Movies Like The Butterfly Ball

If you liked The Butterfly Ball (1977), a music and animation movie directed by Tony Klinger, 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
Trolls World Tour (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and music
Queen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery — there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, and their distinct differences create big clashes between these various tribes. When a mysterious threat puts all of…
2
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also animation
Dorothy wakes in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends, the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man, and Glinda, from a devious new villain, the Jester. New comrades Wiser the Owl…
3
Arlo the Alligator Boy (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and music
Upon learning that he is from New York City, a wide-eyed boy, who is half human and half alligator, decides to leave his sheltered life in the swamp and search for his long lost father. A musical adventure.
4
Piece by Piece (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and music
A unique cinematic experience that invites audiences on a vibrant journey through the life of cultural icon Pharrell Williams. Told through the lens of LEGO® animation, turn up the volume on your imagination and…
5
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022)
★ 7/10Also music
When the Primm family moves to New York City, their young son Josh struggles to adapt to his new school and new friends. All of that changes when he discovers Lyle — a singing crocodile who loves baths, caviar and…
6
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and music
Four talented alien musicians are kidnapped by a record producer who disguises them as humans. Shep, a space pilot in love with bass player Stella, follows them to Earth. Reprogrammed to forget their real identities…
7
Sing (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and music
A koala named Buster recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by hosting a singing competition.
8
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also animation
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
9
Sing 2 (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and music
Buster and his new cast now have their sights set on debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City. But with no connections, he and his singers must sneak into the Crystal Entertainment…
10
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also music
Exploring every facet of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle, this biopic…
11
UglyDolls (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and music
In the adorably different town of Uglyville, weirdness is celebrated, strangeness is special and beauty is embraced as more than meets the eye. After traveling to the other side of a mountain, Moxy and her UglyDoll…
12
Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
★ 6/10Also animation
An intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.
13
A Bug's Life (1998)
★ 7/10Also animation
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
14
Heavy Metal (1981)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and music
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
15
Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and music
The Yowie Yahoo starts kidnapping musicians at a concert attended by Scooby and the gang in Vampire Rock, Australia.
16
Arctic Dogs (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also animation
Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.
17
FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
★ 6.4/10Also animation
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destroying their home: the pristine rainforest known as FernGully. Zak…
18
Vivo (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and music
A music-loving kinkajou named Vivo embarks on the journey of a lifetime to fulfill his destiny and deliver a love song for an old friend.
19
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also animation
Escaping from poverty to become a witcher, Vesemir slays monsters for coin and glory, but when a new menace rises, he must face the demons of his past.
20
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also animation
The maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.