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Hug me

United States, 1981
film

An animated story of a lonely porcupine who wants a friend to hug him more than anything else in the world, but who is shunned by the other animals. He eventu..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

The Mole and the hedgehog

Czechoslovakia, 1972
Similarity: 72%

Prickly, the porcupine

United States, 1956
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The Bear (Animated)

United Kingdom, 1998
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Fatal compromise

Hungary, 1980
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That mouse

Canada, 1968
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Mango bear

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Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too

United States, 1974
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The Boy and the snow goose

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Me and you kangaroo

United States, 1974
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Scruffy

United States, 1959
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Tawny scrawny lion

United States, 1974
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Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too

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The Extraordinary adventures of the mouse and his child

United States, 1977
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Walter the lazy mouse

United States, 1972
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Hamster from Hamsterdam

United States, 1971
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Rudyard Kipling's How the elephant got his trunk

United States, 1970
Similarity: 66%

Once upon a forest [DVD]

United States, 1992
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Zebras

Sweden, 1973
Similarity: 66%
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