🎬 Movies Like Finding Nemo

Loved Finding Nemo (2003)? Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. Here are 23 films with the same DNA — matched on shared themes, tone, people and story elements by CinePick's similarity engine, with the reasons each one made the list. Or explore Finding Nemo itself.

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   Finding Dory2016

   7.2 IMDb94% RT critics84% RT audience70% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Shared talent: director Andrew Stanton, Ellen DeGeneres

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   Toy Story 32010

   8.3 IMDb98% RT critics90% RT audience78% TMDB

   Shared talent: director Lee Unkrich, writer Andrew Stanton; Both are animation/adventure films

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   The Croods2013

   7.1 IMDb71% RT critics77% RT audience69% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Both are animation/adventure films

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   Monsters, Inc.2001

   8.1 IMDb96% RT critics90% RT audience78% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim96·90

   Shared talent: director Lee Unkrich, writer Andrew Stanton; Both are animation/adventure films

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   WALL·E2008

   8.4 IMDb95% RT critics95% Metacritic90% RT audience81% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim95·90

   Shared talent: director Andrew Stanton; Both are animation/adventure films

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   Chicken Little2005

   5.7 IMDb36% RT critics47% RT audience59% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: fish

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   A Bug's Life1998

   7.2 IMDb92% RT critics73% RT audience70% TMDB🎓 Critics' darling92·73

   Shared talent: director Andrew Stanton, writer Joe Ranft; Both are animation/adventure films

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   Ratatouille2007

   8.1 IMDb96% RT critics87% RT audience78% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim96·87

   Shared talent: writer Bob Peterson, Brad Garrett; Both are animation/adventure films

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   Coco2017

   8.4 IMDb97% RT critics94% RT audience82% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim97·94

   Shared talent: director Lee Unkrich; Both are animation/adventure films

10. 10
    Up2009

    8.3 IMDb98% RT critics90% RT audience80% TMDB

    Shared talent: director Bob Peterson; Both are animation/adventure films

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    Atlantis: The Lost Empire2001

    6.9 IMDb58% RT audience70% TMDB

    Shared talent: writer David Reynolds; Both are animation/adventure films

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    The Wild Robot2024

    8.2 IMDb97% RT critics98% RT audience83% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim97·98

    Often recommended together; Both are animation/adventure films

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    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery1997

    7.0 IMDb72% RT critics77% RT audience66% TMDB

    Both are adventure/comedy films; Matching funny, epic tone

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    Mary and Max2009

    8.1 IMDb96% RT critics92% RT audience79% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim96·92

    Both are animation/comedy films; Matching funny, emotional tone

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    Shrek2001

    7.9 IMDb88% RT audience78% TMDB

    Both are animation/adventure films; Matching funny, epic tone

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    Fantastic Mr. Fox2009

    7.9 IMDb93% RT critics85% RT audience78% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim93·85

    Both are animation/adventure films; Matching funny, epic tone

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    Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit2005

    7.5 IMDb95% RT critics79% RT audience71% TMDB🎓 Critics' darling95·79

    Both are animation/adventure films; Matching funny, epic tone

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    Mulan1998

    7.7 IMDb91% RT critics85% RT audience79% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim91·85

    Both are animation/adventure films; Matching funny, epic tone

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    The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie2004

    7.2 IMDb68% RT critics79% RT audience71% TMDB

    Both are animation/adventure films; Matching funny, epic tone

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    Shark Tale2004

    6.0 IMDb35% RT critics46% RT audience60% TMDB

    Shared themes: fish, shark, anthropomorphism; Both are animation/adventure films

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    The Thirteenth Year1999

    5.9 IMDb54% RT audience66% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Matching funny, light tone

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    Whale Rider2002

    7.5 IMDb91% RT critics88% RT audience71% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Same era (2000s)

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    The Secret of Roan Inish1994

    7.4 IMDb95% RT critics86% RT audience67% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Matching light, emotional tone