20 movies like The BFG, ordered by similarity : The BFG(2016), The Care Bears Movie(1985), Laura's Star(2004), How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World(2019), Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism(2015), The Boxtrolls(2014), Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure(2009), Toy Story 4(2019), Okko's Inn(2018), All Dogs Go to Heaven(1989), Pan(2015), Alice in Wonderland(1951) ...
Animation, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1989
87 Minutes
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After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight and attracting the interest of a down and out reporter.
Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy
USA|India|UK
2016
115 Minutes
Mark Rylance Ruby Barnhill Penelope Wilton Jemaine Clement Rebecca Hall Rafe Spall Bill Hader Adam Godley
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An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation
Canada|USA
1985
76 Minutes
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The Care Bears team up with a troubled brother and sister who just moved to a new town, to help a neglected young sorcerer's apprentice whose evil magic book causes sinister things to happen.
Animation, Kids & Family, Fantasy
Germany
2004
80 Minutes
Thilo Rothkirch
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An adolescent girl and her toddler brother, find a star that has actually fallen to earth, that turns out to be living being...complete with cosmic powers
Comedy, Animation, Fantasy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|Japan
2019
104 Minutes
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When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek "The Hidden World", a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.
Kids & Family, Adventure
UK
2015
98 Minutes
Dominic Monaghan Lesley Manville Emily Watson Joan Collins Raffey Cassidy Celia Imrie Anne-Marie Duff Omid Djalili Sadie Frost Ben Miller
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An orphan who practices hypnosis faces off against a bank robber who wants her book on the art form.
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
2014
96 Minutes
Graham Annable
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A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.
Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy
2009
76 Minutes
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Tinker Bell (Mae Whitman) accidentally breaks the moonstone, and to get it back into one piece, she will have to find an enchanted mirror and accept a little assistance from pestering pixie Terence (Jesse McCartney).
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
2019
100 Minutes
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When a new toy called "Forky" joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy.
Anime, Fantasy
Japan
2018
120 Minutes
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After losing her parents in a car accident, Okko starts living in the countryside with her grandmother who runs a traditional Japanese inn. While she prepares to be the next owner of the inn, Okko can somehow see friendly ghosts.
Animation, Kids & Family, Fantasy
Ireland|UK|USA
1989
86 Minutes
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A canine angel, Charlie, sneaks back to earth from heaven but ends up befriending an orphan girl who can speak to animals. In the process, Charlie learns that friendship is the most heavenly gift of all.
Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|Canada
2015
111 Minutes
Hugh Jackman Garrett Hedlund Rooney Mara Levi Miller Amanda Seyfried Adeel Akhtar Nonso Anozie Kathy Burke Cara Delevingne Jack Charles Kurt Egyiawan
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After a journalist discovers his identity, a former Weather Underground activist goes on the run.
Animation, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1951
75 Minutes
Clyde Geronimi Queenie Leonard Dink Trout Doris Lloyd James MacDonald
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Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation
1969
90 Minutes
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A bored schoolboy (Butch Patrick) drives a toy car into a cartoon land, the Kingdom of Wisdom. Animated/live action.
Kids & Family, Adventure, Comedy, Animation
2015
87 Minutes
Sean McCormack
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Finny, a Nestrian, and his new friend Leah have to band together to survive the elements and predators after they fall off Noah's Ark.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
2015
95 Minutes
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After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Switzerland|France
2016
66 Minutes
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After losing his mother, a young boy is sent to a foster home with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Action
Denmark|Norway|Australia|USA
2019
107 Minutes
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It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: Lego Duplo invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
Adventure, Kids & Family, Other, Comedy
France
2010
96 Minutes
Kaitlyn Maher Madison Pettis Bill Cobbs Chris Coppola Patrika Darbo John Ducey Richard Riehle Pete Gardner Wendi McLendon-Covey Bonnie Somerville Danny Woodburn
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A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.
Kids & Family, Fantasy
UK|USA
1960
100 Minutes
Kerwin Mathews Jo Morrow June Thorburn Lee Patterson Gregoire Aslan Basil Sydney Charles Lloyd Pack Martin Benson Mary Ellis Peter Bull Alec Mango
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After being shipwrecked, a man finds himself on an island inhabited by tiny people, who soon make plans for him.
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Musical, Fantasy
USA|Norway
2013
102 Minutes
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When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister Anna teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition.