Films like Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens.

Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens (2012) reads as Warm, breathless, gentle animation / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon (2006) poster
1. Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon2006

Keeps the clean studio craft and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Deep (2017) poster
2. Deep2017

Keeps the clean studio craft and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Gnome Alone (2017) poster
3. Gnome Alone2017

Keeps the clean studio craft and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sherlock Gnomes (2018) poster
4. Sherlock Gnomes2018

Keeps the clean studio craft and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Legend of the Guanajuato Mummies (2014) poster
5. The Legend of the Guanajuato Mummies2014

Keeps the clean studio craft and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Monster High: 13 Wishes (2013) poster
6. Monster High: 13 Wishes2013

Keeps the clean studio craft and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017) poster
7. The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature2017

Keeps the clean studio craft and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog (2021) poster
8. Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog2021

Keeps the clean studio craft and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Monster High: Boo York, Boo York (2015) poster
9. Monster High: Boo York, Boo York2015

Keeps the clean studio craft and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a warm emotional register.

Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon (2021) poster
10. Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon2021

Keeps the clean studio craft and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bunks (2013) poster
11. Bunks2013

Keeps the clean studio craft and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Aliens in the Attic (2009) poster
12. Aliens in the Attic2009

Keeps the clean studio craft and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a warm emotional register.

These are Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens’s neighbours — where are yours?

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