Movies like Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005)
The best movies like Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005) are Kirikou and the Men and Women (2012), Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998) and Dilili in Paris (2018). If Kirikou and the Wild Beasts hooked you with its adventure and animation, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPrinces and Princesses (2000)7.7/10 from 243 votes
- NewestDragon Princess (2021)Released 2021
- In FrenchKirikou and the Men and Women (2012)Also in French
- Same seriesKirikou and the Men and Women (2012)The Kirikou
Kirikou and the Men and Women (2012)
The grandfather welcomes us into his blue grotto, there was still beautiful memories of childhood to tell Kirikou: the times when he helped the men and women of his village and elsewhere ... He tells us how Kirikou, thanks to his bravery and intelligence, came to the aid of the strong woman. He tells us by what trick the little hero found the grumpy old man, who had been lost in the bush, and how a cherry threatened by the witch was finally able to pass on his knowledge to the villagers. We also discover the secret of a mysterious blue monster, and finally through a flute linked to the family of our small and valiant heroes, the magical power of music.
Why it matches: Same series: The Kirikou · both fantasy & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.
Why it matches: Same series: The Kirikou · both fantasy & adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDilili in Paris (2018)
With the help of her delivery-boy friend, Dilili, a young Kanak, investigates a spate of mysterious kidnappings of young girls that is plaguing Belle Epoque Paris. In the course of her investigation she encounters a series of extraordinary characters, each of whom provides her with clues that will help her in her quest.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrinces and Princesses (2000)
In this episodic animated fantasy from France, an art teacher interprets a series of six fairy tales (each involving a prince or princess) with the help of two precocious students. Princes and Princesses was created using a special style of cutout animation, with black silhouetted characters performing the action against backlit backdrops in striking colors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (2019)
Tonio, the son the bears King, is kidnapped by hunters in the Sicilian mountains. Due to the harshness of a winter that threatens famine, the Bear King decides to invade the land of men (in the hope of finding his son). Thanks to his powerful army and the help of a wizard, while he will succeed at both quests, he will soon find out that bears are not meant to live among men.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTales of the Night (2011)
Six exotic fables, each unfold in a unique locale, from Tibet, to medieval Europe, an Aztec kingdom, the African plains, and even the Land of the Dead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLong Way North (2015)
In 1892 Saint Petersburg, when her explorer grandfather's failure to return from his latest expedition brings dishonour to her aristocratic family, a resilient teenager runs away to follow in his trail in search of his famed ship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisZarafa (2012)
Inspired by the true story of the first giraffe to visit France, Zarafa is a sumptuously animated and stirring adventure, and a throwback to a bygone era of hand-drawn animation and epic storytelling set among sweeping CinemaScope vistas of parched desert, wind-swept mountains and open skies. Under the cover of darkness a small boy, Maki, loosens the shackles that bind him and escapes into the desert night. Pursued by slavers across the moon-lit savannah, Maki meets Zarafa, a baby giraffe – and an orphan, just like him – as well as the nomad Hassan, Prince of the Desert. Hassan takes them to Alexandria for an audience with the Pasha of Egypt, who orders him to deliver the exotic animal as a gift to King Charles of France.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAzur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006)
Raised on tales of a Djinn fairy princess, Azur, a young Frenchman goes to North Africa in search of the sprite, only to discover that his close childhood friend, Asmar, an Arab youth whose mother raised both boys also seeks the genie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEleanor's Secret (2009)
Natanaël, seven, still doesn't know how to read. His eccentric old aunt bequeaths her house to his parents and her book collection to the young boy. Nat discovers that the books serve as a shelter for all the heroes found in children's literature. They are the original characters and are counting on him for protection. For if they leave the library, they will disappear along with their stories forever! When his parents start selling off the books, Nathanaël, who is shrunk by the evil witch Carabosse, braves everything to save his tiny friends
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Painting (2011)
Three characters living in an unfinished painting venture out into the real world in search of their creator to convince him to finish his work.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTime Masters (1982)
On planet Perdide, an attack of giant hornets leaves young Piel alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar, an adventurer travelling through space. Onboard Jaffar’s shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton, his fiancée, and Silbad, who knows Perdide well. Thus begins an incredible race across space to save Piel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPossessed (2015)
Trini, a world-renowned flamenco dancer, abandons the stage after suffering a personal tragedy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation
The Secret of Kells (2009)
Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him beyond the abbey walls and into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. Will Brendan succeed in his quest?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisArthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010)
With Maltazard now seven feet tall and Arthur still two inches small, our hero must find a way to grow back to his normal size and stop the Evil M once and for all, with the help of Selenia and Betameche.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisHOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami (2012)
When reporter Dan Geraldo arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible discovery... With his resourceful local guide Pablito, D an has one surprise after another during a thrilling adventure that allows him to bring the world some spectacular news: the Marsupilami, a mythical and mischievous animal, really does exist! You too will believe in furry tails!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisI Lost My Body (2019)
A story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisApril and the Extraordinary World (2015)
It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDragon Princess (2021)
Bristle is a little girl raised by dragons, but when her father, Dragon, has to pay the Sorcerog using his second most valuable asset, he offers her Bristle – throwing her into an infinite sadness and forcing her to flee the family cave. Bristle then embarks on a journey to discover the world of men.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & animation
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)
Following a fall during mistletoe picking, Druid Getafix decides that it is time to secure the future of the village. Accompanied by Asterix and Obelix, he undertakes to travel the Gallic world in search of a talented young druid to transmit the Secret of the Magic Potion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGwen and the Book of Sand (1985)
Gwen is a young girl adopted by a nomad tribe in a desert post-apocalyptic world. When Gwen's friend is kidnapped, she and an old woman called Roseline embark on a trip to bring him back.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & adventure
Mune: Guardian of the Moon (2015)
When a faun named Mune becomes the Guardian of the Moon, little did he had unprepared experience with the Moon and an accident that could put both the Moon and the Sun in danger, including a corrupt titan named Necross who wants the Sun for himself and placing the balance of night and day in great peril. Now with the help of a wax-child named Glim and the warrior, Sohone who also became the Sun Guardian, they go out on an exciting journey to get the Sun back and restore the Moon to their rightful place in the sky.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Great Bear (2011)
Jonathan, 11, usually spends his vacations alone with his grandfather who lives on the edge of a vast forest populated by mythical animals. This year his kid sister Sophie joins him. But it's not cool to be stuck with a little sister, so he does what he can to avoid her. He succeeds entirely too well: Sophie is kidnapped by a giant, 1000-year-old bear. Now, Jonathan has to venture into the heart of the forest to confront the strange beings that dwell there and rescue his sister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Day of the Crows (2012)
In a cabin of the deep of the forest, a child and his father lead a wild and hard life in utmost isolation. The child grows up fearing and admiring his father, with the ghosts haunting the forest as his only companions. Until the day he discovers the neighbouring village and meets a young girl there, Manon. At her side, he discovers that love exists. From then on he won't cease to search for the place where his father's love for him is hiding.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWar of the Buttons (2011)
A village in the South of France, 1960. A band of country boys aged 7 to 14, led by fearless young Lebrac, wages an uncompromising battle against their sworn rivals, the kids from the neighboring village. A war of honor and allegiance that's been kept alive for generations, in which humiliation is the most fearsome defeat and no tactic is too extreme, including attacking the enemy stark naked!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPachamama (2018)
A young boy living in a remote village in the Andes Mountains dreams of becoming shaman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Princess and the Goblin (1991)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & animation
SnoozefestMovies like thisWelcome to Smelliville (2021)
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 Ogglies at once feel at home. And it's here they want to stay.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEpic (2013)
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group of characters in order to save their world—and ours.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pagemaster (1994)
Rich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of books, and he has to try and get home again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & fantasy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Kirikou and the Wild Beasts?
The closest matches to Kirikou and the Wild Beasts are Kirikou and the Men and Women (2012), Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998) and Dilili in Paris (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Kirikou and the Wild Beasts?
People who watched Kirikou and the Wild Beasts most often go on to Dilili in Paris (2018), Princes and Princesses (2000) and The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (2019).
What is the highest-rated movie like Kirikou and the Wild Beasts?
Princes and Princesses (2000), rated 7.7/10 by 243 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Kirikou and the Wild Beasts?
Dragon Princess (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Kirikou and the Wild Beasts part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to The Kirikou, which includes Kirikou and the Men and Women (2012) and Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998).
Are there French movies like Kirikou and the Wild Beasts?
Yes: Kirikou and the Men and Women (2012), Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998) and Dilili in Paris (2018).
How are movies similar to Kirikou and the Wild Beasts chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Kirikou and the Wild Beasts, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.