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Films like Ice Age.

Ice Age (2002) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle animation / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender. 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.

Kung Fu Panda (2008) poster
1. Kung Fu Panda2008

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

Shrek (2001) poster
2. Shrek2001

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

Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (2010) poster
3. Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo2010

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

How to Train Your Dragon (2010) poster
4. How to Train Your Dragon2010

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

Minoes (2001) poster
5. Minoes2001

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy (2005) poster
6. Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy2005

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a warm emotional register.

Monsters, Inc. (2001) poster
7. Monsters, Inc.2001

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) poster
8. Ralph Breaks the Internet2018

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

Gladiators of Rome (2012) poster
9. Gladiators of Rome2012

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

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009) poster
10. Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie2009

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

Over the Hedge (2006) poster
11. Over the Hedge2006

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

Aladdin (1992) poster
12. Aladdin1992

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

These are Ice Age’s neighbours — where are yours?

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