Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

A sequel to the delightful 1995 film about the pig who learns to do the work of a sheepdog, here the farm is threatened after the farmer is injured while repairing a well pump, so the titular pig and the farmer’s wife set off together to a herding contest. The pair’s trip is waylaid when they are detained at the airport and they are forced instead to make their way in Metropolis. The charm and coziness of the original film are a bit lost here. Metropolis is a bizarre amalgam of all cities where the only hotel that accepts animals is housed by an orangutan, chimpanzees and a bevy of cats. It’s also much darker for what is ostensibly a family film. There are hangings, almost drownings, and dogs getting very close to the Rainbow Bridge. It’s very weird. 

Oscar Nomination: Best Music, Original Song