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Movies that feel likeTurning Red (2022)

Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda.

If you loved Turning Red, the closest films we have are The Grinch (2018), Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) and The Boxtrolls (2014). All three share Turning Red's whimsical and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999).

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The Grinch
2018 · dir. Yarrow Cheney
🍅 60%★ 6.4animation · comedy · familyRent or buy

A colorful, cheerful comedy about a misfit softening toward the people around him

The difference: Trades Mei's puberty metaphor for a broad, kid-friendly holiday romp

The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration. But a certain little who might change things.

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Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018 · dir. Genndy Tartakovsky
🍅 63%★ 6.3animation · comedy · familyNetflix

A family cruise where chaotic mishaps never quite dim the warmth

The difference: Ensemble monster-family antics replace one girl's specific inner conflict

Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship’s captain, Ericka, who’s secretly a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the notorious monster slayer.

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

A misfit kid hiding an unusual identity while trying to save the people they love

The difference: Stop-motion gothic whimsy in place of Pixar's glossy coming-of-age polish

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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Encanto
2021 · dir. Byron Howard
★ 7.2animation · comedy · familyDisney+

A magical family legacy a girl must reconcile with who she actually is

The difference: A full musical about an entire family's magic, not one girl's body

The tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family—every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family's last hope.

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Monsters University
2013 · dir. Dan Scanlon
🍅 80%★ 7.2animation · family · comedyHuluDisney+

Pixar's own take on the anxious push and pull of forming a real friendship

The difference: A campus buddy comedy, not a metaphor for puberty and family pressure

A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.

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

Whimsical and warm in the same breath

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

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
2019 · dir. Conrad Vernon
🍅 46%★ 5.9family · animation · comedyPeacock

A weird, loving family clashing with a world that wants them to be normal

The difference: Broad ghoulish gags replace Turning Red's specific mother-daughter ache

The Addams family's lives begin to unravel when they face-off against a treacherous, greedy crafty reality-TV host while also preparing for their extended family to arrive for a major celebration.

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Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs
2019 · dir. Hong Sung-ho
🍅 40%★ 6.5animation · fantasy · familyRent or buy

A magical transformation curse played for whimsy instead of straight fright

The difference: A fairy-tale spell quest, not a grounded story about growing up

Princes who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy.

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Alvin and the Chipmunks
2007 · dir. Tim Hill
🍅 28%★ 5.3comedy · family · fantasyDisney+

An overwhelmed guardian wrangling overexcited kids toward a big concert

The difference: Live-action chipmunk slapstick, not an animated coming-of-age metaphor

A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore.

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The Smurfs 2
2013 · dir. Raja Gosnell
🍅 14%★ 5.3fantasy · family · comedyNetflixParamount+

Colorful magical mayhem powered by a villain who wants to control a young life

The difference: Live-action Smurfs slapstick with none of the personal metaphor underneath

The evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants, and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs, Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world¹s greatest sorcerer. It's up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to our world, reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, and rescue her! Will Smurfette, who has always felt different from the other Smurfs, find a new connection with the Naughties Vexy and Hackus or will the Smurfs convince her that their love for her is True Blue?

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Klaus
2019 · dir. Sergio Pablos
🍅 95%★ 8.2animation · family · comedyNetflix

An unlikely friendship warms a story that could have stayed merely cute

The difference: A quieter tale of two strangers, without any mother-daughter conflict

A selfish postman and a reclusive toymaker form an unlikely friendship, delivering joy to a cold, dark town that desperately needs it.

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The Croods: A New Age
2020 · dir. Joel Crawford
🍅 76%★ 6.9animation · family · adventurePeacock

Both land comfort and wit at once

The difference: Easier on the play than Turning Red

Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans -- a family that's a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. As tensions between the new neighbors start to rise, a new threat soon propels both clans on an epic adventure that forces them to embrace their differences, draw strength from one another, and survive together.

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