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Movies that feel like Mulan II (2004)

If you loved Mulan II, the closest films we have are The Lion King 1½ (2004), Return to Never Land (2002) and The Road to El Dorado (2000). All three share Mulan II's whimsical and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Paramount Plus Premium and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

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.

5.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Darrell Rooneywhimsicalwittyplayfulwarmcozyepic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Mulan (1998)

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

Common ground: musical

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

Whimsical where it counts, warm underneath

The difference: None of the wit Mulan II is built on

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.

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The Road to El Dorado
2000 · dir. Bibo Bergeron
🍅 49%6.9family · adventure · animation

One thread runs through both: musical

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Mulan II does

Stowing away after a failed con, a pair of swindlers end up on El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold", where they quickly get in over their heads when they are mistaken as gods by the inhabitants.

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Asterix Conquers America
1994 · dir. Gerhard Hahn
5.9family · animation · adventure

Witty and playful in the same breath

When marauding Romans capture - and catapult - their pal Getafix into lands unknown, the shrewd and cunning Asterix and his able sidekick Obelix spring into action! But their journey leads them to a strange and dangerous new world, where they must face a tribe of Indians, a stampeding herd of buffalo and a medicine man with designs on their magic potion!

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Madagascar
2005 · dir. Eric Darnell
🍅 55%6.9adventure · animation · comedy

Both are built on the same subject: escape

Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Park Zoo and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar.

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

The same mix in both: comfort, then scale

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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Moana 2
2024 · dir. David G. Derrick Jr.
🍅 61%6.3adventure · animation · comedy

Animation with a pulse of whimsy, in both cases

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 2020s show

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.

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🍅 66%5.9adventure · animation · comedy

Witty comedy in both cases

When his best friend Gary is suddenly snatched away, SpongeBob takes Patrick on a madcap mission far beyond Bikini Bottom to save their pink-shelled pal.

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🍅 80%6adventure · animation · comedy

Family built on play, twice over

Evil pirate Burger Beard is in search of the final page of a magical book that makes any evil plan he writes in it come true, but the final page happens to be the Krabby Patty secret formula. When Burger Beard endangers Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Squidward, Sandy, and Plankton must embark on a quest to retrieve the recipe and save their city...a quest that takes them to the surface world and transforms them into superheroes.

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

Warm adventure, and it commits to that

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

Both lean on comfort more than on animation

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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The Boss Baby: Family Business
2021 · dir. Tom McGrath
🍅 47%5.9animation · comedy · adventure

Comedy with a pulse of scale, in both cases

The Templeton brothers — Tim and his Boss Baby little bro Ted — have become adults and drifted away from each other. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do attitude is about to bring them together again … and inspire a new family business.

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