11 best movies like Penguins (2019)

List of the best movies like Penguins (2019): The One and Only Ivan, Bears, The Genius of Marian, Two: The Story of Roman & Nyro, Dream/Killer, Elephant, The Last Reef: Cities Beneath the Sea, Life, Animated, Rich Hill, Back in Time.

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA

Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant, Bob the dog, and various other animals. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant named Ruby arrives, it touches something deep within him. Ruby is recently separated from her family in the wild, which causes him to question his life, where he comes from and where he ultimately wants to be.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, family, documentary
CountryUSA
Duration01:17

A documentary that follows an Alaskan bear family as its young cubs are taught life's most important lessons.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredrama, family, documentary
CountryUSA
Duration01:25

The Genius of Marian follows Pam White in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Her son, the film maker, works with her as she attempts to write a book that tributes her mother, the artist Marian Steele.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, family, documentary, biography
CountryUSA

Combining over twelve years of footage and narrated by their twin sons, TWO: The Story of Roman & Nyro, follows legendary songwriter Desmond Child and his lifelong partner's loving journey to create their new modern family.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefamily, documentary, crime
CountryUSA

In 2005, 20-year-old Ryan Ferguson was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. dream/killer is the story of how his father Bill embarked on 10-year campaign to prove Ryan’s innocence. The film is chock-full of incredible characters. From the questionable District Attorney Kevin Crane, and the highly-confused witness Chuck Erickson, to the high-powered Chicago attorney Kathleen Zellner, the doc depicts both a highly flawed justice system, as well as one that can work brilliantly.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreadventure, family, documentary
CountryUSA

Disneynature’s Elephant follows African elephant Shani and her spirited son Jomo as their herd make an epic journey hundreds of miles across the vast Kalahari Desert. Led by their great matriarch, Gaia, the family faces brutal heat, dwindling resources and persistent predators, as they follow in their ancestors’ footsteps on a quest to reach a lush, green paradise.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrefamily, documentary, short
CountryUSA, Canada, Mexico, Bahamas
Duration00:40

From the Academy-Award nominated creators of the Broadway show STOMP and the award-winning film Wild Ocean, The Last Reef is an uplifting, inspirational large-format and 3D cinema experience capturing one of nature's more vibrant and diverse wonderlands. Exotic coral reefs, vibrant sea walls in the sub-arctic pulsating with anemones and crustaceans: these biodiversity hot spots are as vital to our lives as the rainforests. Shot on location in Palau, Vancouver Island, French Polynesia, Mexico, and The Bahamas using groundbreaking 3D cinematography, The Last Reef takes us on a global journey to explore the connection of our cities on land with the ocean's complex, parallel world of the coral reefs beneath the sea.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family, documentary
CountryUSA
Duration02:27

At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind ceased to speak, disappearing into autism with apparently no way out. Almost four years passed and the only stimuli that engaged Owen were Disney films. Then one day, his father donned a puppet—Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin—and asked “what’s it like to be you?” And poof! Owen replied, with dialogue from the movie. Life, Animated tells the remarkable story of how Owen found in Disney animation a pathway to language and a framework for making sense of the world.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, family, documentary, biography
CountryUSA

If you ever find yourself traveling down Interstate 49 through Missouri, try not to blink—you may miss Rich Hill, population 1,396. Rich Hill is easy to overlook, but its inhabitants are as woven into the fabric of America as those living in any small town in the country. This movie intimately chronicles the turbulent lives of three boys living in said Midwestern town and the fragile family bonds that sustain them.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefamily, documentary, history
CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom
Duration02:32

Cast, crew, and fans explore the classic Back to the Future time-travel trilogy's resonance throughout our culture 30 years after Marty went back in time.

Markimdb: 8
Genrefamily, documentary, music, biography
CountryUSA

A documentary film detailing Glen Campbell's final tour and his struggle with Alzheimer's disease.




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