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Movies that feel like The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

If you loved The Great Mouse Detective, the closest films we have are The Adventures of Tintin (2011), Enola Holmes (2020) and Tarzan (1999). All three share The Great Mouse Detective's epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium and Paramount Plus Essential and others, checked against today's data.

When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ultimate trap and foil the perfect crime.

πŸ… 79% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Burny Mattinsonwhimsicalwarmtwistygrittyepic
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If The Great Mouse Detective hit the spot, these will too

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The Adventures of Tintin
2011 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.3adventure Β· animation Β· mystery

Both land whimsy and twists at once

The difference: Not nearly as warm

Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of stealing a priceless treasure. Tintin and Snowy, with the help of salty, cantankerous Captain Haddock and bumbling detectives, Thompson and Thomson, travel half the world, one step ahead of their enemies, as Tintin endeavors to find the Unicorn, a sunken ship that may hold a vast fortune, but also an ancient curse.

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Enola Holmes
2020 Β· dir. Harry Bradbeer
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.6adventure Β· mystery Β· crime

Both circle detective and victorian england

The difference: A 2020s film, from a different era of filmmaking

While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.

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Tarzan
1999 Β· dir. Chris Buck
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.3animation Β· family Β· adventure

Both keep circling back to villain

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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Mulan
1998 Β· dir. Tony Bancroft
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.7animation Β· family Β· adventure

Both built around villain

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 isβ€” and what she’s willing to fight for.

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Nerve
2016 Β· dir. Henry Joost
πŸ… 66%β˜… 6.5mystery Β· adventure Β· crime

Gritty and epic in the same breath

Industrious high school senior Vee Delmonico has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition partnered with a mysterious stranger, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.

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Robin Hood
1973 Β· dir. Wolfgang Reitherman
πŸ… 56%β˜… 7.5animation Β· family Β· adventure

Warm animation in both cases

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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Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002 Β· dir. Kelly Asbury
πŸ… 69%β˜… 7.2animation Β· adventure Β· family

Family built on whimsy, twice over

The difference: Played as drama first

A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.

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Brother Bear
2003 Β· dir. Aaron Blaise
πŸ… 38%β˜… 6.9adventure Β· animation Β· family

Warm adventure, and it commits to that

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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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Finding Nemo
2003 Β· dir. Andrew Stanton
πŸ… 99%β˜… 8.2animation Β· family Β· adventure

Mystery with a pulse of scale, in both cases

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 Β· dir. Peter Sohn
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.7adventure Β· animation Β· family

Both trade on whimsy more than on being crime

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

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Anastasia
1997 Β· dir. Gary Goldman
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.2animation Β· family Β· fantasy

Animation built on warmth, twice over

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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The Jungle Book
1967 Β· dir. Wolfgang Reitherman
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.6family Β· animation Β· adventure

Family with a pulse of scale, in both cases

The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.

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