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Movies that feel likeSlayers Return (1996)

Lina Inverse and Naga the White Serpent are back! What begins as a routine bandit-stomping turns into the adventure of a lifetime involving magical golems, an ancient Elven weapon and even someone bent on destroying the world. It's a predicament only Lina and Naga could get themselves in to.

If you loved Slayers Return, the closest films we have are The Addams Family (1991), Checkered Ninja (2018) and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999). All three share Slayers Return'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 Painting (2011).

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The Addams Family
1991 · dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
🍅 67%★ 7comedy · fantasyParamount+

The same mix in both: whimsy, then wit

When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.

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Checkered Ninja
2018 · dir. Thorbjørn Christoffersen
★ 7.1animation · comedy · adventurePrime Video

Both land play and dream logic at once

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Slayers Return does

A possessed Ninja doll teams up with a teenage boy to avenge the murder of a poor child factory worker.

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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
1999 · dir. Trey Parker
🍅 81%★ 7.7animation · comedyParamount+

Animation built on whimsy, twice over

The third graders of South Park sneak into an R-rated film by ultra-vulgar Canadian television personalities Terrance and Phillip, and emerge with expanded vocabularies that leave their parents and teachers scandalized. When outraged Americans try to censor the film, the controversy spirals into a call to wage war on Canada and Terrance and Phillip end up on death row, with the kids their only hope of rescue.

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A Cat in Paris
2010 · dir. Jean-Loup Felicioli
🍅 83%★ 6.9animation · comedy

Witty comedy in both cases

The difference: Trades the dream logic of Slayers Return for an angle of its own

A thrilling mystery that unfurls in the alleys and on the rooftops of the French capital, Paris, over the course of one adventurous evening.

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The Painting
2011 · dir. Jean-François Laguionie
🍅 82%★ 7.3fantasy · animation

Dreamlike fantasy, and it commits to that

Three characters living in an unfinished painting venture out into the real world in search of their creator to convince him to finish his work.

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Sausage Party
2016 · dir. Conrad Vernon
🍅 82%★ 6.1adventure · animation · comedyRent or buy

Animation with a pulse of play, in both cases

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 2010s show

Hot dog Frank leads a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they're chosen to leave the grocery store.

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Secret Magic Control Agency
2021 · dir. Alexey Tsitsilin
★ 6.2animation · comedy · fantasyNetflix

Both lean on whimsy more than on comedy

The Secret Magic Control Agency sends its two best agents, Hansel and Gretel, to fight against the witch of the Gingerbread House.

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Tales from Earthsea
2006 · dir. Goro Miyazaki
★ 6.3animation · fantasy · adventureMax

Common ground: anime

As crops dwindle and dragons reappear, mankind stands on the verge of total chaos. Lord Archmage Sparrowhawk, a powerful wizard, and Arren, a troubled young prince, search for the force behind this mysterious imbalance that threatens to destroy the land of Earthsea.

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My Neighbors the Yamadas
1999 · dir. Isao Takahata
🍅 78%★ 7.1animation · comedy · familyMax

The same preoccupation in both: anime

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.

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Steamboat Willie
1928 · dir. Walt Disney
🍅 100%★ 7.4animation · comedyDisney+

Fantasy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie Mouse, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.

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Porco Rosso
1992 · dir. Hayao Miyazaki
🍅 96%★ 7.7animation · adventure · fantasyMax

Dreamlike animation in both cases

In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle the pirate crew's American ace, Porco Rosso enlists the help of spunky girl mechanic Fio Piccolo and his longtime friend Madame Gina.

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The Visitors
1993 · dir. Jean-Marie Poiré
🍅 31%★ 7fantasy · comedyPrime Video

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

After a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with his dimwitted servant, Jacquouille la Fripouille. Startled and perplexed by modern technology, the duo run amok, destroying cars and causing chaos until they meet Beatrice de Montmirail, an aristocratic descendant of the nobleman, who may be able to help them get back to 1123.

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