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Movies that feel likeSing (2016)

A koala named Buster recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by hosting a singing competition.

If you loved Sing, the closest films we have are Trolls (2016), Surf's Up (2007) and The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019). All three share Sing's whimsical and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (2017).

🍅 71% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Garth Jenningswhimsicalwittyplayfulwarmcozystylish
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If Sing hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Sing 2 (2021)

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Trolls
2016 · dir. Mike Mitchell
🍅 76%★ 6.4adventure · animation · comedy

Bright jukebox-musical energy for animal characters chasing a dream

The difference: A rescue quest replaces the theater-full-of-underdogs premise

After the monstrous Bergens invade Troll Village, Princess Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and overly-cautious, curmudgeonly outcast Branch set off on a journey to rescue her friends. Their mission is full of adventure and mishaps, as this mismatched duo try to tolerate each other long enough to get the job done.

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Surf's Up
2007 · dir. Ash Brannon
🍅 78%★ 6.7animation · comedy · familyHulu

Anthropomorphic animals chasing competition glory with plenty of jokes

The difference: Mockumentary surfing satire instead of a singing-competition showcase

With a documentary crew in tow, Cody Maverick—a young surfer from Antarctica—travels to the pacific for his first professional competition. Determined to earn respect and live up to his idol, Big Z, Cody pushes himself to the limit. But all that changes when an encounter with a laid-back local forces him to rethink his values.

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The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019 · dir. Chris Renaud
🍅 60%★ 6.4animation · comedy · family

Same cozy, talking-animal comedy stitched from ensemble mishaps

The difference: Suburban pet anxieties, not a scrappy theater chasing an audience

Max the terrier must cope with some major life changes when his owner gets married and has a baby. When the family takes a trip to the countryside, nervous Max has numerous run-ins with canine-intolerant cows, hostile foxes and a scary turkey. Luckily for Max, he soon catches a break when he meets Rooster, a gruff farm dog who tries to cure the lovable pooch of his neuroses.

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🍅 71%★ 6.3animation · family · comedy

The same bright, gag-a-minute energy built for the whole family

The difference: A food-invention sequel plot, nothing about music or performing

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.

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Three Little Pigs
1933 · dir. Burt Gillett
★ 7.5music · animation · comedyDisney+

Whimsical where it counts, witty underneath

The difference: 83 years apart, and the 1930s show

The two pigs building houses of hay and sticks scoff at their brother, building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down (after trickery like dressing as a foundling sheep fails), they run to their brother's house. And throughout, they sing the classic song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".

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The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales
2017 · dir. Benjamin Renner
🍅 97%★ 7.4family · animation · comedy

Playful and warm in the same breath

The difference: Reviewed even better

The countryside isn't always as calm and peaceful as it's made out to be, and the animals on this farm are particularly agitated: a fox who mothers a family of chicks, a rabbit who plays the stork, and a duck who wants to be Santa Claus.

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The Boss Baby
2017 · dir. Tom McGrath
🍅 53%★ 6.3animation · comedy · family

Broad family comedy narrated with the same cheerful, silly energy

The difference: A sibling-rivalry farce, no music or performance plot at all

A story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 year old named Tim.

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Ferdinand
2017 · dir. Carlos Saldanha
🍅 71%★ 6.7animation · family · adventureMax

A gentle, colorful animal underdog just wanting to do his own thing

The difference: A bull avoiding the ring, not chasing a stage or spotlight

Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow. But one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid— and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen.

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Make Mine Music
1946 · dir. Robert Cormack
🍅 62%★ 6.1animation · music · family

A classic-Disney-style celebration of music carried by animated charm

The difference: An anthology of unconnected shorts, not one underdog's storyline

In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a glorious collection of musically charged animated shorts featuring such fun-filled favorites as "Peter and the Wolf", narrated by the beloved voice behind Winnie the Pooh. In addition you'll enjoy such classic cartoon hits as "Casey at the Bat," "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met" and "Johnnie Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet."

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The School of Rock
2003 · dir. Richard Linklater
🍅 92%★ 7.2comedy · family · musicParamount+Starz

Both land comfort and style at once

The difference: Easier on the whimsy than Sing

Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his straight-A students the finer points of rock 'n' roll and the power of sticking it to the man. But as the school’s stern principal closes in and the Battle of the Bands looms, Dewey must risk everything to prove that rock 'n' roll can change lives.

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The Lion King 1½
2004 · dir. Bradley Raymond
🍅 76%★ 6.5adventure · animation · comedyDisney+

Common ground in both: musical and playful

The difference: Takes it somewhere less stylish than Sing does

Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog are best pals and the unsung heroes of the African savanna. This prequel to the smash Disney animated adventure takes you back -- way back -- before Simba's adventure began. You'll find out all about Timon and Pumbaa and tag along as they search for the perfect home and attempt to raise a rambunctious lion cub.

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Rio
2011 · dir. Carlos Saldanha
🍅 72%★ 6.9animation · adventure · comedyDisney+

Musical numbers and vivid animal characters carrying the whole show

The difference: A caged-bird escape story, not a scrappy theater's last chance

Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.

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