20 Best Animation movies like The Book of Life (2014)

List of the best animation movies like The Book of Life (2014): Soul, Playmobil: The Movie, Coco, Moana, Strange Magic, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, Gulliver's Travels, Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers, Frozen II, Happy Feet Two.

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Markimdb: 8.1
Genreadventure, family, cartoon, music
CountryUSA

Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful gig at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryFrance, United Kingdom, Germany, China, Canada, USA

Marla is forced to abandon her carefully structured life to embark on an epic journey to find her younger brother Charlie who has disappeared into the vast and wondrous animated world of Playmobil toys.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, detective, music
CountryUSA, Mexico
Duration01:27

Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA
Duration02:35

In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia, Thailand
Duration02:28

    A love potion works its devious charms on fairies, elves and the swamp-dwelling Bog King as they all try to possess the potion for themselves.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:15

    The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. In the movie they write a family history for a duke which includes reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA

    Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefiscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gulliver's pistol.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:08

    In Disney's take on the Alexander Dumas tale, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy want nothing more than to perform brave deeds on behalf of their queen (Minnie Mouse), but they're stymied by the head Musketeer, Pete. Pete secretly wants to get rid of the queen, so he appoints Mickey and his bumbling friends as guardians to Minnie, thinking such a maneuver will ensure his scheme's success. The score features songs based on familiar classical melodies.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA, Norway
    Duration02:13

    Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf are going far in the forest to know the truth about an ancient mystery of their kingdom.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon, music
    CountryUSA, Australia, New Zealand
    Duration01:40

    Mumble the penguin has a problem: his son Erik, who is reluctant to dance, encounters The Mighty Sven, a penguin who can fly! Things get worse for Mumble when the world is shaken by powerful forces, causing him to brings together the penguin nations and their allies to set things right.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryJapan, USA
    Duration01:25

    A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:08

    Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in big trouble. Then, when crooked salesmen try to capture Elliott for their own gain, Pete must attempt a daring rescue.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Hungary, Japan, USA, Denmark
    Duration01:22

    The story is about the Princess Irene and a young warrior boy named Curty. Irene must use her magic power to fight off goblins and save the kingdom.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA, Denmark, Australia, Norway
    Duration01:47

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:07

    Russia is being terrorized by an evil witch known as Baba Yaga; the only one who is not afraid of her is Bartok the Magnificent. Bartok, an albino bat, has just arrived in Moscow and is impressing everyone with his performances, including Prince Ivan Romanov. However, one person is not impressed; Ludmilla finds Bartok annoying and naive. After Bartok's show, a violent bear suddenly attacks. Bartok must save everyone by stunning the bear with dust and then knocks him over and traps him in a wagon.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

      A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:33

      Once upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro, who leads him, at long last, on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess and save an entire kingdom from darkness.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia, France, Republic of Ireland
      Duration01:21

      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.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:22

      An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:19

      Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryFrance, Belgium
      Duration01:30

      In Scotland 1874, Jack is born on the coldest day ever. Because of the extreme cold, his heart stops beating. The responsible midwife in Edinburgh finds a way to save him by replacing his heart with a clock. So he lives and remains under the midwife's protective care. But he must not get angry or excited because that endangers his life by causing his clock to stop working. Worse than that, when he grows up, he has to face the fact he cannot fall in love because that too could stop his delicate heart.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryFrance, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg
      Duration01:18

      Dragon Hunters is a fantastic tale telling the adventures of two dragon hunters: the world has become a vast conglomerate of islands of varying size and shape. This babbling universe is mainly peopled with ruthless rogues, surly peasants and illiterate, petty lords Their main concerns revolve around two fundamental rules : Eat and don't get eaten.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrefantasy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA, Japan
      Duration01:38

      Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      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.

      Markimdb: 3.6
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom
      Duration01:15

      Fairy tales collide when Mambo and Munk tip the scales of good and evil once again.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrefantasy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:19

      When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, India
      Duration01:23

      A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa - twice.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, short, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:17

      The film follows Hiccup and his young fellows accompanying their mentor, Gobber, on a quest to kill the legendary Boneknapper Dragon. An extra that accompanies the film "How to Train Your Dragon".

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:18

      Follow Ariel's adventures before she gave up her fins for true love. When Ariel wasn't singing with her sisters, she spent time with her mother, Queen Athena. Ariel is devastated when Athena is kidnapped by pirates, and after King Triton outlaws all singing. Along with pals Flounder and Sebastian, Ariel sets off in hopes of changing her father's decision to ban music from the kingdom.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrefantasy, drama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      This animated adventure retells the story of the lost daughter of Russia's last czar. The evil Rasputin places a curse on the Romanov family, and Anastasia and her grandmother, Empress Maria, get separated. After growing up in an orphanage, Anastasia encounters two Russian men seeking a reward offered by Empress Maria for the return of her granddaughter. The trio travels to Paris, where they find that the empress has grown skeptical of imposters.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrecomedy, drama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:18

      Follow the clues to fun and excitement as the beloved little mouse takes on a big monster in this charming, full-length adventure. When a ferocious, mouse-nabbing creature puts fear into the hearts of New York City's rodents, Fievel and his friends team up with a reporter to chase after the scoop of the century and -- just maybe -- get a close-up look at the bad guy himself!

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA, Japan
      Duration02:23

      Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA

      Queen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery — there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, and their distinct differences create big clashes between these various tribes. When a mysterious threat puts all of the Trolls across the land in danger, Poppy, Branch, and their band of friends must embark on an epic quest to create harmony among the feuding Trolls to unite them against certain doom.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Republic of Ireland, France, Canada
      Duration01:37

      Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one – Arthur. Arthur Claus is Santa’s misfit son who executes an unauthorized rookie mission to get the last present half way around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:48

      A holiday themed animated direct-to-video film starring Academy Award-winners, Tom and Jerry. It uses a good deal of Tchaikovsky's famous ballet The Nutcracker as background music. This film would be the last animated production for Tom and Jerry co-creator, Joseph Barbera, who would die on December 18, 2006. The film features all of the exaggerated violence usually found in Tom and Jerry.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrecomedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryRepublic of Ireland, USA
      Duration01:14

      A bashful bachelor penguin named Hubie, who's partial to a pretty female named Marina. Ancient penguin ritual dictates that males present a pebble to their intended, then mate for life. Hubie finds a spiffy stone, but before he can bestow it on Marina, dastardly rival Drake tosses him into the churning sea, and Hubie gets swept away.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA, China, Canada, Thailand
      Duration01:23

      In the adorably different town of Uglyville, weirdness is celebrated, strangeness is special and beauty is embraced as more than meets the eye. After traveling to the other side of a mountain, Moxy and her UglyDoll friends discover Perfection -- a town where more conventional dolls receive training before entering the real world to find the love of a child.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, short
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:05

      A legendary and friendly creature named Nessie lives happily in a small pond with her friend MacQuack, a rubber duck. When a rich developer takes the pond and land surrounding it to build a miniature golf course, Nessie is forced to search for a new home.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountrySouth Korea

      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.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommadon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter Dickinson, who is the first man of both the realms of science and magic. It is Peter's job to defeat Ommadon.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, drama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon, crime
      CountryUSA, Brazil, Canada
      Duration01:41

      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.

      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: 6.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA, Japan
      Duration01:30

        A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, 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.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon, detective
        CountryUSA, South Korea, Spain, Japan, Mexico

        Two years after the events of "Change Your Mind", Steven (now 16 years old) and his friends are ready to enjoy the rest of their lives peacefully. However, all of that changes when a new sinister Gem arrives, armed with a giant drill that saps the life force of all living things on Earth. In their biggest challenge ever, the Crystal Gems must work together to save all organic life on Earth within 48 hours.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:35

        After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean the island, and where the best inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind. When Flint discovers that his machine still operates and now creates mutant food beasts like living pickles, hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees and apple pie-thons, he and his friends must return to save the world.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
        CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland
        Duration01:42

        A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world -- and ours.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
        CountryUSA

        Lilo, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley have finally caught all of Jumba's genetic experiments and found the one true place where each of them belongs. Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley are offered positions in the Galactic Alliance, turning them down so they can stay on Earth with Lilo. But Lilo realizes her alien friends have places where they belong, and it's finally time to say "aloha."

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

          When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

          Markimdb: 5.1
          Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
          CountryArgentina, Italy

          An animated comedy that recreates the misadventures of the passengers of the Ark built by Noah as per God’s request. It’s just that living together does not seem to come easy for the passengers on board.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:37

          When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.




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