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Movies that feel likeKirikou and the Sorceress (1998)

Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.

If you loved Kirikou and the Sorceress, the closest films we have are The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977), The Secret of Kells (2009) and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010). All three share Kirikou and the Sorceress' dreamlike and whimsical feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Boy & the World (2014).

🍅 96% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Michel Ocelotdreamlikeepicwhimsicalwarmcozy
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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh poster
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977 · dir. John Lounsbery
🍅 100%★ 7.5animation · family · adventureDisney+

Dreamlike and epic in the same breath

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

Whether we’re young or forever young at heart, the Hundred Acre Wood calls to that place in each of us that still believes in magic. Join pals Pooh, Piglet, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Rabbit, Tigger and Christopher Robin as they enjoy their days together and sing their way through adventures.

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The Secret of Kells
2009 · dir. Tomm Moore
🍅 90%★ 7.5animation · family · fantasy

Both land whimsy and warmth at once

The difference: Goes its own way on the scale

Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him beyond the abbey walls and into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. Will Brendan succeed in his quest?

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole poster
🍅 52%★ 6.9animation · adventure · family

Fantasy built on comfort, twice over

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.

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Anastasia
1997 · dir. Don Bluth
🍅 83%★ 7.2animation · family · fantasyDisney+

Dreamlike adventure, and it commits to that

Ten years after she was separated from her family, an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting with her grandmother. She is accompanied by two con men, who intend to pass her off as the Grand Duchess Anastasia to the Dowager Empress for a reward.

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The Last Unicorn
1982 · dir. Jules Bass
🍅 75%★ 7.3fantasy · animation · familyPrime Video

Epic animation in both cases

A unicorn learns from a riddle-speaking butterfly that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the monstrous Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard.

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James and the Giant Peach
1996 · dir. Henry Selick
🍅 91%★ 6.7family · animation · adventureDisney+

Family with a pulse of whimsy, in both cases

When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.

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Return to Never Land
2002 · dir. Robin Budd
🍅 46%★ 5.8adventure · fantasy · animationDisney+

Both lean on warmth more than on fantasy

In 1940, the world is besieged by World War II. Wendy, all grown up, has two children; including Jane, who does not believe Wendy's stories about Peter Pan.

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard poster
🍅 14%★ 5.3adventure · fantasy · animationPrime VideoStarz

Both lean on comfort more than on adventure

Arthur answers a distress call from Princess Selenia, who is menaced by the nefarious Maltazard.

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

Dreamlike animation in both cases

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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The Rescuers
1977 · dir. Wolfgang Reitherman
🍅 79%★ 6.9fantasy · family · animationDisney+

Family with a pulse of scale, in both cases

Two agents of the mouse-run International Rescue Aid Society search for a little orphan girl kidnapped by sinister treasure hunters.

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Song of the Sea
2014 · dir. Tomm Moore
🍅 99%★ 8family · animation · fantasy

Whimsical fantasy, and it commits to that

The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.

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Boy & the World
2014 · dir. Alê Abreu
🍅 93%★ 7.5animation · fantasy · adventure

Warm adventure, and it commits to that

Suffering because of his father's departure to the big city, a boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic world dominated by bug-engines and strange beings. An unusual animation with various artistic techniques that portrays the issues of the modern world through the eyes of a child.

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