Movies like Elemental
If Elemental's mix of fire, earth and computer animation stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Elemental's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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WALL·E
2008 · Directed by Andrew Stanton · 98 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: 3d animation, hopeful, pixar · Also animation and family
After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE.
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Monsters, Inc.
2001 · Directed by Pete Docter · 92 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: 3d animation, lighthearted, pixar · Also animation and comedy
Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis.
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Inside Out 2
2024 · Directed by Kelsey Mann · 97 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: computer animation, 3d animation, hopeful · Also animation and comedy · From the same decade (2020s)
Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation…
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Finding Dory
2016 · Directed by Andrew Stanton · 97 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: computer animation, 3d animation, hopeful · Also animation and family
Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?
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Elio
2025 · Directed by Madeline Sharafian · 98 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: computer animation, 3d animation, pixar · Also animation and family · From the same decade (2020s)
Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover…
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Coco
2017 · Directed by Lee Unkrich · 105 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: 3d animation, hopeful, pixar · Also family and animation
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz.
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Toy Story
1995 · Directed by John Lasseter · 81 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: computer animation, 3d animation, pixar · Also family and comedy
Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz.
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Inside Out
2015 · Directed by Pete Docter · 95 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: 3d animation, hopeful, pixar · Also animation and family
When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through…
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Finding Nemo
2003 · Directed by Andrew Stanton · 100 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: 3d animation, hopeful, pixar · Also animation and family
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo…
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The Incredibles
2004 · Directed by Brad Bird · 115 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: 3d animation, hopeful, pixar · Also animation and family
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia.
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Frozen
2013 · Directed by Jennifer Lee · 102 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: 3d animation, whimsical, hopeful · Also animation and family
Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom.
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Up
2009 · Directed by Pete Docter · 96 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: 3d animation, pixar · Also animation and comedy
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old…