Movies like Canvas
If Canvas's mix of painter and short film stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Canvas's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Far from the Tree
2021 · Directed by Natalie Nourigat · 7 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and family · From the same decade (2020s)
On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.
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How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
2019 · Directed by Tim Johnson · 22 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and family
It's been ten years since the dragons moved to the Hidden World, and even though Toothless doesn't live in New Berk anymore, Hiccup continues the holiday traditions he once shared with his best friend.
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Loving Vincent
2017 · Directed by DK Welchman · 95 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: painter · Also animation and drama
A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
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La luna
2012 · Directed by Enrico Casarosa · 7 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and family
A young boy comes of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work.
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The Snowman
1982 · Directed by Dianne Jackson · 25 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and family
A young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes him on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.
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Float
2019 · Directed by Bobby Rubio · 7 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and drama
A father discovers that his son floats, which makes him different from other kids. To keep them both safe from the judgement of the world, Dad hides, covers, and grounds him.
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Sanjay's Super Team
2015 · Directed by Sanjay Patel · 7 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and family
SANJAY'S SUPER TEAM follows the daydream of a young Indian boy, bored with his father's religious meditation, who imagines "a kind of ancient, Hindu version of The Avengers," with the gods appearing like superheros.