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Movies that feel like When Marnie Was There (2014)

If you loved When Marnie Was There, the closest films we have are The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), A Christmas Carol (2009) and Cars 3 (2017). All three share When Marnie Was There's whimsical and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Disney Plus, fuboTV and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.

🍅 92% Rotten Tomatoes7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashiwhimsicalcontemplativewarmcozyunsettling
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If When Marnie Was There hit the spot, these will too

The Hunchback of Notre Dame poster
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996 · dir. Gary Trousdale
🍅 80%7drama · animation · family

Whimsical and contemplative in the same breath

The difference: Missing the unease of When Marnie Was There

Isolated bell-ringer Quasimodo wishes to leave Notre Dame tower against the wishes of Judge Claude Frollo, his stern guardian and Paris' strait-laced Minister of Justice. His first venture to the outside world finds him Esmeralda, a kind-hearted and fearless Romani woman who openly stands up to Frollo's tyranny.

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A Christmas Carol
2009 · dir. Robert Zemeckis
🍅 52%6.8animation · drama · family

Both land warmth and comfort at once

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

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Cars 3
2017 · dir. Brian Fee
🍅 70%6.7animation · drama · family

Both trade on whimsy more than on being animation

The difference: None of the unease that defines When Marnie Was There

Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen finds himself pushed to the brink—and suddenly, the champion who once ruled the track is fighting just to stay in the race. With his career hanging in the balance, McQueen must turn to an ambitious young race technician with a plan of her own, draw strength from the legacy of the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and risk everything on one last shot at glory.

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The Secret World of Arrietty
2010 · dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
🍅 94%7.6fantasy · animation · family

Hiromasa Yonebayashi directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Not nearly as contemplative as When Marnie Was There

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.

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The Lion King
1994 · dir. Roger Allers
🍅 92%8.5animation · family · drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 1990s show

Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.

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Whisper of the Heart
1995 · dir. Yoshifumi Kondo
🍅 95%7.8animation · drama · family

Warm family in both cases

Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: "Seiji Amasawa."

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The Red Turtle
2016 · dir. Michael Dudok de Wit
🍅 93%7.5animation · drama · fantasy

Both built around calm

The difference: Plays it as fantasy more than When Marnie Was There does

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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Wonder
2017 · dir. Stephen Chbosky
🍅 86%7.9family · drama

Cozy drama, and it commits to that

The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

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Long Way North
2015 · dir. Rémi Chayé
🍅 98%7.2adventure · animation · drama

Animation with a pulse of whimsy, in both cases

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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Inside Out
2015 · dir. Pete Docter
🍅 98%8.1animation · family · adventure

The same preoccupation in both: imaginary friend

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.

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The Lion King poster
The Lion King
2019 · dir. Jon Favreau
🍅 52%6.8adventure · drama · family

Family with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.

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The Illusionist
2010 · dir. Sylvain Chomet
🍅 90%7.4animation · drama

Both trade on warmth more than on being animation

A French illusionist travels to Scotland to work. He meets a young woman in a small village. Their ensuing adventure in Edinburgh changes both their lives forever.

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