If You Liked Lightyear, Watch These Next
Finished Lightyear (2022) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Lightyear, most of them are animation, science fiction, family.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Monsters vs Aliens(2009)
6.3AnimationFamilyAdventureAlso animation and family
When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group…
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2.Elio(2025)
6.9AnimationAdventureScience FictionAlso animation and adventure
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 who he is truly meant to be.
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3.Planet 51(2009)
5.9AnimationFamilyComedyAlso animation and family
When Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recover his spaceship and make it home safely, all with the help of an empathetic little green being.
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4.Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs(2009)
6.8AnimationComedyFamilyAlso animation and family
Times are changing for Manny the moody mammoth, Sid the motor mouthed sloth and Diego the crafty saber-toothed tiger. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors – the mighty dinosaurs.
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5.Minions: The Rise of Gru(2022)
7.3AnimationComedyCrimeAlso animation and science fiction
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.
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6.The Croods: A New Age(2020)
7.4AnimationFamilyAdventureAlso animation and family
Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans -- a family that's a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. As tensions between the new neighbors…
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7.Spies in Disguise(2019)
7.5AnimationActionAdventureAlso animation and adventure
Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is… not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn,…
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9.Happy Feet Two(2011)
6.2AnimationComedyFamilyAlso animation and family
Mumble the penguin has a problem: his son Erik, who is reluctant to dance, encounters the Mighty Sven — a penguin who can fly! Things get worse for Mumble when the world is shaken by powerful forces, causing him to bring together the penguin nations and their allies to set things right.
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10.Transformers: Rise of the Beasts(2023)
7.2Science FictionAdventureActionAlso science fiction and adventure
When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with a powerful faction known as the Maximals. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, humans Noah and Elena will do whatever it takes to help the Transformers as they engage in the ultimate battle…
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11.Meet the Robinsons(2007)
6.9AnimationComedyFamilyAlso animation and family
Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in an orphanage. Things take a turn when he meets Wilbur Robinson and his family.
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12.Megamind(2010)
7.0AnimationActionComedyAlso animation and family
After Megamind, a highly intelligent alien supervillain, defeats his long-time nemesis Metro Man, Megamind creates a new hero to fight, but must act to save the city when his "creation" becomes an even worse villain than he was.
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13.Rise of the Guardians(2012)
7.4ActionAdventureAnimationAlso adventure and animation
When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.
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14.Ice Age: Continental Drift(2012)
6.4AnimationComedyAdventureAlso animation and adventure
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.
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15.Earth to Echo(2014)
5.9FamilyAdventureScience FictionAlso family and adventure
After a construction project begins digging in their neighbourhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. The three embark on a secret adventure to crack the…
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16.Despicable Me 4(2024)
7.0AnimationComedyActionAlso animation and science fiction
Gru and Lucy and their girls—Margo, Edith and Agnes—welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru also faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, forcing the family to go on the run.
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17.Inside Out 2(2024)
7.5AnimationAdventureComedyAlso animation and adventure
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 by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.
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18.Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(2019)
7.2AnimationScience FictionAdventureAlso animation and science fiction
Batman, Batgirl, and Robin forge an alliance with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to fight against the Turtles' sworn enemy, The Shredder, who has apparently teamed up with Ra's Al Ghul and The League of Assassins.
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19.Penguins of Madagascar(2014)
6.5FamilyAnimationAdventureAlso family and animation
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.
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20.Titan A.E.(2000)
6.6AnimationScience FictionAdventureAlso animation and science fiction
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
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