If You Liked Mighty Joe Young, Watch These Next
Finished Mighty Joe Young (1998) 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 Mighty Joe Young, most of them are adventure, family, action.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Mighty Joe Young(1949)
6.4AdventureFantasyDramaAlso adventure and fantasy
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.
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2.Rampage(2018)
6.5ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are…
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3.The Jungle Book(2016)
6.9AdventureFamilyFantasyAlso adventure and family
After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli, a man-cub fostered by wolves, is forced to flee the jungle, and he embarks on a journey of self-discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera, and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
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4.Welcome to Smelliville(2021)
6.7AnimationAdventureFamilyAlso adventure and family
The Oggly family arrive at the municipal rubbish dump of Smelliville and must look for a new home, but they never feel really welcome anywhere. They stink and are for most humans just a tad too oggly. When Firebottom, the family dragon, crash-lands on the run-down rubbish tip of the small town of Smelliville, the…
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5.The Legend of Ochi(2025)
6.1FamilyFantasyAdventureAlso family and fantasy
In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.
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6.Tarzan(1999)
7.4AnimationFamilyAdventureAlso family and adventure
Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to...
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7.Pete's Dragon(2016)
6.4AdventureFamilyFantasyAlso adventure and family
For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no…
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8.Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes(2024)
7.0Science FictionAdventureActionAlso adventure and action
Several generations following Caesar's reign, apes – now the dominant species – live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all he's known about the past and to…
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9.The Legend of Tarzan(2016)
5.9FantasyActionAdventureAlso fantasy and action
Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
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10.The Jungle Book(1994)
6.0FamilyAdventureDramaAlso family and adventure
Raised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must eventually face corrupt Capt. Boone, who wants both Kitty's hand and the treasures of Monkey City – a place only Mowgli can find.
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11.The Princess and the Goblin(1991)
5.8AdventureAnimationFamilyAlso adventure and family
The story is about the Princess Irene and a young warrior boy named Curty. Irene must use her magic power to fight off goblins and save the kingdom.
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12.The Water Man(2020)
6.1AdventureFantasyAlso adventure and fantasy
Hoping to save his sick mother, a boy named Gunner and his friend Jo venture into the remote Wild Horse forest to search for a mythical figure who possesses the secret to immortality. When they go missing, Gunner's father Amos must immerse himself in his son's world to find them.
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13.Anastasia: Once Upon a Time(2020)
5.9FamilyAdventureFantasyAlso family and adventure
Anastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.
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15.Where the Wild Things Are(2009)
6.5AdventureDramaFamilyAlso adventure and family
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
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16.Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action!(2014)
7.5FamilyAnimationFantasyAlso family and fantasy
When Draculaura is led to believe she's the rightful heir to the vampire throne, she and her best ghoulfriends are whisked away to Transylvania for a royal coronation to die for. But they soon discover the hunt for the queen is not over yet. The Ghouls must locate an ancient artifact known as the Vampire's Heart in…
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18.The Jungle Book 2(2003)
5.9FamilyAnimationAdventureAlso family and adventure
Mowgli has been living in the man-village with his little stepbrother Ranjan and his best friend Shanti. But the man-cub still has that jungle rhythm in his heart, and he misses his old buddies Baloo and Bagheera. When Mowgli wanders back to the wild for some swingin' fun, he soon finds the man-eating tiger Shere…
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19.Alice Through the Looking Glass(2016)
6.6AdventureFamilyFantasyAlso adventure and family
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
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20.Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove(2010)
6.1FamilyAdventureDramaAlso family and adventure
After young Kirra leaves her Australian home to summer with her grandfather in South Africa, she soon discovers a baby orca stranded in the lagoon near her grandfather’s rundown seaside amusement park. She names the lonely whale Willy--and embarks on a great quest to lead the little guy back to his anxious pod.
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