Movies Like He Was Once
If you liked He Was Once (1989), a comedy and animation movie directed by Mary Hestand, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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South Park (Not Suitable for Children) (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedyAfter it's discovered that a teacher at South Park Elementary has an OnlyFans page, Randy is compelled to take a closer look at the seedy underbelly of the world of online influencers.
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Baseball Bugs (1946)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedyBugs Bunny single handedly takes on the “Gas-House Gorillas,” a baseball team of hulking, cigar-chomping bullies.
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The Big Bad Wolf (1934)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and comedyThe Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.
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Mouse Cleaning (1948)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedyMammy Two-Shoes threatens to throw Tom out of the house if he makes a mess. Jerry sees an opportunity to rid himself of his feline nemesis.
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Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedyThis Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via…
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Sea Scouts (1939)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedyDonald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.
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The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedyWhen the mystery-solving musician Foxxy Love notices she and her fellow housemates can curse without being bleeped—something they've never been able to do before—she realizes their show has been canceled. Determined to…
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Mickey's Steam Roller (1934)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedyWhile streetworker Mickey romances Minnie, Mickey's nephews Morty and Ferdie take control of his steamroller and it's full speed ahead on a very destructive ride.
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Solid Serenade (1946)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedyTom ties up Spike and sneaks into the courtyard of the glamorous Toodles Galore with his bass, hoping to woo her with his song, much to the annoyance of a sleeping Jerry.
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Flirty Birdy (1945)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedyTom is all set to eat Jerry when a hawk swoops down and grabs Jerry. To get Jerry back, Tom poses as a female hawk and quickly finds his new lover to be more than he bargained for.
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Nullarbor (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and comedyAn animated road-movie set across the vast and barren landscape of Australia's Nullarbor Plain.
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Mickey and the Seal (1948)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and comedyMickey accidentally takes a seal home, after it sneaks into his picnic basket. When Mickey takes a bath, the seal is discovered and Mickey returns him to the park. Later, however, Mickey and Pluto discover that the…
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A Knight for a Day (1946)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and comedyBy accident, Cedric (Goofy), replaces his master, Sir Loinsteak, in the armor just before the joust with champion Sir Cumference.
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The Bodyguard (1944)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedySpike the bulldog, grateful to Jerry for getting him out of the dogcatcher's van, offers to help the little mouse any time he whistles. Tom, Jerry's feline tormentor, seeks to overcome this new disadvantage.
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Casanova Cat (1951)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedyTom heads for a big city penthouse to become acquainted with a rich pretty female cat that lives there. He brings her Jerry as a gift and does some humiliating things to Jerry. Jerry, in turn, attracts the attention of…
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Dog Trouble (1942)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and comedyTom's chasing Jerry when he runs right into a sleeping dog and the two of them must work together to fend him off.
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Thru the Mirror (1936)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedyMickey has been reading Alice in Wonderland, and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is alive.
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Old Rockin' Chair Tom (1948)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and animationMammy Two-Shoes replaces Tom with a younger cat who is a lightning-quick mouser. Tom and Jerry form an alliance in order to get rid of this dangerous newcomer.
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Plankton: The Movie (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and animationPlankton's tangled love story with his sentient computer wife goes sideways when she takes a stand — and decides to destroy the world without him.
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The Ugly Duckling (1939)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedyAn outcast duckling's search for a family to accept him leads to constant rejection before learning his true identity as a swan.