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Movies that feel likeMufasa: The Lion King (2024)

Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.

If you loved Mufasa: The Lion King, the closest films we have are The Good Dinosaur (2015), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and Brother Bear (2003). All three share Mufasa: The Lion King's epic and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Minions & Monsters (2026).

🍅 56% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Barry Jenkinsepicwarmcozywhimsical
9 of 12 streaming nowHBO Max · Amazon Prime Video · Hulu

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Lion King (2019)

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The Good Dinosaur
2015 · dir. Peter Sohn
🍅 76%★ 6.7adventure · animation · familyDisney+

Common ground: friendship

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

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Kubo and the Two Strings
2016 · dir. Travis Knight
🍅 97%★ 7.7animation · adventure · familyMaxHulu

Epic and warm in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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.

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Brother Bear
2003 · dir. Aaron Blaise
🍅 38%★ 6.9adventure · animation · familyDisney+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: friendship

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, including the lovable bear cub Koda, hilarious moose Rutt and Tuke, woolly mammoths and rambunctious rams.

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole poster
🍅 52%★ 6.9animation · adventure · family

The same mix in both: comfort, then whimsy

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Mufasa: The Lion King does

When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.

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Epic
2013 · dir. Chris Wedge
🍅 65%★ 6.6animation · adventure · familyMax

Adventure built on scale, twice over

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.

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Tarzan
1999 · dir. Chris Buck
🍅 90%★ 7.3animation · family · adventureDisney+

Both are built on the same subject: jungle

Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to...

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The Lorax
2012 · dir. Chris Renaud
★ 6.4animation · family

The same preoccupation in both: musical

The difference: Trades the scale of Mufasa: The Lion King for an angle of its own

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.

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🍅 14%★ 5.3adventure · fantasy · animationPrime VideoStarz

Warm family, and it commits to that

Arthur answers a distress call from Princess Selenia, who is menaced by the nefarious Maltazard.

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Return to Never Land
2002 · dir. Robin Budd
🍅 46%★ 5.8adventure · fantasy · animationDisney+

Cozy animation in both cases

In 1940, the world is besieged by World War II. Wendy, all grown up, has two children; including Jane, who does not believe Wendy's stories about Peter Pan.

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Mulan
1998 · dir. Tony Bancroft
🍅 92%★ 7.7animation · family · adventureDisney+

One thread runs through both: musical

When Imperial China calls one man from every family to defend the empire from invading Huns, a young woman disguises herself as a soldier to take her ailing father’s place. Facing ruthless invaders, brutal training, and the risk of execution if discovered, she must decide who she truly is— and what she’s willing to fight for.

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Minions & Monsters
2026 · dir. Pierre Coffin
🍅 89%★ 6.3adventure · animation · comedyRent or buy

Adventure with a pulse of whimsy, in both cases

This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.

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Flow
2024 · dir. Gints Zilbalodis
🍅 97%★ 7.8adventure · animation · familyRent or buy

Both lean on scale more than on family

A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together.

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