Movies Like The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

If you liked The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast (1974), a animation and music movie directed by Lee Mishkin, 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
Sing: Thriller (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and fantasy
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.
2
Piece by Piece (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also 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…
3
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…
4
Chips Ahoy (1956)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasy
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…
5
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.
6
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 3 (2014)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasy and animation
During a chicken picnic, Yellow Guy gets upset after Green Bird kills a butterfly. Yellow Guy then meets a butterfly that takes him on a journey to discover his concept of love.
7
Once Upon a Studio (2023)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and fantasy
Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.
8
Thriller Night (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and music
A Shrek parody of Michael Jackson's Thriller song and music video, with Donkey singing.
9
Sturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and music
In this anime visual album, a mysterious driver heads deep into a postapocalyptic hellscape toward a ferocious showdown with two monstrous opponents.
10
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.
11
Three Little Pigs (1933)
★ 6.9/10Also music and animation
The two pigs building houses of hay and sticks scoff at their brother, building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down (after trickery like dressing as a foundling sheep fails)…
12
Lorenzo (2004)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and fantasy
A cat named Lorenzo is dismayed to discover that his tail has developed a personality of its own.
13
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and fantasy
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…
14
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…
15
Ostinato (2024)
★ 6/10Also animation and music
In this animated short, a composer realizes that incorporating a discordant tone instead of fighting it creates an unexpectedly beautiful harmony. This short was inspired by writer Sunita Balsara's experience with…
16
Day & Night (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and fantasy
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…
17
The Simpsons in Plusaversary (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and fantasy
The Simpsons host a Disney+ Day party and everyone is on the list… except Homer. With friends from across the service and music fit for a Disney Princess, Plusaversary is Springfield's event of the year.
18
Party Central (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and fantasy
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…
19
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and fantasy
When his best friend Gary is suddenly snatched away, SpongeBob takes Patrick on a madcap mission far beyond Bikini Bottom to save their pink-shelled pal.
20
The Willoughbys (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and fantasy
When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.