Movies Like Dead Bug

If you liked Dead Bug (2013), a animation movie directed by Julio Benito Cabrera, 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
The House (2022)
★ 7/10Also animation
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
2
Night of the Animated Dead (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also animation
An animated retelling of ‘Night of the Living Dead’, in which a group of people in a rural farmhouse struggle to survive the threat of bloodthirsty zombies.
3
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also animation
When Brainy Smurf is favored to win the annual Smurfberry Hunt for the ninth year in a row, Gutsy Smurf sets out to discover how Brainy wins every year. Gutsy’s investigation takes him into spooky Smurfy Hollow–and…
4
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.
5
Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O. (2006)
★ 8/10Also animation
The villains of the Kids Next Door, lead by Father, join forces to resurrect the Ultimate Evil, Grandfather, a tyrant who once ruled the world many years ago when most of the villains were themselves kids. However…
6
Monster High: Friday Night Frights (2012)
★ 7.8/10Also animation
After Monster High’s roller skating team is defeated at the Skulltimate Roller Maze tournament, the ghouls team up to face an all-boys league, with the hope of winning back the school crest and restoring school spirit.
7
Transylvania 6-5000 (1963)
★ 7.2/10Also animation
Bugs is given a room for the night at the castle of Count Bloodcount in Transylvania.
8
Daddy, I'm a Zombie (2012)
★ 7.2/10Also animation
The misadventures of a teenager girl in her new life as zombie.
9
Wrinkles (2011)
★ 7.6/10Also animation
At an elder-care facility, a geriatric con artist tries to prevent his new friend with early Alzheimer's symptoms from being transferred to the 'lost causes' floor.
10
Sing: Thriller (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also animation
Buster Moon dreams up a star-studded spectacle set to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in this animated short featuring characters from the hit "Sing" films.
11
Memoir of a Snail (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also animation
Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.
12
The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation
GrandPat travels through alternate dimensions and timelines to get home.
13
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also animation
Greg Heffley is a scrawny but ambitious kid with an active imagination and big plans to be rich and famous – he just has to survive middle school first.
14
Coyote Falls (2010)
★ 7/10Also animation
Wile E. Coyote has ordered an ACME bungee cord and has set up a birdseed trap under a highway bridge. It’s a "foolproof" plan that takes everything into consideration... except oncoming traffic.
15
Monster High: Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love? (2012)
★ 8/10Also animation
Draculaura’s Sweet 1600th birthday is an extra special occasion to party at Monster High! But her high expectations lead to deadly results when she’s faced with the choice between practical boyfriend Clawd, and new…
16
Sturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also animation
In this anime visual album, a mysterious driver heads deep into a postapocalyptic hellscape toward a ferocious showdown with two monstrous opponents.
17
Once Upon a Studio (2023)
★ 8.3/10Also animation
Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.
18
Night of the Zoopocalypse (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also animation
A wolf and mountain lion team up when a meteor unleashes a virus turning zoo animals into zombies. They join forces with other survivors to rescue the zoo and stop the deranged mutant leader from spreading the virus.
19
Monster High: Freaky Fusion (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also animation
While attempting to help Frankie Stein learn more about her freakycool scaritage, the fashionably fierce ghoulfriends travel back in time to the first day ever of Monster High! There, they meet Sparky, a skullastic…
20
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…