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Films like Wreck-It Ralph.

Wreck-It Ralph (2012) reads as Warm, breathless, measured animation / family, inventive 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.

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

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
2. Puss in Boots2011

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

Megamind (2010) (2010) poster
3. Megamind2010

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

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

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

Meet the Robinsons (2007) (2007) poster
5. Meet the Robinsons2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Happy Feet (2006) (2006) poster
10. Happy Feet2006

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

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

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

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

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

These are Wreck-It Ralph’s neighbours — where are yours?

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