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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

An unlikely fellowship, a long road, and a world worth saving. These are grand adventures of myth, loyalty, and the small choices that decide everything.

A clean-content film companion — curated picks of what to watch next.

12 films · Curated · Clean-content · Updated 2026


Madagascar

Madagascar is a 2005 American animated adventure comedy film directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, who wrote the screenplay alongside Mark Burton and Billy Frolick.

Madagascar

The Lion King

The Lion King is a 1994 American animated musical drama film directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Don Hahn, and written by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton.

The Lion King

Avatar

Avatar is a 2009 epic science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron. It features an ensemble cast including Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. It is the first in the Avatar film series.

Avatar
Avatar

Bad Cat

Bad Cat is a 2016 Turkish adult animated action comedy film directed by Mehmet Kurtuluş and Ayşe Ünal. The film is based on the comic strip Kötü Kedi Şerafettin by Bülent Üstün. It is a self-funded independent film, and some its profits originated from product placement.

Bad Cat

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film written and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and produced by Musker and Howard Ashman, who also wrote the film's songs with composer Alan Menken.

The Little Mermaid

Toy Story

Toy Story is a 1995 American animated adventure comedy film directed by John Lasseter, and written by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow.

Toy Story

The Matrix

The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. The first installment in the Matrix film series, it stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano.

The Matrix
The Matrix

Shrek

Shrek is a 2001 American animated fantasy comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S. H. Schulman, loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book Shrek! by William Steig.

Shrek
Shrek

Frozen

Frozen is a 2013 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's 1844 fairy tale "The Snow Queen".

Frozen

Spirited Away

Spirited Away is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli, and distributed by Toho.

Spirited Away
Spirited Away

Gladiator

Gladiator is a 2000 epic action adventure drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson from a story by Franzoni.

Gladiator

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, from a screenplay co-written with his brother Jonathan. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, it is the sequel to Batman Begins (2005), and the second installment in The Dark Knight trilogy.

The Dark Knight

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