Movies Like What's Up: Balloon to the Rescue! (2009)

What's Up: Balloon to the Rescue! is a 2009 adventure, animation, comedy, family film from Michelle Gabriel with a MovieMagicScore of 2.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Ratatoing and Frankenstein Island.

Adventure Animation Comedy Family

Ratatoing

2007

Marcelle Toing, owner of the best restaurant in Rio de Janeiro, must go on missions to steal ingredients from human restaurants to keep his meals the best.

2.4

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Frankenstein Island

1981

A hot air balloon crew and a dog find themselves on an island with scantily-clad part-alien women, zombies, and other monsters.

3.3

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Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs

2019

Princes who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy.

7.7

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A Piece of Cake

2019

The legendary Elfkins (Heinzelmännchen) of Cologne were gnomes secretly helping craftsmen at night until they were ousted by a tailor's malevolent wife 200 years ago. This is the story of their return.

6.5

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Marley & Me

2008

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.

7.2

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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

2021

The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.

7.0

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25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert

2008

Concert held on August 4, 5 and 6, 2008 at the Nippon Budōkan hall in Tokyo to commemorate both the Japanese theatrical release of Ponyo (2008) and the 25 years of musical collaboration between composer Joe Hisaishi and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.

9.3

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Heart of Champions

2021

During their last year at an Ivy League college in 1999, a group of friends and crew teammates' lives are changed forever when an army vet takes over as coach of their dysfunctional rowing team.

6.5

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The Red Balloon

1956

A young boy discovers a stray balloon, which seems to have a mind of its own, on the streets of Paris. The two become inseparable, yet the world’s harsh realities finally interfere.

7.7

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#10

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1932

In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women die.

6.1

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#11

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

1958

As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and connived into building a super-bomb, as a young reporter and a girl rescued from the sea attempt to warn him of their mutual kidnapper's intentions to dominate the world with a new and more-deadly-yet weapon.

7.1

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#12

500 MPH Storm

2013

When an energy experiment goes haywire, a rash of massive hurricanes rips across North America. A high school science teacher must get his family to safety before the hurricanes merge, creating a "hypercane" with the power to wipe the US off the map.

5.4

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#13

Flight of the Red Balloon

2007

The first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, 'Flight of the Red Balloon' tells the story of a French family as seen through the eyes of a Chinese student. The film was shot in August and September 2006 on location in Paris. This is Hou Hsiao-Hsien's first Western film. It is based on the classic French short The Red Balloon directed by Albert Lamorisse.

6.2

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#14

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1988

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

7.0

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#15

Around the World in 80 Days

2004

A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.

5.9

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#16

Ape vs. Monster

2021

An ape crash-lands on Earth, which creates a sludge that makes him and a passing lizard grow to giant-size, resulting in a fight for dominance.

5.8

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#17

A Cat in Paris

2010

A thrilling mystery that unfurls in the alleys and on the rooftops of the French capital, Paris, over the course of one adventurous evening.

6.8

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#18

Murder Mystery 2

2023

After starting their own detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land a career-making case when their billionaire pal is kidnapped from his wedding.

6.4

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#19

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

1964

After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.

7.0

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#20

How to Make a Monster

1958

When master monster make-up man Pete Dumond is fired by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.

5.6

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Frequently asked

What are the best movies like What's Up: Balloon to the Rescue!?

The top films similar to What's Up: Balloon to the Rescue! by MovieMagicScore are Ratatoing (2.4), Frankenstein Island (3.3), Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (7.7). Each shares adventure/animation/comedy/family themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is What's Up: Balloon to the Rescue! worth watching?

What's Up: Balloon to the Rescue! holds a MovieMagicScore of 2.5/10 from 26 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is What's Up: Balloon to the Rescue!?

What's Up: Balloon to the Rescue! (2009) is a adventure, animation, comedy, family film directed by Michelle Gabriel, starring Vagner Santos, Paulo Avila, Luciana Minei.

Where can I find more recommendations like What's Up: Balloon to the Rescue!?

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About movies like What's Up: Balloon to the Rescue!

This ranked list pairs What's Up: Balloon to the Rescue! (2009), a adventure and animation and comedy and family film from Michelle Gabriel, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Vagner Santos take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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