20 Best Animation movies like The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)

List of the best animation movies like The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004): Soul, Finding Dory, Moana, Teacher's Pet, Steven Universe: The Movie, Happily N'Ever After 2, Shark Tale, Missing Link, Chicken Little, Luca.

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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: 7.3
Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?

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: 5.7
Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA
Duration01:14

Meet Spot, a clever little dog with big dreams of becoming a real boy. When Spot finds out that a crazy scientist can make his wish come true, he takes a cross-country trek with Leonard, his best friend and master, and their mom. However, Dr. Krank's experiments are a little less than perfect, and it will take Leonard and his pet pals to right this genetic wrong.

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: 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
Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

    Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He's a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and Lenny becomes an outcast, the two form an unlikely friendship.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryCanada, USA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:13

    The charismatic Sir Lionel Frost considers himself to be the world's foremost investigator of myths and monsters. Trouble is, none of his small-minded, high-society peers seems to recognize this. Hoping to finally gain acceptance from these fellow adventurers, Sir Lionel travels to the Pacific Northwest to prove the existence of a legendary creature known as the missing link.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:21

    When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA

    Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.

    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
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

      In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock is a boy who can speak to the dead, but no one besides his eccentric new friend, Neil, believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's estranged eccentric uncle tells him of an important annual ritual he must take up to protect the town from an curse cast by a witch it condemned centuries ago. Eventually, Norman decides to cooperate, but things don't go according to plan. Now, a magic storm of the witch threatens Blithe Hollow as the accursed dead rise. Together with unexpected new companions, Norman struggles to save his town, only to discover the horrific truth of the curse. With that insight, Norman must resolve the crisis for good as only he can.

      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
      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.

      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: 6.6
      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: 6.9
      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: 6.7
      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: 6.7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, short
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:21

      The Zoosters are back in an all-new holiday adventure. When Santa and his reindeer crash onto the island of Madagascar it's up to Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman and those wacky penguins to save Christmas. Get ready for a sleigh full of laughs in this hilarious new holiday classic.

      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: 6.8
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:22

      One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. Horton agrees to help protect the Whos and their home

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:12

      Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent. They agree to go to the Middle Future in order to grant the wishes of children in New York city. They are to meet Dr. Bleeb of the Museum of Natural History, but get sidetracked with their new children friends and run into the Captain's evil brother, Professor Screweyes.

      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: 5.2
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Republic of Ireland, Australia
      Duration01:25

      A shaggy, candy-loving puppy named Dougal along with a group of friends embarks on a dangerous journey in an effort to imprison their oppressor -- the evil ice sorcerer ZeeBad (Zebedee's evil twin). As the world is placed in mortal danger Zeebad who wants to turn the world to ice. Doogal and his friends must recover 3 diamonds that are needed to stop him.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUkraine, Andorra
      Duration00:59

      Little Nicky, the son of the Tanner, a famous strongman, has made up his mind, that he can conquer the dragon as his father did long ago. Against prohibition of his father, Nicky has managed to get into trouble and now it depends only on his courage, whether he defeats the resurgent dragon and returns home from the magic world.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA, France, Japan
      Duration01:26

      A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, short
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:17

      So you want to be a dragon trainer do you? Prepare yourself for adventure, excitement and training as Hiccup, Astrid, Toothless and Gobber tell the legend behind the Book of Dragons and reveal insider training secrets about new, never-before-seen dragons.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:14

      Scooby-Doo and those "meddling kids" Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma are back in this all-new original movie! Velma discovers she's inherited her great-great-uncle Dr. Von Dinkenstein’s cursed castle in the terrifying town of Transylvania…Pennsylvania, that is. Just when the Gang persuades Velma to go claim her inheritance, the ghost of Dinkenstein Castle blows up the Mystery Machine as a warning! Now the Crew must spring back into action, but this time it's personal! Who's responsible for the Dinkenstein monster? What family secret has Velma been hiding? Will Fred recover from the loss of his beloved Mystery Machine? Can any helpless snack survive Scooby and Shaggy's monster-sized appetites? This Scooby-Doo adventure has enough spooky fun to make the whole family come alive!

      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: 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: 7.4
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA, Japan
      Duration02:26

      As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, family, cartoon, short
      CountryUSA

      It's Halloween in the 100 Acre Wood, and Roo's best new friend, Lumpy, is looking forward to his first time trick-or-treating. That is, until Tigger warns them about the scary Gobloon, who'll turn them into jack-o'-lanterns if he catches them. But if Roo and Lumpy turn the tables on the Gobloon, they get to make a wish! Lumpy and Roo decide to be "brave together, brave forever" and catch the Gobloon so they can make their wishes come true.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantasy, comedy, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA

      Santa Claus, Mickey Mouse and all his Disney pals star in an original movie about the importance of opening your heart to the true spirit of Christmas. Stubborn old Donald tries in vain to resist the joys of the season, and Mickey and Pluto learn a great lesson about the power of friendship.

      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: 6.3
      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
      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: 6.8
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:15

      Join Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. crew as they head to Chicago for Talent Star, a hit talent show in which Fred and Daphne are finalists with some high hopes. Unlucky for them, the competition is frightful as the show is being broadcast from an opera house with a history of horrors and a particularly vengeful phantom that has cursed the show's production.

      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: 7.4
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:09

      To save the universe, and their friendship, Mordecai and Rigby must defeat an evil volleyball coach.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, family, western, cartoon, detective
      CountryUSA

      When the Scooby gang visits a dude ranch, they discover that it and the nearby town have been haunted by a ghostly cowboy, Dapper Dan, who fires real fire from his fire irons. The mystery only deepens when it’s discovered that the ghost is also the long lost relative of Shaggy Rogers!

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrethriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family, cartoon, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:25

      Scooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy have taken on seasonal jobs to pay for a barn they accidentally burned down. But in addition to sneaking suspicions, there's some romance in the air.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA, France, Japan
      Duration01:35

      E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. In LA, he's taken in by Fred after the out-of-work slacker hits E.B. with his car.

      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: 7.8
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, short
      CountryUSA

      This is the story of the internal struggle between a man’s Brain—a pragmatic protector who calculates his every move, and his Heart—a free-spirited adventurer who wants to let loose.

      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: 6.6
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryDenmark, Belgium
      Duration01:26

      Ronal is a young barbarian with low self-esteem, the polar opposite of all the muscular barbarians in his village. He's a real wuss. However, as fate would have it, responsibility for the tribe's survival falls on Ronal's scrawny shoulders, when the evil Lord Volcazar raids the village and abducts every living barbarian with the exception of Ronal, who is forced to go on a perilous quest to save his enslaved clan and thwart Volcazar’s plot to rule the world. Along the way, our unlikely hero is joined by Alibert the buttery bard, Zandra the gorgeous shield-maiden and Elric the metrosexual elfin guide. To ultimately vanquish the enemy, the band must overcome awesome challenges.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryFrance, Belgium
      Duration01:21

      Following a fall during mistletoe picking, Druid Getafix decides that it is time to secure the future of the village. Accompanied by Asterix and Obelix, he undertakes to travel the Gallic world in search of a talented young druid to transmit the Secret of the Magic Potion.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:23

      A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:23

      When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift gears and is launched into the world of aerial firefighting. Dusty joins forces with veteran fire and rescue helicopter Blade Ranger and his team, a bunch of all-terrain vehicles known as The Smokejumpers. Together, the fearless team battles a massive wildfire, and Dusty learns what it takes to become a true hero.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon, short
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:25

      When Sid accidentally destroys Manny's heirloom Christmas rock and ends up on Santa's naughty list, he leads a hilarious quest to the North Pole to make things right and ends up making things much worse. Now it's up to Manny and his prehistoric posse to band together and save Christmas for the entire world!




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