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Movies that feel like The Boy and the Beast (2015)

If you loved The Boy and the Beast, the closest films we have are Long Way North (2015), Wolf Children (2012) and Boy & the World (2014). All three share The Boy and the Beast's warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 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.

Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.

πŸ… 90% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Mamoru Hosodakineticepiccontemplativewarmdreamlikewistful
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Long Way North
2015 Β· dir. RΓ©mi ChayΓ©
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.2adventure Β· animation Β· drama

Common ground: growing up

The difference: None of the momentum The Boy and the Beast is built on

In 1892 Saint Petersburg, when her explorer grandfather's failure to return from his latest expedition brings dishonour to her aristocratic family, a resilient teenager runs away to follow in his trail in search of his famed ship.

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Wolf Children
2012 Β· dir. Mamoru Hosoda
πŸ… 95%β˜… 8.1animation Β· family Β· drama

Mamoru Hosoda working the same nerve twice

The difference: Not nearly as kinetic as The Boy and the Beast

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.

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Boy & the World
2014 Β· dir. AlΓͺ Abreu
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.5animation Β· fantasy Β· adventure

Both are built on the same subject: growing up

Suffering because of his father's departure to the big city, a boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic world dominated by bug-engines and strange beings. An unusual animation with various artistic techniques that portrays the issues of the modern world through the eyes of a child.

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The Florida Project
2017 Β· dir. Sean Baker
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.6drama

The same preoccupation in both: parents and children

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

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Mommy
2014 Β· dir. Xavier Dolan
πŸ… 89%β˜… 8drama

One thread runs through both: parents and children

A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.

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Big Fish & Begonia
2016 Β· dir. Liang Xuan
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7animation Β· adventure Β· fantasy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: adult animation

Beyond the human realm, there is a magical race of beings who control the tides and the changing of the seasons. One of these beings, a young girl named Chun, seeks something moreβ€”she wants to experience the human world! At sixteen, she finally gets her chance and transforms into a dolphin in order to explore the world that has her fascinated. But she soon discovers that it's a dangerous place and nearly gets killed in a vortex. Luckily, her life is spared when a young boy sacrifices himself to save her. Moved by his kindness and courage, she uses magic to bring him back to life only to learn that this power comes at a serious price. On a new adventure, she’ll have to make her own sacrifices in order to protect his soul until it is ready to return to the human world.

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How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014 Β· dir. Dean DeBlois
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.8fantasy Β· action Β· adventure

Both land momentum and scale at once

Five years after uniting the dragons and Vikings of Berk, Hiccup and Toothless soar beyond their homeland, charting the vast unknown. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragonsβ€”and a mysterious dragon rider with a startling connection to Hiccup. And as the ruthless conqueror Drago Bludvist rises to seize control of both dragons and people alike, Hiccup must step into his role as a true leader and, alongside his friends and Toothless, protect Berk from a devastating war.

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The Red Turtle
2016 Β· dir. Michael Dudok de Wit
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.5animation Β· drama Β· fantasy

The same mix in both: stillness, then warmth

The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.

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Mud
2013 Β· dir. Jeff Nichols
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.3drama

Drama with a pulse of wistfulness, in both cases

Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family and their armed posse.

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Jack the Giant Slayer
2013 Β· dir. Bryan Singer
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.3fantasy Β· action Β· adventure

Both lean on dream logic more than on action

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself.

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How to Train Your Dragon
2025 Β· dir. Dean DeBlois
πŸ… 78%β˜… 7.7fantasy Β· family Β· action

Adventure built on momentum, twice over

On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.

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Chernobyl: Abyss
2021 Β· dir. Danila Kozlovsky
β˜… 5.2drama Β· history Β· action

Epic animation, and it commits to that

The difference: Sits closer to history than The Boy and the Beast does

The aftermath of a shocking explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station made hundreds of people sacrifice their lives to clean up the site of the catastrophe and to successfully prevent an even bigger disaster that could have turned a large part of the European continent into an uninhabitable exclusion zone. This is their story.

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