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Movies that feel likeIce Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

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.

If you loved Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, the closest films we have are Rio (2011), Ferdinand (2017) and Horton Hears a Who! (2008). All three share Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' whimsical and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Trolls (2016).

🍅 46% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Carlos Saldanhawhimsicalwittyplayfulwarmcozyepic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Ice Age (2002) · Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) · Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) · Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)

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Rio
2011 · dir. Carlos Saldanha
🍅 72%★ 6.9animation · adventure · comedyDisney+

A reluctant hero dragged into a colorful wild adventure

The difference: Samba-and-songs energy — no unhinged weasel chaos

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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Ferdinand
2017 · dir. Carlos Saldanha
🍅 71%★ 6.7animation · family · adventureMax

A big softie whose size keeps landing him in trouble

The difference: Slower and more sincere — gag density drops

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.

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

Blue Sky's same rubbery slapstick in a jungle setting

The difference: Seussian moralizing — one message told loudly

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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Storks
2016 · dir. Doug Sweetland
🍅 65%★ 6.8adventure · animation · comedy

Slapstick creatures scrambling to protect a newborn

The difference: Hyperactive and odd — the warmth is intermittent

Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl...

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

An animal-ensemble sequel juggling parenthood jitters

The difference: Episodic three-plot patchwork — no single adventure

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

A prehistoric family braving a world that outgrew them

The difference: Sincere survival stakes — fewer pure-comedy detours

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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Cars 2
2011 · dir. John Lasseter
🍅 40%★ 6.2animation · family · adventureDisney+

A comic sidekick promoted to center stage in a sequel

The difference: Pixar's most panned — the spy plot smothers it

Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.

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

Both land whimsy and wit at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

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

Both are built on the same subject: villain

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

Sidekick anarchy promoted to the whole show

The difference: Gibberish gag loops — plot is barely present

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

Nonstop color and comedy aimed straight at kids

The difference: Pop-song gloss — no adventure spine to hold onto

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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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012 · dir. Eric Darnell
🍅 78%★ 6.8animation · family · comedyMax

The same preoccupation in both: villain

Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europe to find the penguins and chimps who broke the bank at a Monte Carlo casino. When French animal-control officer Capitaine Chantel DuBois picks up their scent, Alex and company are forced to hide out in a traveling circus.

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