
Movies that feel likeBoy & the World (2014)
If you loved Boy & the World, the closest films we have are Long Way North (2015), Arrietty (2010) and Big Fish & Begonia (2016). All three share Boy & the World's wistful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Secret of Kells (2009).
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If Boy & the World hit the spot, these will too

Both keep coming back to the same thing: growing up
The difference: Takes it somewhere less whimsical than Boy & the World does

Whimsical where it counts, dreamlike underneath
The difference: Easier on the scale than Boy & the World

Common ground: growing up

Warm and cozy in the same breath

Epic animation, and it commits to that

Fantasy with a pulse of whimsy, in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Both lean on dream logic more than on adventure


Animation built on scale, twice over

Fantasy with a pulse of wistfulness, in both cases
The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

Cozy adventure in both cases

Whimsical family, and it commits to that
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