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Movies that feel like Slayers Return (1996)

If you loved Slayers Return, the closest films we have are My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999), The Addams Family (1991) and Secret Magic Control Agency (2021). All three share Slayers Return's whimsical and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Lina Inverse and Naga the White Serpent are back! What begins as a routine bandit-stomping turns into the adventure of a lifetime involving magical golems, an ancient Elven weapon and even someone bent on destroying the world. It's a predicament only Lina and Naga could get themselves in to.

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My Neighbors the Yamadas
1999 · dir. Isao Takahata
🍅 78%7.1animation · comedy · family

The same preoccupation in both: anime

The difference: Leans harder into family than Slayers Return does

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.

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The Addams Family
1991 · dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
🍅 67%7comedy · fantasy

The same mix in both: whimsy, then wit

When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.

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Secret Magic Control Agency
2021 · dir. Alexey Tsitsilin
6.2animation · comedy · fantasy

Playful where it counts, dreamlike underneath

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

The Secret Magic Control Agency sends its two best agents, Hansel and Gretel, to fight against the witch of the Gingerbread House.

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Tales from Earthsea
2006 · dir. Goro Miyazaki
6.3animation · fantasy · adventure

Common ground: anime

The difference: None of the wit Slayers Return is built on

As crops dwindle and dragons reappear, mankind stands on the verge of total chaos. Lord Archmage Sparrowhawk, a powerful wizard, and Arren, a troubled young prince, search for the force behind this mysterious imbalance that threatens to destroy the land of Earthsea.

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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
1999 · dir. Trey Parker
🍅 81%7.7animation · comedy

Animation built on whimsy, twice over

In this feature film based on the hit animated series, the third graders of South Park sneak into an R-rated film by ultra-vulgar Canadian television personalities Terrance and Phillip, and emerge with expanded vocabularies that leave their parents and teachers scandalized. When outraged Americans try to censor the film, the controversy spirals into a call to wage war on Canada and Terrance and Phillip end up on death row, with the kids their only hope of rescue.

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Checkered Ninja
2018 · dir. Thorbjørn Christoffersen
7.1animation · comedy · adventure

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

A possessed Ninja doll teams up with a teenage boy to avenge the murder of a poor child factory worker.

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A Cat in Paris
2010 · dir. Jean-Loup Felicioli
🍅 83%6.9animation · comedy

Playful fantasy in both cases

The difference: Missing the dream logic of Slayers Return

A thrilling mystery that unfurls in the alleys and on the rooftops of the French capital, Paris, over the course of one adventurous evening.

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The Boxtrolls
2014 · dir. Graham Annable
🍅 78%6.8animation · comedy · family

Both lean on dream logic more than on animation

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.

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Practical Magic
1998 · dir. Griffin Dunne
🍅 28%6.4romance · fantasy · comedy

Both are built on the same subject: sorcery

Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.

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The Visitors
1993 · dir. Jean-Marie Poiré
🍅 31%7fantasy · comedy

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

After a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with his dimwitted servant, Jacquouille la Fripouille. Startled and perplexed by modern technology, the duo run amok, destroying cars and causing chaos until they meet Beatrice de Montmirail, an aristocratic descendant of the nobleman, who may be able to help them get back to 1123.

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The Painting
2011 · dir. Jean-François Laguionie
🍅 82%7.3fantasy · animation

Fantasy built on whimsy, twice over

Three characters living in an unfinished painting venture out into the real world in search of their creator to convince him to finish his work.

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Porco Rosso
1992 · dir. Hayao Miyazaki
🍅 96%7.7animation · adventure · fantasy

Dreamlike animation in both cases

In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle the pirate crew's American ace, Porco Rosso enlists the help of spunky girl mechanic Fio Piccolo and his longtime friend Madame Gina.

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