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Song of the Sea
Why this pick
Its hand-drawn Celtic folklore, child-led odyssey, and tender portrait of a family processing loss carry the same mythic warmth and emotional sincerity as Kubo.
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MOVIE2016 1h 42m USA
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Why this pick
A visually exquisite folktale with an intimate father-daughter bond, luminous storybook imagery, and a bittersweet emotional sweep that complements Kubo’s fairy-tale melancholy.
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Coraline
Why this pick
Its tactile stop-motion craft, resourceful child protagonist, and elegantly unsettling fantasy world make it a darker but similarly imaginative companion to Kubo.
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The Red Turtle
Why this pick
This near-wordless fable finds profound feeling in spare, painterly images and a mystical encounter with nature—ideal if Kubo’s quiet grief and visual poetry stayed with you.
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Missing Link
Why this pick
Another beautifully crafted Laika adventure, it balances elaborate stop-motion spectacle, globe-spanning mythic discovery, and a gentle emotional core about friendship and belonging.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In feudal Japan, 12-year-old eyepatched Kubo tends to his ill mother Sariatu (who bears a scar over her left eye as the result of a sailing accident at the beginning of the film) in a mountain cave near a small village. He earns their living by magically manipulating origami with music from his shamisen for the townsfolk, telling the tale of his deceased father Hanzo, a samurai warrior. Kubo is never able to finish his story, as he does not know how Hanzo died and his mother herself cannot recall the ending due to her mental state deteriorating. Sariatu warns him not to stay out after dark as her Sisters, Karasu and Washi, and his estranged grandfather, the Moon King (who took Kubo's eye when he was a baby) will find him and take his remaining eye.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Art Parkinson
Kubo (voice)
Charlize Theron
Monkey (voice)
Matthew McConaughey
Beetle (voice)
Rooney Mara
The Sisters (voice)
Ralph Fiennes
Moon King (voice)
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Hashi (voice)
George Takei
Hosato (voice)
Minae Noji
Minae (voice)