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10 Best Movies Like Madagascar

If you loved Madagascar, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

2008★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madagascar for fans of Family & Animation & Adventure & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long en...

#2
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

2012★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madagascar for fans of Family & Animation & Adventure & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europe to find the penguins and chi...

#3
How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon

2010★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madagascar for fans of Family & Animation & Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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 downin...

#4
Ice Age

Ice Age

2002★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madagascar for fans of Family & Animation & Adventure & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ic...

#5
Penguins of Madagascar

Penguins of Madagascar

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madagascar for fans of Family & Animation & Adventure & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it....

#6
Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda

2008★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madagascar for fans of Family & Animation & Adventure & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Chosen by prophecy but doubted by all, Po is an unlikely Dragon Warrior—a clumsy panda thrust into the world of kung fu as a deadly enemy threatens the Valley of Peace. Guided by M...