Movies like The Puppetoon Movie

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The Puppetoon Movie (1987)
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The Puppetoon Movie (1987)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Animated characters introduce a compilation of George Pal replacement animation Puppetoon short films from the 1930s and 1940s. Originally released in 80 minutes length, The Puppetoon Movie also exists in a subsequently expanded ten minutes longer version.
Style: anthology, anime
Audience: kids
Plot: puppet, stop motion, dinosaur, swing, jazz, advertising, deer, director, tropical island, orchestra, filmmaking, filmmaker, mascot, film projector, sound stage, puppet animation, jazz music
Time: year 1987
Keyword: compilation, retrospective

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Most similar movies to The Puppetoon Movie

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, feel good, semi serious and humorous films with plots about friendship, friends, escapades, stop motion, danger, imaginary and good versus evil mostly in Animation, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Puppetoon Movie: Gumby Adventures (1988), Donald Duck Goes West (1965), Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (1977), The Little Engine That Could (2011), Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Gumby Adventures (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 5 min.
TV show
Story: The continuous adventures of Gumby and his pals. This time, he runs a farm which includes more pals such as a wooly mammoth, Denali, and a bee, Groobee.
Style: claymation
Audience: kids
Plot: stop motion, farm, car trouble, horse, rock band, dinosaur, surrealism
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Strawberry Shortcake: The Sweet Dreams Movie (2006)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Strawberry Shortcake has a dream of fresh new fields of berry bushes - enough for everyone. But when the greedy Peculiar Purple Pieman rolls into Strawberry Land, he decides to steal Strawberry's dream - and everyone else's dreams too. In ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, feel good, semi serious, anime ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: fantasy world, friendship, children, save the world, teamwork, good versus evil, friends, save the day
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
The Strawberry Shortcake Movie: Sky's the Limit (2009)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: A sudden storm leaves Berry Bitty City with a gigantic problem. Strawberry Shortcake and her friends will have to move their whole tiny town unless they find a way to safely remove a huge boulder that threatens everything they hold dear.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, anime ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: friendship, partner, best friend, friends, escapades, small town, save the day, love, danger, youth, forces of nature
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Gumby: The Movie (1995)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The band is back together! Gumby reunites with The Clayboys to perform at a concert benefiting local farmers. But things take an unexpected turn when Gumby s dog, Lowbelly, reacts to the music by crying tears of real pearl! Fortune turns into ...
Style: claymation, stylized, anime, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: stop motion, cloning, dog, robot, rock music, laboratory, kidnapping, rescue, farm, star wars, cons and scams, money raising ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 60s, 20th century, 50s ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Captain Morten and the Spider Queen (2018)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Estonia, Belgium, Ireland, UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Morten, a ten-year-old boy, is shrunk to the size of an insect due to a magical fog gun. Soon, he finds himself on his makeshift model ship sailing through a flooded cafe.
Style: captivating, funny, entertaining, thrilling, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: body transformation, transformation, boy, save the day, escapades, magic, little boy, stop motion, reality versus fantasy, ballet performance, reality vs fantasy
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Donald Duck Goes West (1965)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min.
Story: This compilation of previously released western-themed Disney cartoons features Two Gun Goofy (1952), Up a Tree (1955), Californy er Bust (1945), Donald's Gold Mine (1942), Pests of the West (1950), Beezy Bear (1955), The Legend of Coyote Rock ...
Style: anthology, anime, not serious, humorous, stylized
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: goofy hero, old west, wild west, dog, horse, mouse, cowboy, bear, duck, chipmunk
Time: 60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (1977)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: Easter-themed showcase of classic Warner Bros. cartoons, hosted by Bugs Bunny and Granny.
Style: anthology, slapstick, humorous, not serious
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: easter, bugs bunny, porky pig, holiday, looney tunes, silly humor, disorder, imaginary, prank, chases and races, elderly, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The Little Engine That Could (2011)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Featuring an all-star cast, the timeless story comes to life in this all-new, feature-length film filled with fun and adventure!
Style: feel good, uplifting, semi serious, humorous, anime ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers
Plot: against the odds, human spirit, youth, teaching the ways of the world, toy train, magic, good versus evil, stranger on a train, heroes, ambition, anger, train travel ...
Time: 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Peter Cottontail wants to be the #1 chief Easter Bunny, and everyone in April Valley agrees...except for Evil Irontail. Peter must deliver more eggs than this archrival to earn the top spot...and save Easter for children everywhere!
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching, happy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: stop motion, holiday, easter, time travel, christmas wish, rabbit, easter bunny, spring, ambition, contests and competitions, escapades, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase (1982)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Mighty Mouse must save the galaxy from evil cat Harry the Heartless and rescue Queen Pureheart in this animated children's adventure.
Style: anthology, anime, independent film
Audience: kids
Plot: mouse, outer space, surrealism, superhero, cartoon mouse, body swapping, villain
Time: 1900s
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Pat & Mat (1976)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Czechoslovakia
TV show
Story: Pat & Mat is a Czech stop-motion animated series featuring two handymen, Pat and Mat. It was created by Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek.
Style: anime, realistic, humorous, semi serious
Audience: kids, toddlers
Plot: puppet, inventor, buddies, friends, workplace situations, stop motion, odd couple, friendship, workplace, puppet show
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
My Little Pony: A Very Pony Place (2006)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story: Unlike the previous three specials, A Very Pony Place features three different stories, each of them focusing on the new characters exclusively released in the special. These were: Lily Lightly, Storybelle, Star Flight, Heart Bright and lastly, ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, feel good, anthology
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night
Plot: unicorn, my little pony, cartoon horse, pony, birthday, surprise party, horse, animal, animal life, anthropomorphic animal, friendship, animal protagonist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Friends Forever (2009)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Germany, Italy, France
Duration: 77 min.
Story: The unsuccessful actor and vagabond Johnny Mauser needs a change from all the trouble that he has experienced while living in the city. The perfect place to take a little break seems to be in Mullewapp, a little village with a cosy little farm. Soon ...
Style: anime
Audience: kids
Plot: pig, honesty, movie actor, drifter, mouse, chicken, bicycle, wolf, loyalty, courage, trust, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1991)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Based on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could build a flying ship would win the hand of the Tsar's daughter. The youngest son of a simple peasant shows up to claim her, and the dumbfounded Tsar ...
Style: claymation, experimental
Audience: kids
Plot: stop motion, folklore, aviation, surrealism, marriage, friendship, czar, puppet, superhuman, family relations, puppet animation
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! (2007)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: While villain Grizzle plots against the Care Bears, it is up to Oopsy Bear to come to their rescue.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, light, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids, toddlers
Plot: imaginary, friendship, imaginary kingdom, disorder, friends, good versus evil, escapades, danger, rivalry, rescue, heroes, young heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Legend of the Mummies of Guanajuato (2014)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Mexico, Canada, China, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Leo San Juan returns to face the mummys
Style: entertaining, light, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: mummy, good versus evil, children, mischievous children, kids in trouble, secret, supernatural, mysterious villain, escapades, battles, teamwork, showdown ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Bratz: Desert Jewelz (2012)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: When a magic carpet is compelled by an enchanted ring stolen by thieves during a fashion show, the girls are taken on an unexpected journey to help find a genie lamp and to rescue it before it falls into evil hands. Along the way, the girls make a ...
Style: entertaining, semi serious, feel good, captivating, computer animated ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, family outing
Plot: genie, magic, teamwork, magical object, magical power, friends, save the day, friendship, young woman, women, supernatural power, desert ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Kiri and Lou (2019)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 5 min.
TV show
Story: "Kiri and Lou" follows the adventures of Kiri, a feisty little dinosaur with overpowering emotions and Lou, a gentle but thoughtful creature. Kiri and Lou live in a forest of cutout paper and other creatures made of clay. They are joined ...
Style: educational, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: stop motion, friendship, puppet, satire, friends
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983)
Genre: Family, Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales find a treasure map that leads them to a wishing well, which for a penny will grant any wish (through old cartoon footage). Daffy sets up a resort around the well and various Looney Tunes characters have their dreams ...
Style: anime, anthology, not serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: bugs bunny, cartoon mouse, duck, cartoon duck, porky pig, chases and races, danger, treasure hunt, obsessive quest, chase, imaginary, escapades ...
Time: year 1983, 20th century
Place: fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Coconut, the Little Dragon (2014)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Coconut and his friend Oscar are outsiders on Dragon Island. Coconut is supposed to be a flying dragon but he can't fly and Oscar, a carnivore by nature, is a vegetarian bychoice. Together with the porcupine Matilda they go on fabulous ...
Style: colorful, captivating, entertaining, feel good, anime
Audience: kids, toddlers, preschool
Plot: island, friendship, best friend, children, parents, parents and children, bravery, dragon, jousting
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Felix: All Around the World (2005)
Genre: Family, Animation
Country: Germany
Duration: 81 min.
Story: After being separated from his friend Sophie, Felix embarks on a journey filled with mystical creatures in this high quality animated feature for your kids and family.
Style: semi serious, feel good, funny, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: travel, anthropomorphic animal, animal that acts human, mythical creature, ghost, magical creature, friend, journey, animal protagonist
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Impy's Island (2006)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Impy's Island (German: Urmel aus dem Eis) is a 2006 German computer-animated feature film based on the children's novel Urmal from the Ice Age by Max Kruse. On a magical tropical island, a fun-loving group of misfit animals and people make ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, anime, computer animated ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: parallel world, imaginary, heroes, friends, animal life, family relations, escapades, misfit, babies and infants, danger, family life, dragon ...
Time: year 2006, prehistory
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Tales of the Riverbank (2008)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Tales of the Riverbank tells the story of three friends - Hammy Hamster, Roderick Rat and GP the Guinea Pig - who, having swept down the river in a violent storm, embark on an epic journey in search of their lost homes. Their journey, full of comic ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: getting home, escapades, journey, environment, friendship, save the day, patrol, fighting crime, rivalry, daring rescue, hamster, circus ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Louis & Luca and the Snow Machine (2013)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 76 min.
Story: The small town of Pinchcliffe is experiencing a great lack of snow, which is why the inventor Reodor Felgen is asked to create a snow machine. However, things does not go as planned.
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: pre-teens, kids, preschool
Plot: friends, friendship, disorder, save the day, inventions and discoveries, imaginary, escapades, social relations, experiment gone awry, small town, danger, invention ...
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Toys in the Attic (2009)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Japan, France, Slovakia
Duration: 74 min.
Story: In an attic full of discarded junk, a pretty doll called Buttercup lives in an old trunk together with her friends, the marionette Prince Charming, lazy Teddy Bear and the plasticine creature Schubert. When Buttercup is snatched and taken off to the ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, captivating, light, anime ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: stop motion, friendship, rescue, escapades, attic, objects come to life, imaginary, good versus evil, puppet, abduction, rivalry, danger ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Easter Egg Adventure (2004)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The idyllic Egg Town is the location for the The Easter Egg Adventure, which sees the beautiful location under threat from some dastardly thieves. Making off with the collection of Easter Egg's the town has managed to collate, it's up to ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, funny, sweet, anime
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: young heroes, heroes, mischievous children, friendship, youth, orphan, rescue, good versus evil, danger, teaching the ways of the world, heroic mission, imaginary kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Land Before Time Sing*along*songs (1997)
Genre: Animation, Short, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
Story: A collection of songs from the first four Land Before Time movies
Audience: kids
Plot: land before time, dinosaur, surrealism, anthropomorphism, family relations
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Hokus Pokus Alfons Åberg (2013)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Albert thinks he is old enough to get a dog, as he's now seven. He tries to convince dad that he's not too young, even if he has an imaginary best friend to help him solve his problems. He gets new hope, when he gets to know a magician. ...
Style: anime
Audience: kids
Plot: dog, friendship, imaginary friend, responsibility, honesty, magician
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Modest Heroes (2018)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 53 min.
Story: From director Hiromasa Yonebayashi: “Kanini & Kanino”; “Life Ain’t Gonna Lose” directed by Yoshiyuki Momose; and “Invisible” directed by Akihiko Yamashita. These leaders of animation draw tales of modest heroes of our times.
Style: anime, anthology, captivating, light, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids, toddlers, family friendly, preschool
Plot: child, invisible, invisibility, sea adventure, obsessive quest, friends, underwater, egg, crab, samurai, underwater scene
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Frozen in Time (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story: Patty and Eric Purtle visit their Grandfather for Christmas. After accidentally breaking a clock in his workshop, they then find themselves repeating Christmas Eve. together they must fix time and make Christmas enjoyable for their family.
Style: feel good, captivating, entertaining, anime
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: time warp, christmas, time loop, time paradox, repeated event, repeated scene, time travel, children, time jump, christmas movie
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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