10The Mitchells Vs. Sony Pictures Animation’sThe Mitchells vs.
While it definitely goes for a more comedic tone thanThe Wild Robot,The Mitchells vs.
The Machinesis surprisingly emotional, leaving many viewers in tears.
After his brother’s death, Hiro inherits a robot his brother made named Baymax.
Baymax and Roz are incredibly similar characters, with these connections going deeper than just their designs.
Robot Dreamsis another great pick for fans ofThe Wild Robot, as the aptly-named film also features animated robots.
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The story combines heartwarming themes of family, friendship, and acceptance with humor and sci-fi adventure.
The franchise expanded with sequels, TV series, and an upcoming live-action remake.
Its characters, particularly Stitch, have become beloved icons in Disney’s lineup.
The Mitchells vs. The Machines is an animated action-comedy that sees creative outsider Katie Mitchell as she is accepted into the film school of her dreams and is eager to leave home and find “her people.” However, when her nature-loving dad insists on having the whole family drive her to school and bond during one last family road trip, the family suddenly finds itself in the middle of the robot apocalypse. Katie and her father will need to find common ground to stand a chance against the armies of smartphones, fridges, and whatever other sentient machines are out to capture humanity.
The story combines heartwarming themes of family, friendship, and acceptance with humor and sci-fi adventure.
The franchise expanded with sequels, TV series, and an upcoming live-action remake.
Its characters, particularly Stitch, have become beloved icons in Disney’s lineup.
The film follows a young Hawaiian girl named Lilo who discovers a blue alien named Stitch.
The Wild Robot is an animated drama film based on a series of books by Peter Brown.
Transformers One is an animated action-adventure movie that marks the first animated feature-length film for the series in decades. The film will be a prequel to the franchise, and will tell the story of Optimus Prime and Megatron in their early years, how they met, and a closer look at the war on their home planet, Cybertron.
Treasure Planet is a 2002 animated adventure and Fantasy film from Walt Disney studios. Directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, the story follows a young boy named Jim Hawkins as he attempts to find a fabled treasure and mend ways with his father who abandoned him.
In Walt Disney Animation Studios' Big Hero 6, the child genius Hiro Hamada works with his brother Tadashi’s inflatable robot, Baymax, to assemble a superhero team in the fictional city of San Fransokyo. The titular group of geeky heroes, composed of Honey Lemon, Go Go Tomago, Wasabi, and Fred, help Hiro and Baymax take down a masked villain powered by nanobots.
Robot Dreams follows the poignant journey of a lonely dog and his robot companion, exploring themes of friendship and separation. When a malfunction occurs, Dog is compelled to leave Robot at the beach, leading to a heartfelt quest centered on reunion and rediscovery.
Bambi is one of Disney’s most iconic animated films that debuted in 1942. The movie follows a young deer named Bambi who grows up in a forest with his friend Thumper after his mother is killed. The film was directed by James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, and David Hand and was nominated for three Oscars.
From Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki, My Neighbor Totoro follows the adventures of two sisters, Satsuki and Mei, and their encounters with the spirits of the forest living near their new home in rural Japan. The film had two English dubs, first staring Lisa Michelson and Cheryl Chase, and later staring Dakota and Elle Fanning.
Set in 1957 Maine against the backdrop of the Cold War, The Iron Giant follows Hogarth Hughes, a young boy who finds an alien robot crashlanded in the woods outside his hometown. Determining that the robot is friendly, Hogarth quickly becomes its protector against forces in the US Army who wish to use the robot for their own means. Eli Marienthal voices Hogarth, with a further cast that includes Vin Diesel, Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., and Christopher McDonald.
Pixar’s WALL-E tells the story of the titular lone robot left alone on an uninhabitable Earth in the distant future. Tasked with cleaning away the endless mountains of the varied waste discarded by humanity before they left the planet, WALL-E spends his days collecting salvageable parts and items of interest. When he finds a plant, another robot arrives to collect the sample, taking WALL-E to the remnants of humanity, who have all grown morbidly obese through consistent inactivity while living in luxury on a space cruiser.
