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Films like Aladdin.

Aladdin (2019) reads as Cosy, kinetic, measured family / musical, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Finding Dory (2016) (2016) poster
1. Finding Dory2016

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Princess and the Frog (2009) poster
2. The Princess and the Frog2009

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bolt (2008) (2008) poster
3. Bolt2008

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sing 2 (2021) (2021) poster
4. Sing 22021

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) poster
5. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish2022

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Puss in Boots: Last Wish — re-pass (2022) poster
6. Puss in Boots: Last Wish — re-pass2022

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Sing (2016) (2016) poster
7. Sing2016

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Love and Monsters (2020) (2020) poster
8. Love and Monsters2020

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Puss in Boots (2011) (2011) poster
9. Puss in Boots2011

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Golden Horse (2013) poster
10. The Golden Horse2013

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Monsters University (2013) (2013) poster
11. Monsters University2013

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wreck-It Ralph (2012) poster
12. Wreck-It Ralph2012

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Aladdin’s neighbours — where are yours?

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