Movies Like To Be

If you liked To Be (1990), a science fiction and animation movie directed by John Weldon, 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.

1
Wanderers (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also science fiction and animation
This short film visualizes potential human exploration of the Solar System through a sequence of digitally reconstructed environments based on real astronomical data and spacecraft imagery. Depicting locations such as…
2
No Time for Nuts (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedy
Scrat comes across a time machine and is transported to various times all in pursuit of his beloved acorn.
3
Scrat: Spaced Out (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and comedy
In the main events of Ice Age: Collision Course, Scrat is captured by Scratazons who take away his acorn. Now, Scrat must rescue his Acorn and escape before the aliens can catch him.
4
Unidentified Flying Mater (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and animation
Mater finds a small UFO called Mator and they have a night out. Later, when Mator is captured by military forces, Mater sneaks up and saves him with the help of Lightning McQueen and the UFO's mother.
5
Mooned (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and comedy
Villainous Vector must figure out how to get off the moon and return to Earth.
6
Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedy
This 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…
7
Day & Night (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedy
When 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…
8
Monster Truck Mater (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and comedy
As a professional monster truck wrestler, Mater must work his way up through the ranks from an amateur tow truck to World Champion Monster Truck Wrestler. But rival wrestlers I-Screamer, Captain Collision, and The…
9
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer? (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and comedy
Trixie explains to Forky what a computer does as they experience the common stresses of technology.
10
Chips Ahoy (1956)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedy
Chip and Dale are starving in their tree home when they notice a plentiful supply of acorns on an island in a lake. To get to the island, they borrow a miniature model ship of Donald's to sail on. The irate Donald…
11
Thru the Mirror (1936)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedy
Mickey has been reading Alice in Wonderland, and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is alive.
12
Party Central (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and animation
Mike and Sulley are back at Monsters University for a fun-filled weekend with their Oozma Kappa fraternity brothers. The gang is throwing their first party, but no one’s showing up. Luckily for them, Mike and Sulley…
13
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and animation
Mater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable stories.
14
Lou (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedy
A lost-and-found box holds a mysterious and unseen monster within.
15
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II (2008)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction and animation
Seth Green and Matthew Senreich serve up more hilarious Star Wars-inspired satire in this second compilation of sketches featuring the zany stop-motion animation of Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken." Gary the stormtrooper…
16
The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedy
As Tom and Jerry stage their typical fight sequences, the patriotic soldier theme of the title is evidenced by such things as a carton of eggs labeled "Hen Grenades"; Jerry dropping light bulbs from an airplane like…
17
Good Scouts (1938)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and comedy
Donald is leading a scout troop consisting of his nephews on a hike in the woods. Donald isn't nearly the expert on the woods that he thinks he is, much to the amusement of the boys. In a bid for sympathy, he douses…
18
Solid Serenade (1946)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedy
Tom 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.
19
A Knight for a Day (1946)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and comedy
By accident, Cedric (Goofy), replaces his master, Sir Loinsteak, in the armor just before the joust with champion Sir Cumference.
20
His Mouse Friday (1951)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and comedy
Tom is shipwrecked on an island, which is inhabited by at least one mouse - Jerry. To thwart the hungry cat, Jerry disguises himself as a cannibal.