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Animated Fantasy Adventure movies

Animated journeys with quests, magical rules, discovery, and set-piece progression at the core.

Frozen

1. Frozen

Animation Family Adventure Fantasy Animated Fantasy Adventure
7.4
20131h 42min

Overview

Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and snowman Olaf. On an adventure where she will find out what friendship, courage, family, and true love really means.

Themes

Duty vs desire, Betrayal and manipulation, Public scrutiny and rumor, Isolation and kinship, Power as peril, Sibling bonds under pressure

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

2. Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

Animation Science Fiction Adventure Action Fantasy
8.1
20131h 21min

Overview

The Flash finds himself in a war-torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate versions of his fellow heroes to restore the timeline.

Themes

Power and responsibility, Leadership under pressure, Alternate timeline, War of factions, Government vs resistance, Memory changes

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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Overview

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 characters in order to save their world—and ours.

Themes

Deception and misdirection, Coming of age, Teamwork under pressure, Parental obsession vs autonomy, Science vs magic, Forest guardianship, Good vs evil conflict

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Superman: Unbound

4. Superman: Unbound

Animation Action Adventure Superhero Action Adventure Epic
6.6
20131h 15min

Overview

Superman and Supergirl take on the cybernetic being known as Brainiac, who boasts that he possesses "the knowledge and strength of 10,000 worlds."

Themes

Alliance under pressure, Burden of knowledge, Power without accountability, Public exposure vs safety, Techno tyranny and autonomy, Control of data

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Brave

5. Brave

Animation Adventure Comedy Family Action
7.1
20121h 33min

Overview

In the mystical Scottish Highlands, Merida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Merida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently brings turmoil to the kingdom. In an attempt to set things right, Merida seeks out an eccentric old Wise Woman and is granted an ill-fated wish. Also figuring into Merida's quest — and serving as comic relief — are the kingdom's three lords: the enormous Lord MacGuffin, the surly Lord Macintosh, and the disagreeable Lord Dingwall.

Themes

Intergenerational conflict, Transformation and identity, Gendered expectations, Family bonds under pressure, Autonomy vs obligation, Rebellion against tradition, Peace through cooperation

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Ronal the Barbarian

6. Ronal the Barbarian

Animation Adventure Fantasy Animated Fantasy Adventure Rescue Mission Adventure
6.5
20111h 29min

Overview

Ronal is a young barbarian with low self-esteem, the polar opposite of all the muscular barbarians in his village. He's a real wuss. However, as fate would have it, responsibility for the tribe's survival falls on Ronal's scrawny shoulders, when the evil Lord Volcazar raids the village and abducts every living barbarian with the exception of Ronal, who is forced to go on a perilous quest to save his enslaved clan and thwart Volcazar’s plot to rule the world.

Themes

Duty under pressure, Romance amid conflict, Unexpected alliances, Physical inferiority and hidden strengths, Knowledge as power, Gender expectations in combat

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue

7. Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue

Animation Adventure Family Fantasy Animated Fantasy Adventure
6.9
20101h 16min

Overview

During a summer stay on the mainland, Tinker Bell is accidentally discovered while investigating a little girl's fairy house. As the other fairies, led by the brash Vidia, launch a daring rescue in the middle of a fierce storm, Tink develops a special bond with the lonely, little girl.

Themes

Belief vs skepticism, Parental attention vs work, Growth and independence, Collective rescue effort, Intergenerational friendship

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Shrek Forever After

8. Shrek Forever After

Comedy Adventure Fantasy Animation Family
6.3
20101h 33min

Overview

A midlife-crisis burdened Shrek, longing for the days when he felt like a real ogre, makes a pact with magic deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin. But when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met—he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

Themes

Power dynamics, Witch deception, Midlife identity crisis, Ogre resilience, Sequel pressure, Villain ambition, Ogre sovereignty

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Peacock Premium
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How to Train Your Dragon

9. How to Train Your Dragon

Fantasy Adventure Animation Family Epic Fantasy
8.1
20101h 38min

Overview

As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.

Themes

Rite of passage, Nest as central setting, Dragon presence fosters cooperation, Training with peers, Forest challenges and flight, Village relationships and change

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Peacock Premium
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The Princess and the Frog

10. The Princess and the Frog

Animation Romance Fantasy Family Animated Fantasy Adventure
7.2
20091h 38min

Overview

A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.

Themes

Deception and impersonation, Transformation and identity shift, Economic inequality and aspiration, Romance versus duty, Social mobility under pressure, Restaurant dreams and ownership, Voodoo magic and manipulation

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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