Movies Like The Mouse and His Child

If you liked The Mouse and His Child (1977), a animation and adventure movie directed by Charles Swenson and Fred Wolf, 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
Welcome to Smelliville (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and adventure
The Oggly family arrive at the municipal rubbish dump of Smelliville and must look for a new home, but they never feel really welcome anywhere. They stink and are for most humans just a tad too oggly. When Firebottom…
2
The Little Prince (2015)
★ 7.6/10Also adventure and animation
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when…
3
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and fantasy
The Guardians of Arcadia reunite to battle the nefarious Arcane Order, who've reawakened the primordial Titans.
4
The House of Magic (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also family and fantasy
Thunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos. Not everyone welcomes the…
5
Tinker Bell (2008)
★ 7/10Also animation and family
Journey into the secret world of Pixie Hollow and hear Tinker Bell speak for the very first time as the astonishing story of Disney's most famous fairy is finally revealed in the all-new motion picture "Tinker Bell."
6
Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action! (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also family and animation
When Draculaura is led to believe she's the rightful heir to the vampire throne, she and her best ghoulfriends are whisked away to Transylvania for a royal coronation to die for. But they soon discover the hunt for the…
7
The Inseparables (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and adventure
The animated buddy movie follows the misadventures of Don, a runaway puppet with boundless imaginations, and DJ Doggy Dog, an abandoned plush looking for a friend, who cross paths in Central Park and team up against…
8
The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
★ 7/10Also animation and adventure
A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.
9
Pets United (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and family
When Roger (a Robin Hood-esque, stray dog) and Belle (an elegant yet spoilt pet cat) are thrown together amidst the chaos of a robot take-over of their home city, they must push all their preconceptions aside in order…
10
Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui (2004)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and fantasy
In the time before time, six unlikely Matoran find themselves transformed into mighty Toa. The new Toa Metru must prove themselves as true heroes, find the missing Toa Lhikan, and uncover a plot that threatens the…
11
A Tooth Fairy Tale (2025)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and fantasy
Van, the brave son of a tooth fairy leader, meets the goblins girl Gemma on his first mission. Despite the myths about ancient disputes between fairies and goblins, they share common values. When the greedy Spider…
12
The Velveteen Rabbit (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and family
When seven-year-old William receives a new favorite toy for Christmas, he discovers a lifelong friend and unlocks a world of magic.
13
My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and family
The first day of Spring is on its way and the Little Ponies are preparing for it with a big festival. But all the fun may come to an end if the witch Hydia has her way! Can the Ponies defeat Hydia and her evil…
14
Extinct (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and family
Op and Ed, two adorable donut-shaped animals - flummels - accidentally time-travel from 1835 to modern-day Shanghai. There they discover traffic, trans fats, and worst of all, that flummels are now extinct. It's up to…
15
Arctic Dogs (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and adventure
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.
16
Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and family
Tom And Jerry are among the last animals living in Storybook Town, a fairy tale-inspired theme park "where dreams come true, if you believe."
17
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also family and adventure
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…
18
The Boxtrolls (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and family
An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
19
Epic (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and adventure
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their…
20
Return to Never Land (2002)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and fantasy
In 1940, the world is besieged by World War II. Wendy, all grown up, has two children; including Jane, who does not believe Wendy's stories about Peter Pan.