10 Movies Like Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

Description: A young girl is transported to a colorful fantasy land where she makes unusual friends and embarks on a journey to find her way home.

Fact: The film's transition from black-and-white to color was revolutionary for its time. The ruby slippers were actually silver in the original book.

Description: A curious girl falls down a rabbit hole into a nonsensical world filled with peculiar characters and illogical rules that challenge her perception of reality.

Fact: This was one of the few Disney animated films that Walt Disney considered a failure upon initial release. The Cheshire Cat's disappearing act required complex animation techniques.

Description: A young Gelfling embarks on a quest to restore balance to his world by finding a missing shard of a powerful crystal, facing dark forces and strange creatures.

Fact: All characters in the film are puppets - there are no human actors. The production used groundbreaking animatronics and puppetry techniques that influenced future fantasy films.

Description: A timid field mouse embarks on a perilous journey to save her family, encountering magical elements and a hidden society of intelligent rats.

Fact: This was Don Bluth's first directorial effort after leaving Disney. The film's animation was so detailed that it required over 400 background paintings.

Description: A young boy is drawn into a magical book where he becomes part of a grand adventure in a fantastical world filled with strange creatures and epic quests.

Fact: The film's iconic theme song was performed by Limahl, former lead singer of Kajagoogoo. The movie was shot in Germany and features one of the most expensive puppet creations at the time, the luckdragon Falkor.

Description: A young pig-keeper and his companions must prevent an evil lord from obtaining a magical cauldron that could give him power over the land of the dead.

Fact: This was the first Disney animated film to receive a PG rating. It was also the most expensive animated film made at the time, costing $44 million.

Description: A teenage girl must navigate a surreal and dangerous maze to rescue her baby brother from the Goblin King, encountering bizarre characters and challenges along the way.

Fact: David Bowie's tight pants in the film were so restrictive that they had to be sewn onto him each day. The film initially underperformed at the box office but later became a cult classic.

Description: Two sisters discover friendly forest spirits while staying in the countryside, leading to magical adventures that help them cope with their mother's illness.

Fact: Totoro became the mascot for Studio Ghibli and appears in their logo. The film was originally released as a double feature with Grave of the Fireflies.

Description: An orphaned boy escapes his cruel aunts by traveling inside a giant peach with anthropomorphic insect friends on a journey to New York City.

Fact: The film combines live-action with stop-motion animation. The giant peach was 20 feet in diameter and weighed nearly 5,000 pounds in some scenes.

Description: A young girl finds herself trapped in a mysterious spirit world and must work in a bathhouse for supernatural beings to find a way to rescue her parents and return home.

Fact: It became the first anime film to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The bathhouse in the film was inspired by real locations in Taiwan and Japan.