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Movies that feel likeMonsters vs Aliens (2009)

When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters...

If you loved Monsters vs Aliens, the closest films we have are Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), The Iron Giant (1999) and Flight of the Navigator (1986). All three share Monsters vs Aliens' warm and cozy feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005).

🍅 73% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Rob Lettermanwarmcozyepiccerebral
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2001 · dir. Gary Trousdale
🍅 48%★ 6.9animation · family · adventureDisney+

One thread runs through both: villain

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.

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The Iron Giant
1999 · dir. Brad Bird
🍅 96%★ 8.1animation · drama · family

Two things both keep coming back to: alien and giant robot

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Monsters vs Aliens does

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.

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Flight of the Navigator
1986 · dir. Randal Kleiser
🍅 85%★ 6.9family · science fiction · adventureDisney+

Common ground: alien

The difference: 23 years apart, and the 1980s show

12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.

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Lightyear
2022 · dir. Angus MacLane
🍅 74%★ 6.1animation · science fiction · familyDisney+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: villain

Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.

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Cars 3
2017 · dir. Brian Fee
🍅 70%★ 6.7animation · drama · familyDisney+

The same mix in both: warmth, then comfort

The difference: Trades the ideas of Monsters vs Aliens for an angle of its own

Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen finds himself pushed to the brink—and suddenly, the champion who once ruled the track is fighting just to stay in the race. With his career hanging in the balance, McQueen must turn to an ambitious young race technician with a plan of her own, draw strength from the legacy of the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and risk everything on one last shot at glory.

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Zathura: A Space Adventure
2005 · dir. Jon Favreau
🍅 77%★ 6.3science fiction · adventure · familyNetflix

Both land scale and ideas at once

After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.

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Mira
2022 · dir. Dmitry Kiselyov
★ 5.8science fiction · drama · adventurePrime Video

Warm family in both cases

Near future. Lera Arabova is a 15-year-old girl who lives with her family in Vladivostok. Lera's father has been working at the orbiting space station "Mira" for many years and has long lost contact with his daughter, turning only into a voice on the phone. After a meteor shower hits the city, Lera has only one chance to save her loved ones and the city from a new disaster. Her father helps her in this - through satellite surveillance systems and the telephone, he uses every opportunity to send a message to his daughter, watching from above from the station her every step.

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Dinosaur
2000 · dir. Eric Leighton
🍅 65%★ 6.4adventure · animation · dramaDisney+

Animation built on comfort, twice over

An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.

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Finding Dory
2016 · dir. Andrew Stanton
🍅 94%★ 7.2adventure · animation · familyDisney+

Both lean on scale more than on adventure

Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?

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The Wild Robot
2024 · dir. Chris Sanders
🍅 97%★ 8.2family · animation · science fictionPrime Video

Cerebral science fiction, and it commits to that

After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.

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Treasure Planet
2002 · dir. Ron Clements
🍅 68%★ 7.2science fiction · adventure · animationDisney+

Animation with a pulse of warmth, in both cases

When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.

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Meet the Robinsons
2007 · dir. Stephen J. Anderson
🍅 68%★ 6.9animation · comedy · familyDisney+

Both lean on comfort more than on family

Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in an orphanage. Things take a turn when he meets Wilbur Robinson and his family.

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