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Movies that feel likeMadagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

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.

If you loved Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, the closest films we have are Penguins of Madagascar (2014), Antz (1998) and The Lion King 1½ (2004). All three share Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted's whimsical and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

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

🍅 78% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Eric Darnellwhimsicalwarmcozywittyplayfulepic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Madagascar (2005) · Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

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Penguins of Madagascar
2014 · dir. Simon J. Smith
🍅 74%★ 6.6family · animation · adventure

Same zoo-animal world, chasing a villain across a globe-trotting caper

The difference: Spy-spoof gadget plot, not a circus-powered escape story

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.

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Antz
1998 · dir. Eric Darnell
🍅 92%★ 6.5animation · comedy · familyNetflix

Same director's anthropomorphic underdog finding his place among misfits

The difference: An ant-colony political satire, not a circus-caper chase across Europe

A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.

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The Lion King 1½
2004 · dir. Bradley Raymond
🍅 76%★ 6.5adventure · animation · comedyDisney+

African savanna silliness from sidekicks carving out their own tale

The difference: A comic spinoff riff, not an ensemble globe-trotting chase

Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog are best pals and the unsung heroes of the African savanna. This prequel to the smash Disney animated adventure takes you back -- way back -- before Simba's adventure began. You'll find out all about Timon and Pumbaa and tag along as they search for the perfect home and attempt to raise a rambunctious lion cub.

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

A found family of animals thrown into unfamiliar new territory

The difference: A suburban pet's anxiety arc, not a zoo-crew's European escape

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

A gag-filled animated adventure powered by nonstop slapstick energy

The difference: Corporate-satire premise, not a zoo-crew's globe-trotting escape

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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Zootopia
2016 · dir. Byron Howard
🍅 98%★ 8animation · adventure · familyDisney+

A colorful animal-world mystery buzzing with slapstick and heart

The difference: A buddy-cop procedural, not a circus-troupe escape romp

Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.

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Rio 2
2014 · dir. Carlos Saldanha
🍅 50%★ 6.3animation · adventure · comedyDisney+

A displaced animal family navigating a wild, unfamiliar new home

The difference: A jungle in-law showdown, not a European circus escape caper

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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Mulan II
2004 · dir. Darrell Rooney
★ 5.7animation · comedy · familyDisney+

A secret mission complicating an already tangled found-family group

The difference: A wedding-quest fairy tale, not a circus-fueled chase across Europe

Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain Li Shang asks for her hand in marriage. Before the two can have their happily ever after, the Emperor assigns them a secret mission, to escort three princesses to Chang'an, China. Mushu is determined to drive a wedge between the couple after he learns that he will lose his guardian job if Mulan marries into the Li family.

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Ice Age: Continental Drift
2012 · dir. Steve Martino
🍅 37%★ 6.5animation · comedy · adventureMaxDisney+

A found family of misfits riding out one wild misadventure after another

The difference: A shipwrecked-iceberg pirate battle, not a European circus chase

Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.

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

A mismatched group's rescue mission full of color and slapstick

The difference: A monster-invasion rescue plot, not a zoo-crew's continental chase

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

A beloved sidekick pulled into an unexpected, globe-trotting adventure

The difference: An espionage-caper spin, not a circus-fueled escape from a hunter

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

The same preoccupation in both: friendship

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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