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Films like Megamind.

Megamind (2010) reads as Warm, breathless, measured animation / family, 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.

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

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

Flushed Away (2006) (2006) poster
2. Flushed Away2006

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

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

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

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

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

The Road to El Dorado (2000) poster
5. The Road to El Dorado2000

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

Shrek 2 (2004) poster
6. Shrek 22004

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

The Final Girls (2015) poster
7. The Final Girls2015

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

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) poster
8. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs2009

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

The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) poster
9. The Pirates! Band of Misfits2012

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

Gintama: The Movie (2010) poster
10. Gintama: The Movie2010

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

Despicable Me (2010) (2010) poster
11. Despicable Me2010

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

Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) (2009) poster
12. Monsters vs. Aliens2009

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a clean studio craft.

These are Megamind’s neighbours — where are yours?

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