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Movies that feel likeTrolls (2016)

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.

If you loved Trolls, the closest films we have are The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), Moana 2 (2024) and Sky High (2005). All three share Trolls' epic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015).

🍅 76% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Mike Mitchellepicwhimsicalwittyplayfulwarmcozy
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The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019 · dir. Chris Renaud
🍅 60%★ 6.4animation · comedy · family

The same two preoccupations: friendship, and villain

Max the terrier must cope with some major life changes when his owner gets married and has a baby. When the family takes a trip to the countryside, nervous Max has numerous run-ins with canine-intolerant cows, hostile foxes and a scary turkey. Luckily for Max, he soon catches a break when he meets Rooster, a gruff farm dog who tries to cure the lovable pooch of his neuroses.

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: musical

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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Sky High
2005 · dir. Mike Mitchell
🍅 74%★ 6.3adventure · comedy · familyDisney+

Mike Mitchell directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Easier on the whimsy than Trolls

Set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted, young Will Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balance between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being.

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Storks
2016 · dir. Doug Sweetland
🍅 65%★ 6.8adventure · animation · comedy

Common ground: villain

Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl...

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water poster
🍅 80%★ 6adventure · animation · comedyParamount+

Epic where it counts, whimsical underneath

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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Ferdinand
2017 · dir. Carlos Saldanha
🍅 71%★ 6.7animation · family · adventureMax

The same preoccupation in both: friendship

Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow. But one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid— and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen.

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Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022 · dir. Derek Drymon
🍅 47%★ 6animation · comedy · familyPrime Video

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the "Monsterfication Ray," goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. In their new mismatched bodies, Drac and Johnny must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it's too late, and before they drive each other crazy.

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Shrek Forever After
2010 · dir. Mike Mitchell
🍅 58%★ 6.3comedy · adventure · fantasyPeacock

Both are Mike Mitchell's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cozy than Trolls does

A midlife-crisis burdened Shrek, longing for the days of when he felt like a real ogre, makes a pact with magic deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin. But when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met—he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

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Rio 2
2014 · dir. Carlos Saldanha
🍅 50%★ 6.3animation · adventure · comedyDisney+

Warm and cozy in the same breath

It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.

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The Angry Birds Movie
2016 · dir. Clay Kaytis
🍅 44%★ 6.3animation · adventure · comedyParamount+

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

An island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red, a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck, and the volatile Bomb have always been outsiders. But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to.

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Ice Age: Continental Drift
2012 · dir. Steve Martino
🍅 37%★ 6.5animation · comedy · adventureMaxDisney+

Whimsical animation in both cases

Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.

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Flushed Away
2006 · dir. David Bowers
🍅 72%★ 6.6adventure · animation · comedyNetflix

Comedy built on wit, twice over

London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, Spike and Whitey.

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