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10 Best Movies Like The Emperor's New Groove

If you loved The Emperor's New Groove, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Kronk's New Groove

Kronk's New Groove

2005★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Emperor's New Groove for fans of Animation & Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Kronk, now chef and Head Delivery Boy of Mudka's Meat Hut, is fretting over the upcoming visit of his father. Kronk's father always disapproved of young Kronk's culinary interests ...

#2
Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

2001★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Emperor's New Groove for fans of Adventure & Animation & Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis....

#3
Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch

2002★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Emperor's New Groove for fans of Animation & Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl ...

#4
Hercules

Hercules

1997★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Emperor's New Groove for fans of Adventure & Animation & Comedy & Family & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a f...

#5
The Road to El Dorado

The Road to El Dorado

2000★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Emperor's New Groove for fans of Adventure & Animation & Comedy & Family & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Stowing away after a failed con, a pair of swindlers end up on El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold", where they quickly get in over their heads when they are mistaken as gods by th...

#6
Treasure Planet

Treasure Planet

2002★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Emperor's New Groove for fans of Adventure & Animation & Family & Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space...