Movies Like The Rose and Joe

If you liked The Rose and Joe (1977), a animation movie directed by Takashi Yanase, 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
PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also animation
A royal relative steals a gem with the power to make things fly, the Paw Patrol takes to the skies to stop him and save Barkingburg.
2
Snoopy Presents: It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also animation
Charlie Brown is determined to win the big baseball game. But things turn into a fiasco right before the matchup, when Sally bonds with a little flower on the pitcher's mound and vows to protect it at all costs.
3
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You (1999)
★ 6.8/10Also animation
After Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Rabbit see Christopher Robin making a valentine for -- gasp! -- a girl, they find he's been bitten by a "Smitten" and is lovesick! Worried that he'll no longer have time for them, and…
4
Balto III: Wings of Change (2004)
★ 6.7/10Also animation
Balto and the other sled dogs are feeling dejected because the mail that used to be delivered by dogsled is now being delivered by airplanes. But when a mail plane crashes in the mountains, the dogs come to the rescue.
5
Professor Tom (1948)
★ 6.7/10Also animation
Tom, complete with mortarboard, is teaching a kitten the basics: "cats chase mice." But Jerry keeps subverting this lesson at every opportunity.
6
Fixed (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also animation
After learning he's getting neutered, a dog has 24 hours to squeeze in one last balls-to-the-wall adventure with the boys.
7
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island (2019)
★ 7/10Also animation
Scooby-Doo and his pals win an all-expense paid vacation and embark on a trip of a lifetime to a tropical paradise. Their destination however, turns out to be Zombie Island. As soon as they arrive, they realize the…
8
Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also animation
It's Halloween in the Hundred Acre Wood, and Roo's best new friend, Lumpy, is looking forward to his first time trick-or-treating. That is, until Tigger warns them about the scary Gobloon, who'll turn them into…
9
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
★ 7.1/10Also animation
Lady, a golden cocker spaniel, meets up with a mongrel dog who calls himself the Tramp. He is obviously from the wrong side of town, but happenings at Lady's home make her decide to travel with him for a while.
10
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also animation
Join Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. crew as they head to Chicago for Talent Star, a hit talent show in which Fred and Daphne are finalists with some high hopes. Unlucky for them, the competition is frightful…
11
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also animation
Lady and Tramp's mischievous pup, Scamp, gets fed up with rules and restrictions imposed on him by life in a family, and longs for a wild and free lifestyle. He runs away from home and into the streets where he joins a…
12
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also animation
Who or what exactly is a Heffalump? The lovable residents of the Hundred Acre Wood -- Winnie the Pooh, Rabbit, Tigger, Eeyore, Kanga and the rest of the pack -- embark on a journey of discovery in search of the elusive…
13
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
★ 7.6/10Also animation
Christopher Robin's bear attempts to raid a beehive in a tall tree.
14
Puttin' on the Dog (1944)
★ 7.6/10Also animation
Jerry runs into a dog pound (and right on top of a napping Spike) to escape a rather mangy-looking Tom. To avoid being ripped to shreds, Tom borrows the head of a nearby dog statue. This easily fools the dogs, but not…
15
Just Ducky (1953)
★ 6.9/10Also animation
Jerry Mouse befriends a newly hatched duckling who can't swim and ends up protecting him against his feline nemesis, Tom.
16
Balto: Wolf Quest (2002)
★ 6.4/10Also animation
Balto and his daughter Aleu embark on a journey of adventure and self discovery.
17
The Lonesome Mouse (1943)
★ 7.3/10Also animation
Jerry crashes a vase onto Tom's head, which gets Mammy to throw Tom out. Jerry at first revels in his freedom, but soon tires of this, and, under a flag of truce, hatches a plan with Tom.
18
The Bodyguard (1944)
★ 7.4/10Also animation
Spike 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.
19
Trouble (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also animation
A pampered dog named Trouble must learn to live in the real world while trying to escape from his former owner's greedy children and must learn how to survive on the big-city streets.
20
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Silly (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also animation
Mickey and gang must stop hundreds of old film reel versions of Mickey from wreaking havoc all over town.