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Films like Doogal.

Doogal (2006) reads as Cosy, breathless, gentle comedy / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, 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.

Zambezia (2012) poster
1. Zambezia2012

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back (2010) poster
2. Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back2010

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom (2011) poster
3. Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom2011

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

SlugTerra: Return of the Elementals (2014) poster
4. SlugTerra: Return of the Elementals2014

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Twitches (2005) poster
5. Twitches2005

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico (2005) poster
6. Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico2005

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Twitches Too (2007) poster
7. Twitches Too2007

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the gentle temperature; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Ben 10: Race Against Time (2008) poster
8. Ben 10: Race Against Time2008

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the gentle temperature; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

A Fairly Odd Christmas (2013) poster
9. A Fairly Odd Christmas2013

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Escape from Planet Earth (2013) poster
10. Escape from Planet Earth2013

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Happily N'Ever After (2007) poster
11. Happily N'Ever After2007

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the gentle temperature; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Underdog (2007) poster
12. Underdog2007

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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