Movies Like Back to the Drawing Board
If you liked Back to the Drawing Board (2026), a animation and comedy movie directed by Isaac Giles, 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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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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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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Pecos Pest (1955)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedyJerry's eccentric uncle, Pecos, a Texan mouse, comes to spend the night with him before his musical performance on television the next day. He decides to rehearse with his guitar for the performance but each time he…
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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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Megamind: The Button of Doom (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedyFor their first day on the job as the new protectors of Metro City, Megamind and Minion are selling off the gadgets from their evil lair. But when one seemingly harmless "button" unleashes the gigantic robot…
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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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Flirty Birdy (1945)
★ 7/10Also 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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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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Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedyA brave young animal explorer teams up with two trusty friends to find a powerful artifact before his greedy uncle can get his paws on it.
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Puppy (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedyA Minion, longing for a puppy, humorously tries to catch a dog, a squirrel, and even a ladybug, but none of his attempts succeed. Just as his hopes fade, a tiny UFO swoops down and abducts the ladybug. The Minion…
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Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedyZIM discovers his almighty leaders never had any intention of coming to Earth and he loses confidence in himself for the first time in his life, which is the big break his human nemesis, Dib has been waiting for.
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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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Sing: Thriller (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and comedyBuster Moon dreams up a star-studded spectacle set to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in this animated short featuring characters from the hit "Sing" films.
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Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fictionPhineas and Ferb travel across the galaxy to rescue their older sister Candace, who has been abducted by aliens and taken to a utopia in a far-off planet, free of her pesky little brothers.
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Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedyFranklin is new to town and hoping to make friends, but his usual tactics don't work on the Peanuts gang. When the Soap Box Derby arrives, he's sure it's a chance to impress new pals and teams up with the only other…
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The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Silly (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedyMickey and gang must stop hundreds of old film reel versions of Mickey from wreaking havoc all over town.
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Panic in the Mailroom (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and comedyTwo Minions are busy at work in the mailroom. One of them, bored, decides to throw a box of expired PX-41 samples into its designated chute.
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Day & Night (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedyWhen Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each other at first, and quickly get off on the wrong foot. But as they…
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The Simpsons in Plusaversary (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedyThe Simpsons host a Disney+ Day party and everyone is on the list… except Homer. With friends from across the service and music fit for a Disney Princess, Plusaversary is Springfield's event of the year.
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Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and comedyPhineas and Ferb team up with the Avengers to save the world from Dr. Doofenshmirtz and a group of dangerous supervillains.