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Films like Minions.

Minions (2015) reads as Cosy, 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.

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

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

DeadHeads (2011) poster
2. DeadHeads2011

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
3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs2009

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

The Dude in Me (2019) poster
4. The Dude in Me2019

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

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

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Madagascar (2005) (2005) poster
6. Madagascar2005

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

The Last Warrior (2017) poster
7. The Last Warrior2017

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

HollyBlood (2022) poster
8. HollyBlood2022

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

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

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

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

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

Marry My Dead Body (2023) poster
11. Marry My Dead Body2023

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

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

These are Minions’s neighbours — where are yours?

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