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Yellow Submarine
Why this pick
Like The Point!, it uses boldly simple, storybook animation and music to turn an eccentric fantasy journey into a gentle, optimistic fable about individuality and connection.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1971 1h 14m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Movies like
The Point!
AnimationDramaFamilyFantasy
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
If you loved The Point!, try these.
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The King and the Mockingbird
Why this pick
A visually inventive fairy tale with a tender rebellious spirit, it pairs whimsical fantasy imagery with the same humane concern for freedom and refusing arbitrary conformity.
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The Little Prince
Why this pick
Its spare, dreamlike animation and fable-like encounters make it a close companion to The Point!’s gentle philosophical tone and sincere view of childhood imagination.
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Son of the White Mare
Why this pick
Its strikingly stylized animation and mythic, music-forward storytelling echo The Point!’s willingness to make a children’s fantasy feel abstract, handmade, and emotionally direct.
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The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Why this pick
Its silhouetted animation creates an enchanting, handcrafted dream world; the fairy-tale directness and visual imagination suit a viewer drawn to The Point!’s singular, illustrative charm.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A father reads his son a bedtime story about young Oblio, who is banished from the fantastical kingdom of pointed heads and things for having no point.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Lennie Weinrib
Count (voice) (as Lenny Weinrib)
Buddy Foster
Count's Son (voice)
Dustin Hoffman
Narrator / Father (First Telecast)
Alan Thicke
Narrator / Father (third telecast)
Ringo Starr
Narrator / Father (home video release) (voice)
Paul Frees
Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers (voice)
Joan Gerber
Oblio's Mother (voice)
Mike Lookinland
Oblio (voice)