
Movies that feel likeThe Boy and the Beast (2015)
If you loved The Boy and the Beast, the closest films we have are Long Way North (2015), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) and Boy & the World (2014). All three share The Boy and the Beast'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 The Red Turtle (2016).
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If The Boy and the Beast hit the spot, these will too

Common ground: growing up
The difference: Trades the momentum of The Boy and the Beast for an angle of its own

Both are built on the same subject: parents and children
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than The Boy and the Beast does

The same preoccupation in both: growing up
The difference: Easier on the momentum than The Boy and the Beast

One thread runs through both: parents and children

Kinetic and epic in the same breath


The same mix in both: dream logic, then wistfulness
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases


Mamoru Hosoda working the same nerve twice

Both lean on warmth more than on animation

Epic adventure in both cases
The difference: Sits closer to history than The Boy and the Beast does
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