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Release 2009

Genre Adventure, Animation, Family

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Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Writers: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Thomas McCarthy
Stars: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049413/

By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years younger, inadvertently becomes a stowaway.

Puss in Boots

Release 2011

Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family

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Director: Chris Miller
Writers: Charles Perrault, Tom Wheeler, Brian Lynch, William Davies
Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, Amy Sedaris
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448694/

The events leading up to the sword fighting cat's meeting with Shrek and his friends.

Arthur Christmas

Release 2011

Genre Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family

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Director: Sarah Smith, Barry Cook
Writers: Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith
Stars: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430607/

On Christmas night at the North Pole, Santa's youngest son looks to use his father's high-tech operation for an urgent mission.

Gnomeo & Juliet

Release 2011

Genre Animation, Comedy, Family, Romance

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Director: Kelly Asbury
Writers: Rob Sprackling, John R. Smith, Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Kelly Asbury, Steve Hamilton Shaw, Mark Burton, Emily Cook, Kathy Greenberg, William Shakespeare
Stars: James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Ashley Jensen, Michael Caine, Matt Lucas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377981/

The neighboring gardens of Montague and Capulet are at war, but the gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet, are in love.

Megamind

Release 2010

Genre Action, Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

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Director: Tom McGrath
Writers: Alan J. Schoolcraft, Brent Simons
Stars: Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1001526/

The supervillain Megamind finally defeats his nemesis, the superhero Metro Man. But without a hero, he loses all purpose and must find new meaning to his life.

Toy Story 2

Release 1999

Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

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Director: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich
Writers: John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, Chris Webb
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120363/

When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends vow to rescue him, but Woody finds the idea of immortality in a museum tempting.

Toy Story

Release 1995

Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

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Director: John Lasseter
Writers: John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114709/

A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.

Toy Story 3

Release 2010

Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

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Director: Lee Unkrich
Writers: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, Michael Arndt
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435761/

The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.

The Secret World of Arrietty

Release 2010

Genre Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy

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Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Writers: Mary Norton, Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa
Stars: Moises Arias, Bridgit Mendler, David Henrie, Will Arnett, Carol Burnett
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568921/

The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Release 2010

Genre Adventure, Animation, Fantasy

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Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: John Orloff, Emil Stern, Kathryn Lasky
Stars: Emily Barclay, Abbie Cornish, Essie Davis, Adrienne DeFaria, Joel Edgerton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219342/

When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.