and warmth at once

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.

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Elemental
2023 Β· dir. Peter Sohn
πŸ… 73%β˜… 7animation Β· comedy Β· family

Cozy where it counts, romantic underneath

In a city where fire, water, land and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy will discover something elemental: how much they have in common.

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Horton Hears a Who!
2008 Β· dir. Steve Martino
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.8animation Β· comedy Β· family

Whimsical animation in both cases

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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The Emoji Movie
2017 Β· dir. Tony Leondis
πŸ… 6%β˜… 3.5animation Β· family Β· comedy

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.

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Chicken Run
2000 Β· dir. Peter Lord
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.1animation Β· comedy Β· family

Family with a pulse of play, in both cases

The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly! It’s hardly poultry in motion when Rocky attempts to teach Ginger and her feathered friends to fly…but, with teamwork, determination and a little bit o’ cluck, the fearless flock plots one last attempt in a spectacular bid for freedom.

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πŸ… 66%β˜… 5.9adventure Β· animation Β· comedy

Both lean on warmth more than on animation

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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Rio 2
2014 Β· dir. Carlos Saldanha
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.3animation Β· adventure Β· comedy

Comedy built on comfort, twice over

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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Ferdinand
2017 Β· dir. Carlos Saldanha
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.7animation Β· family Β· adventure

Whimsical family, and it commits to that

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 Madridβ€” and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen.

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