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7 Best Movies Like ‘The Wild Robot’ To Watch If You Love the Film

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The Wild Robot is an animated sci-fi survival adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Chris Sanders. Based on the 2016 novel of the same name by author Peter Brown, the 2024 film follows Roz, a service robot whose ship crash lands on an uninhabited island and now she must make herself familiar with her new surroundings and the local wildlife. Roz soon makes an unlikely connection with an orphaned goose named Brightbill. The Wild Robot’s voice cast includes Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara, Matt Berry, and Ving Rhames. So, if you loved the vibrant visuals, emotional and hilariously heartwarming story, and compelling characters in The Wild Robot here are some similar movies you should check out next.

The Iron Giant (Rent on Prime Video)

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The Iron Giant is an animated sci-fi adventure comedy-drama film directed by Brad Bird who also co-wrote the film with Tim McCanlies. Based on the 1968 novel titled The Iron Man by author Ted Hughes, the 1999 film is set during the Cold War in the small town of Rockwell, Maine and it follows a young local boy named Hogarth who discovers a giant robot near his house and soon forms a friendship with him while a paranoid government agent tries to hunt the machine down. The Iron Giant’s voice cast includes Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney, Eli Marienthal, Christopher McDonald, and M. Emmet Walsh.

WALL-E (Disney+ & Rent on Prime Video)

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WALL-E is an animated sci-fi romantic adventure comedy film directed by Andrew Stanton who also co-wrote the film with Jim Reardon. The 2008 film is set on an uninhabitable Earth with humans living in a space station and it follows WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class), the last robot on Earth who has been cleaning the Earth for the last 700 years during which he developed personality and when he meets EVE, a sleek robot sent to Earth on a scanning mission. Soon, WALL-E falls for EVE and goes on an adventure across the galaxy to get her. WALL-E’s voice cast includes Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, and Sigourney Weaver.

Ron’s Gone Wrong (Disney+ & Rent on Prime Video)

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Ron’s Gone Wrong is an animated sci-fi adventure comedy film directed by Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine from a screenplay co-written by Peter Baynham and Smith. The 2021 film is set in a world where almost everyone has a robot companion and it follows Barney, a socially awkward middle school student who befriends a defective robot named Ron and he must protect him when Ron’s recalled by the company who made Ron. Ron’s Gone Wrong’s voice cast includes Jack Dylan Grazer, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Olivia Colman, Rob Delaney, Justice Smith, and Kylie Cantrall.

Robot Dreams (Rent on Prime Video)

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Robot Dreams is an animated tragicomedy film written and directed by Pablo Berger. Based on the 2007 comic of the same name by Sara Varon, the 2024 film is set in New York City in the year 1984 and it follows an unusual friendship between a dog and a robot. When they both go on an outing to Coney Island on Labor Day, Robot’s metal parts begin to rust making it impossible for him to move.

Big Hero 6 (Disney+ & Rent on Prime Video)

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Big Hero 6 is an animated superhero action adventure film directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams from a screenplay co-written by Jordan Roberts, Robert L. Baird, and Daniel Gerson. Based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name created by Man of Action, the 2014 film follows robotics prodigy Hiro who loses his big brother in a tragic fire and finds comfort in his brother’s last invention Baymax, a robot who takes care of people. Hiro turns Baymax into fighting to bring the person responsible for the fire to justice. Big Hero 6’s voice cast includes Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Maya Rudolph, Jamie Chung, Genesis Rodriguez, Alan Tudyk, and Daniel Henney.

Bumblebee (Paramount+ & Rent on Prime Video)

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Bumblebee is a sci-fi action film directed by Travis Knight from a screenplay by Christina Hodson. Based on Hasbro’s Transformers action figures, the 2018 film is set in the year 1987 and it follows Bumblebee on the run as he seeks refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. He soon meets a young girl named Charlie who fixes him and soon figures out that this yellow Volkswagen is no ordinary car. Bumblebee stars Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Gracie Dzienny, Pamela Adlon, Peter Cullen, and Jason Drucker.

Robots (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video)

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Robots is an animated sci-fi adventure comedy film directed by Chris Wedge from a screenplay co-written by David Lindsay-Abaire, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandel. The 2005 film is set in a world of sentient robots and it follows an aspiring young inventor Rodney Copperbottom who dreams of working in the Bigweld Industries, but the head of the company Bigweld has been deposed by the villainous Phineas T. Ratchet who wants to force robots to profitable forced upgrades. So, Rodney and his friend Fender go underground to fight against Phineas T. Ratchet. Robots’ voice cast includes Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Robin Williams, Mel Brooks, Greg Kinnear, Amanda Bynes, and Drew Carey.

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