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Movies that feel likeThe Fox and the Hound (1981)

When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and the object of his search is his best friend!

If you loved The Fox and the Hound, the closest films we have are Long Way North (2015), The Prince of Egypt (1998) and Labyrinth (1986). All three share The Fox and the Hound'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 Incredible Journey (1963).

🍅 75% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Richard Richepiccontemplativewarmcozywistful
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Long Way North
2015 · dir. Rémi Chayé
🍅 98%★ 7.2adventure · animation · dramaPrime Video

Common ground: growing up

The difference: 34 years apart, and the 2010s show

In 1892 Saint Petersburg, when her explorer grandfather's failure to return from his latest expedition brings dishonour to her aristocratic family, a resilient teenager runs away to follow in his trail in search of his famed ship.

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The Prince of Egypt
1998 · dir. Steve Hickner
🍅 79%★ 7.3adventure · animation · dramaNetflix

Epic where it counts, contemplative underneath

The strong bond between two Royal Egyptian brothers is challenged when their chosen responsibilities set them at odds, with extraordinary consequences.

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Labyrinth
1986 · dir. Jim Henson
🍅 63%★ 7.3adventure · family · fantasyHuluPeacock

The same preoccupation in both: growing up

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than The Fox and the Hound does

Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah, a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into a fantastical world to rescue him from the Goblin King. Guarding his castle is the labyrinth itself, a twisted maze of deception, populated with outrageous characters and unknown dangers.

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The Incredible Journey
1963 · dir. Fletcher Markle
🍅 89%★ 7adventure · familyDisney+

Common ground in both: dog and pets

The difference: Easier on the stillness than The Fox and the Hound

The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?

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The Jungle Book
1967 · dir. Wolfgang Reitherman
🍅 88%★ 7.6family · animation · adventureDisney+

Both land warmth and comfort at once

The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.

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Kes
1970 · dir. Ken Loach
🍅 100%★ 7.9dramaPrime Video

Drama with a pulse of wistfulness, in both cases

The difference: Reviewed even better

Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence.

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The Black Stallion
1979 · dir. Carroll Ballard
🍅 90%★ 7.4family · adventure

Both lean on scale more than on adventure

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.

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Treasure Planet
2002 · dir. John Musker
🍅 68%★ 7.2science fiction · adventure · animationDisney+

Animation built on warmth, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to science fiction than The Fox and the Hound does

When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.

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Dinosaur
2000 · dir. Eric Leighton
🍅 65%★ 6.4adventure · animation · dramaDisney+

Contemplative family in both cases

An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.

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The Call of the Wild
2020 · dir. Chris Sanders
🍅 62%★ 6.7adventure · family · dramaDisney+

Both are built on the same subject: dog

Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

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A Dog's Purpose
2017 · dir. Lasse Hallström
🍅 35%★ 7.3adventure · fantasy · family

One thread runs through both: pets

A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.

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Whisper of the Heart
1995 · dir. Yoshifumi Kondo
🍅 96%★ 7.8animation · drama · familyMax

Cozy animation, and it commits to that

Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: "Seiji Amasawa."

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