16 Recommendations for Funny and Educational Cartoon Movies, Perfect for Family Weekend Entertainment

Kapanlagi.com - Most people assume that cartoon movies are only meant for children. However, animated movies often convey deep messages. The perspective is important while watching them.

As adults, you can also give this list as a recommendation for family cartoon movies to watch together. Spending the weekend gathering and watching movies together is a fun choice.

Moreover, you also have the opportunity to choose movies that may be suitable for family members. This cartoon movie recommendation contains funny, educational, and deeply moral messages. You can read the synopsis to consider the suitability while watching it.

1. Funny Cartoon Movie Recommendations

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1. ADIT SOPO JARWO: THE MOVIE (2021)

The film ADIT SOPO JARWO: THE MOVIE tells the story adapted from the popular series ADIT & SOPO JARWO. In this film, Adit is on vacation in Yogyakarta with his parents by train. During the trip, Adit gets off the train to buy biscuits for his mother.

The problem arises when Adit misses the train and is left alone at the station. At that time, he meets Sopo, a porter at the station. Later, they both meet Jarwo and decide to go to Yogyakarta. The story of Adit, Sopo, and Jarwo is a recommended cartoon film for you.

2. MY LITTLE PONY: A NEW GENERATION (2021)

The next recommended cartoon film is MY LITTLE PONY: A NEW GENERATION. The film is set in a time far from the era of magic, even Twilight Sparkle is considered a legend. The story focuses on three types of ponies, namely earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns. They live separately and in fear.

Next, there is a character named Sunny Starscout, an earth pony who wants to unite all the separated types of ponies so that magic can return to the world. Directed by Robert Cullen and Jose Ucha, this film has cute and popular horse characters that are loved by people of all ages.

3. TOY STORY 4 (2019)

The TOY STORY film has several series and the latest was released in 2019. With its quality, TOY STORY must be included in the recommended cartoon films that must be watched. In this series, Woody and his friends (a set of toys) live with their new owner named Bonnie.

Like the story in the previous series, you will be presented with various interesting stories. Not only entertaining, but there are also many moral messages embedded in it.

4. WRECK-IT RALPH

WRECK-IT RALPH is one of the funny recommended cartoon films that you should not miss. WRECK-IT RALPH has an interesting story and characters. The film tells the story of Ralph, an antagonist character in a game who wants to be loved. Ralph does various things to achieve that, including participating in a race to become a champion.

Until one day, Ralph meets another game character, Vanellope, a cute and mischievous little girl. Vanellope teaches Ralph how to become a beloved game character. Behind her cheerfulness, Vanellope also has flaws. Her character experiences glitches. Finally, Ralph also wants to help Vanellope fix herself.

2. Recommended Educational Cartoon Films

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5. UPIN & IPIN: KERIS SIAMANG TUNGGAL (2019)

Upin and Ipin seem to be no strangers to Indonesian children. Previously, several series have been released. In 2019, the latest series entitled UPIN & IPIN: KERIS SIAMANG TUNGGAL was released simultaneously in Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei Darussalam. Several months later, the film was released in Indonesia.

In this series, it is told that Upin, Ipin, and their friends try to fight against Raja Bersiong. They try to regain the throne of Inderaloka as it was before. However, initially, they only stumbled upon Tok Dalang's box which turned out to contain a keris. It was that keris that brought them into another world and met the characters in Malay stories.

6. NUSSA (2021)

Nussa is the name of one of the characters in this film. He is a reigning champion of the science fair. Of course, he wants to win the competition again with his rocket. In the process, he is assisted by Abba. Unfortunately, his experiment failed.

After that, Nussa's friends shifted their attention to Joni's rocket experiment, which looked more advanced. Various problems and solutions in NUSSA are suitable to be included in this list of educational cartoon movie recommendations.

7. TAYO THE LITTLE BUS MOVIE: RESCUE MY FRIEND ACE (2016)

The next cartoon movie recommendation is TAYO THE LITTLE BUS MOVIE: RESCUE MY FRIEND ACE. This film originated from a South Korean cartoon series. Later, Ryu Jung oo, the director, made it into a movie that tells the adventure of Tayo, the small blue bus in the big city.

Tayo is also told to have other good and helpful bus friends. This group of small buses is compact in one goal, which is to become great vehicles.

8. INSIDE OUT

In the next educational cartoon movie recommendation list, there is INSIDE OUT. This cartoon film is quite eye-catching and even won an Oscar award. INSIDE OUT tells the story of Riley who experiences various emotions that go up and down after moving house.

Interestingly, in this cartoon film, every feeling experienced by Riley is portrayed in funny characters. This cartoon film is educational through its story full of messages. In addition, the audience, especially children, will also be invited to learn to recognize various emotions.

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7. COCO (2017)

You don't have to hesitate to include this cartoon movie recommendation in your watchlist. The quality of COCO has been proven by winning two Oscars for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song in 2018. The film tells the story of a cheerful boy named Miguel.

Miguel, who comes from a family of shoemakers, has a big dream of becoming a musician like Ernesto de la Cruz. To achieve this, Miguel must solve a problem by embarking on an adventure in the Land of the Dead. The exciting and gripping ending completes Miguel's great adventure.

8. SPIRITED AWAY (2001)

SPIRITED AWAY may not be a new movie, but its message is still relevant today. This makes SPIRITED AWAY a suitable recommendation for a weekend cartoon movie. This Studio Ghibli production tells the story of a little girl named Chihiro's adventure and struggle to save her parents.

She experiences many mysterious events. Chihiro's obstacles and injuries will invite your sympathy as a viewer.

9. SOUL (2020)

This cartoon movie recommendation is suitable for you to watch with your family on weekends. SOUL focuses on a character named Joe Gardner. He is a music teacher who struggles to pursue his dream of becoming a musician. Unfortunately, he has an accident. When he wakes up, he finds himself in the Great Beyond.

Realizing this, he runs and ends up in the Great Before, the place where souls are prepared before being born into the world. Then, what is the next story? Just watch Joe's adventure in this movie!

10. UP (2009)

If you are looking for a recommendation for a comedy-drama cartoon movie, UP is the answer. The film focuses on the life story of an old widower named Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner) and a determined young boy named Russell (Jordan Nagai). Russell follows Carl to fulfill his mission of turning his house into an emergency aircraft with the help of helium gas usually used to fill balloons. The story in this film is suitable for you to watch with your family on weekends.

4. Exciting Cartoon Movie Recommendations

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Not inferior to action movies, some cartoons also have exciting stories. In fact, the fun of watching cartoons is quite different from most movies. Because watching recommended cartoon films can feel various sensations ranging from excitement to tension. Here are some recommendations for exciting cartoon films.

13. RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON

RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON is one of Disney's animated cartoon films that is highly anticipated in Indonesia. This is because the film is the first animated series to take Southeast Asian culture as the background of the story. RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON tells the adventure of Raya and a dragon named Sisu.

They both try to restore peace in the land of Kumandra. Along the way, Raya also meets many friends who later become partners in realizing peace. Not only about struggle, this cartoon film also has many stories about friendship.

14. BIG HERO 6

The next recommendation for exciting cartoon films is BIG HERO 6. As the title suggests, this cartoon film tells the story of a group of superheroes with unique and great powers. The story of these superheroes begins when a genius young man named Hiro Hamada.

At the age of 14, Hiro has successfully created a robot named Baymax. Unfortunately, Hiro died as a result of an incident. His younger brother then continued to make Baymax. He also gathered some friends who later agreed to unite as superheroes to eradicate crime.

15. TURNING RED

The next cartoon film recommendation is still relatively new, namely TURNING RED. This film tells the story of a Chinese blooded girl who lives in Canada. The girl's name is Meilin. Meilin inherited the curse of her ancestors, where she could turn into a red panda.

Because of the curse, Meilin has a strange and quite exciting life. Even so, Meilin has friends and family who continue to support her. Yes, this film contains many messages about love and support for family and friends.

16. KUNGFU PANDA

Who doesn't know KUNGFU PANDA? This cartoon is already quite popular thanks to its excitement and humor. In fact, it is so much fun that this animal character cartoon film has already had 3 seasons. The story in this cartoon revolves around Po, a chubby and adorable panda figure, who is then chosen to be a dragon warrior. Po, who was originally naive and often underestimated. But slowly struggled to improve his strength in fighting.

Well, KLovers, those are some recommendations for funny and educational cartoon films that you can watch with your family on weekends.

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