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Movies that feel likeIce Age (2002)

Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.

If you loved Ice Age, the closest films we have are The Croods (2013), Over the Hedge (2006) and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005). All three share Ice Age's whimsical and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004).

🍅 76% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Chris Wedgewhimsicalwittyplayfulwarmcozyepic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) · Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) · Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) · Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)

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The Croods
2013 · dir. Kirk DeMicco
🍅 71%★ 7.1animation · adventure · family

Prehistoric slapstick wrapped around a family learning to move on

The difference: Louder and more frantic, with the focus squarely on parenting

The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and feisty Gran gather food by day and huddle together in a cave at night. When a more evolved caveman named Guy arrives on the scene, Grug is distrustful, but it soon becomes apparent that Guy is correct about the impending destruction of their world.

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

A cynic discovering what a ramshackle found family is worth

The difference: Satirical about suburbia, sharper and much less sweeping

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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🍅 95%★ 7.5adventure · animation · comedy

Deadpan animal antics and a chase told with perfect comic timing

The difference: Very British and handmade — stop-motion charm over spectacle

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

Chris Wedge again — a mismatched band on a quest through wild nature

The difference: Plays it straight and serious — less banter, more stock fantasy

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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A Bug's Life
1998 · dir. John Lasseter
🍅 92%★ 7.2adventure · animation · comedyDisney+

Tiny creatures, big peril, jokes fired off at a steady clip

The difference: A rousing underdog plot — less roaming, more siege

On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.

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Cars
2006 · dir. John Lasseter
🍅 75%★ 7.3animation · adventure · comedyDisney+

A prickly loner softened by company he never asked for

The difference: Sunnier and slower, a nostalgia trip with no survival stakes

Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.

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Madagascar
2005 · dir. Eric Darnell
🍅 55%★ 6.9adventure · animation · comedy

Mismatched animals bickering across a landscape trying to kill them

The difference: Zanier and gag-driven, with no tenderness under the noise

Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Park Zoo and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar.

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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004 · dir. Stephen Hillenburg
🍅 68%★ 7.2adventure · animation · comedyPrime VideoParamount+

Two dim, devoted friends on an absurd quest to save the day

The difference: Pure cartoon anarchy — sillier and squarely for the kids

There's trouble brewing in Bikini Bottom. Someone has stolen King Neptune's crown, and it looks like Mr. Krab, SpongeBob's boss, is the culprit. Though he's just been passed over for the promotion of his dreams, SpongeBob stands by his boss, and along with his best pal Patrick, sets out on a treacherous mission to Shell City to reclaim the crown and save Mr. Krab's life.

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Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009 · dir. Wes Anderson
🍅 93%★ 7.9adventure · animation · comedyDisney+

Animal characters played with dry adult wit and real charm

The difference: Deadpan and stylised, aimed well over children's heads

The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.

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The Lego Movie
2014 · dir. Phil Lord
🍅 96%★ 7.7animation · family · adventureParamount+

A gag-a-second odd-couple quest with a sneaky emotional core

The difference: Frenetic pop-culture overload next to your unhurried trek

An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from conquering the universe.

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

Fast, silly critter comedy with a soft heart underneath it

The difference: Sillier and more disposable, carrying no emotional weight

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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The Emperor's New Groove
2000 · dir. Mark Dindal
🍅 86%★ 7.4adventure · animation · comedyDisney+

Whimsical where it counts, witty underneath

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Ice Age does

When the self‑absorbed Emperor Kuzco is accidentally transformed into a llama, he must rely on a humble villager to survive the jungle and reclaim his throne.

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