Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie
2023France★ 7.63.5 pt match
Like Inside Out 2, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are and belonging. Both move the same way too, hopeful, whimsical, escalating, and episodic.
Inside Out 2
2024USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Kelsey Mann★ 7.5
Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.
Themes and style
Tone
whimsicalhopefulmelancholicwarmabsurdistdark comedywhimsicalhopeful
Pacing
escalatingepisodicslow build to explosion
Story
survivalunravelingrebellion
Emotion
figuring out who you arebelongingloss of innocencethe family you choose
Themes
family wounds passed downfamily duty
Feel
catharticcrowd pleaseremotionally wreckingdiscussion starterrewatchable
Violence
noneWhere to watch
Foreign films like Inside Out 2
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Inside Out 2. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Pokémon: The First Movie
1998Japan★ 73.5 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are, belonging, and loss of innocence. They share the same lens on family wounds passed down. The feel is the same: melancholic, hopeful, escalating, and slow build to explosion.