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Movies that feel likeMulan (1998)

When Imperial China calls one man from every family to defend the empire from invading Huns, a young woman disguises herself as a soldier to take her ailing father’s place. Facing ruthless invaders, brutal training, and the risk of execution if discovered, she must decide who she truly is— and what she’s willing to fight for.

If you loved Mulan, the closest films we have are Tarzan (1999), Brother Bear (2003) and Anastasia (1997). All three share Mulan'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 Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998).

🍅 92% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Tony Bancroftwhimsicalwarmcozyepic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Mulan II (2004)

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Tarzan
1999 · dir. Chris Buck
🍅 90%★ 7.3animation · family · adventureDisney+

Another late-90s Disney hero torn between who they are and where they belong

The difference: Jungle romance and spectacle — none of the martial bite

Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to...

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Brother Bear
2003 · dir. Aaron Blaise
🍅 38%★ 6.9adventure · animation · familyDisney+

A rash young hunter transformed until he understands what honor means

The difference: Slower and soppier — a soft mid-2000s entry without a real villain

When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, including the lovable bear cub Koda, hilarious moose Rutt and Tuke, woolly mammoths and rambunctious rams.

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Anastasia
1997 · dir. Gary Goldman
🍅 83%★ 7.2animation · family · fantasyDisney+

A resourceful heroine crossing a dangerous country to reclaim her name

The difference: Romance-driven and Broadway-broad, with a supernatural villain

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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Kubo and the Two Strings
2016 · dir. Travis Knight
🍅 97%★ 7.7animation · adventure · familyMaxHulu

Whimsical and warm in the same breath

Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.

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Robin Hood
1973 · dir. Wolfgang Reitherman
🍅 56%★ 7.5animation · family · adventureDisney+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: villain

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wily Robin Hood and his band of merry men.

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Finding Nemo
2003 · dir. Andrew Stanton
🍅 99%★ 8.2animation · family · adventureHuluDisney+

The same mix in both: comfort, then scale

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.

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The Good Dinosaur
2015 · dir. Peter Sohn
🍅 76%★ 6.7adventure · animation · familyDisney+

Whimsical animation in both cases

An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.

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Kirikou and the Sorceress
1998 · dir. Michel Ocelot
🍅 96%★ 7.5fantasy · adventure · animationPrime Video

Warm family, and it commits to that

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Mulan does

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

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Mufasa: The Lion King
2024 · dir. Barry Jenkins
🍅 56%★ 6.6adventure · family · animationDisney+

Both are built on the same subject: musical

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.

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Tangled
2010 · dir. Byron Howard
🍅 89%★ 7.7animation · family · adventureDisney+

A sheltered daughter breaking out to discover what she is capable of

The difference: Fizzy CG romance — the danger never feels like an army at the gates

Feisty teenager Rapunzel, who has long and magical hair, wants to go and see sky lanterns on her eighteenth birthday, but she's bound to a tower by her overprotective mother. She strikes a deal with Flynn Rider, a charming wanted thief, and the duo set off on an action-packed escapade.

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

A daughter swept into a hidden war where courage decides everything

The difference: Handsome but generic — the heroine follows the plot more than leads it

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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Frozen
2013 · dir. Jennifer Lee
🍅 89%★ 7.4animation · family · adventureDisney+

A heroine whose real battle is expectation, not just the villain

The difference: Sisterhood and power ballads replace training grounds and battlefields

Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and snowman Olaf. On an adventure where she will find out what friendship, courage, family, and true love really means.

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