Movies Like The Phony Trilogy

If you liked The Phony Trilogy (1997), a movie directed by Emily Breer and Joe Gibbons, 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
Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 (2007)
★ 7.9/10
Experience these masterpieces of storytelling from the creative minds that brought you Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and many more. With revolutionary animation, unforgettable music and characters you love…
2
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales (2008)
★ 7.1/10
Mater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable stories.
3
Mike's New Car (2002)
★ 6.9/10
Mike discovers that being the top-ranking laugh collector at Monsters, Inc. has its benefits – in particular, earning enough money to buy a six-wheel-drive car that's loaded with gadgets. That new-car smell doesn't…
4
The House (2022)
★ 7/10
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.
5
The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special (2023)
★ 7.1/10
GrandPat travels through alternate dimensions and timelines to get home.
6
Baseball Bugs (1946)
★ 6.9/10
Bugs Bunny single handedly takes on the “Gas-House Gorillas,” a baseball team of hulking, cigar-chomping bullies.
7
Unidentified Flying Mater (2009)
★ 6.3/10
Mater finds a small UFO called Mator and they have a night out. Later, when Mator is captured by military forces, Mater sneaks up and saves him with the help of Lightning McQueen and the UFO's mother.
8
Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
★ 6.7/10
This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via…
9
Minions & More Volume 2 (2022)
★ 7.4/10
This collection of 11 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Mower Minions (2016); Yellow Is the New Black (2018); Competition (2015); Cro Minion (2015); Binky Nelson…
10
Wanderers (2014)
★ 7.3/10
This short film visualizes potential human exploration of the Solar System through a sequence of digitally reconstructed environments based on real astronomical data and spacecraft imagery. Depicting locations such as…
11
Hawaiian Vacation (2011)
★ 7/10
The toys throw Ken and Barbie a Hawaiian vacation in Bonnie's room.
12
Competition (2015)
★ 6.1/10
Two minions working in a bomb lab get competitive.
13
Three Little Pigs (1933)
★ 6.9/10
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)…
14
Code 3 (2025)
★ 7.1/10
A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
15
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
★ 7.4/10
Four tales unfold in Wes Anderson's anthology of short films adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved stories, "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar", "The Swan", "The Rat Catcher", and "Poison."
16
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll (2016)
★ 6.9/10
As Po looks for his lost action figures, the story of how the panda inadvertently helped create the Furious Five is told.
17
Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
★ 6.3/10
Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's V8 Café, the Sheriff tells the story of the legend of the Ghostlight…
18
Halo: Landfall (2007)
★ 6.2/10
Director Neill Blomkamp explores the lives of Marines and ODSTs on a last, desperate mission in a post-invasion Earth – a mission that may secure the salvation, or usher the destruction of the entire galaxy. Edited…
19
Orientation Day (2010)
★ 6.9/10
The Minions embark on their first day of work, eager to prove themselves in their new roles. After watching a hilariously outdated 'Initiation Video,' three rookie Minions take on bomb-carrying duty. Predictably, their…
20
Party Central (2014)
★ 6.8/10
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…