Films like Ice Age
8 picks with a similar feel
What defines Ice Age, going by its Boxlist taste profile: A warm-hearted, larger-than-life animated family film: uncomplicated and sweeping. Best if you like warmth over edge. Its strongest markers on Boxlist are themes of injustice and vengeance, an all-consuming quest and resilience and survival, plus tags such as mammoth, prehistoric adventure and prehistoric times.
Here are 8 films with a similar feel, ranked by how closely they match that profile. Treat them as picks to try, not a definitive list.
Based on Ice Age (2002).
- 1
The Croods (2013)
Film6.9
Why it's like Ice Age: Also warm-hearted and heightened. Common ground: stone age, cavemen, prehistoric.
- 2
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Film7.7Darker
Why it's like Ice Age: Also heightened and straightforward, with themes of injustice and vengeance and an all-consuming quest. Common ground: loss of loved one, parent child relationship.
- 3
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Film7.7Darker
Why it's like Ice Age: Also heightened and warm-hearted, with themes of injustice and vengeance and an all-consuming quest.
- 4
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
Film7.6Darker
Why it's like Ice Age: Also warm-hearted and heightened, with themes of injustice and vengeance and an all-consuming quest.
- 5
Film6.8Faster-paced
Why it's like Ice Age: Also warm-hearted and heightened.
- 6
Brave (2012)
Film7.0Darker
Why it's like Ice Age: Also heightened and sweeping, with themes of an all-consuming quest and resilience and survival.
- 7
Up (2009)
Film7.9Faster-paced
Why it's like Ice Age: Also warm-hearted and heightened, with themes of an all-consuming quest.
- 8
Paddington 2 (2017)
Film7.5Faster-paced
Why it's like Ice Age: Also warm-hearted and sweeping, with themes of an all-consuming quest.
Boxlist compares Ice Age with every film in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 6.7 or more from at least 1,000 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point. Ratings are TMDB audience scores out of 10.
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- What should I watch if I like Ice Age?
- Picks with a similar feel include The Croods, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Each shares part of Ice Age's taste profile, themes or tags; the full list has 8 films.
- How are these films like Ice Age chosen?
- Boxlist compares Ice Age with every film in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 6.7 or more from at least 1,000 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point.