Movies like Mad as a Mars Hare (1963)
The best movies like Mad as a Mars Hare (1963) are Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020), Plankton: The Movie (2025) and Puppy (2013). If Mad as a Mars Hare hooked you with its animation and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Little Guy (2022)7.3/10 from 298 votes
- NewestElio (2025)Released 2025
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)
Phineas and Ferb travel across the galaxy to rescue their older sister Candace, who has been abducted by aliens and taken to a utopia in a far-off planet, free of her pesky little brothers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPlankton: The Movie (2025)
Plankton's tangled love story with his sentient computer wife goes sideways when she takes a stand — and decides to destroy the world without him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPuppy (2013)
A Minion, longing for a puppy, humorously tries to catch a dog, a squirrel, and even a ladybug, but none of his attempts succeed. Just as his hopes fade, a tiny UFO swoops down and abducts the ladybug. The Minion watches in fascination as the UFO, making adorable beeping noises, forms an unexpected bond with him, becoming his new "puppy." They share fun adventures, with the UFO using its space powers to entertain, playing music and enlarging snacks like cheese puffs and bananas. One evening, the UFO puppy shows the Minion its home in the stars and expresses a longing to return. The Minion, determined to help, sends an email with their picture to the UFO's home planet, triggering a rescue party. Before leaving, the UFO uses its grow-ray to enlarge the ladybug into a puppy-sized companion. The Minion, surrounded by friends, joyfully accepts the new “puppy,” ready for more adventures together.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023)
A magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City and gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The Mighty Pups.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHome (2015)
When Earth is taken over by the overly-confident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated, while all Boov get busy reorganizing the planet. But when one resourceful girl, Tip, manages to avoid capture, she finds herself the accidental accomplice of a banished Boov named Oh. The two fugitives realize there’s a lot more at stake than intergalactic relations as they embark on the road trip of a lifetime.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisElio (2025)
Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPanic in the Mailroom (2013)
Two Minions are busy at work in the mailroom. One of them, bored, decides to throw a box of expired PX-41 samples into its designated chute.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMooned (2023)
Villainous Vector must figure out how to get off the moon and return to Earth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation (2022)
Looking for a much-needed break, Finn arranges a surprise vacation for his friends Rey, Poe, Rose, Chewie, BB-8, R2-D2, and C-3PO, aboard the luxurious Halcyon. However, Finn's plan to have one last hurrah together quickly goes awry.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStarDog and TurboCat (2019)
When vigilante cat, Felix, and loyal canine, Buddy, set out to find Buddy’s lost owner, they discover not only the power of friendship, but their inner superpowers along the way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Little Guy (2022)
Groot discovers a miniature civilization that believes the seemingly enormous tree toddler is the hero they’ve been waiting for.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPlanet 51 (2009)
When Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recover his spaceship and make it home safely, all with the help of an empathetic little green being.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisGroot's Pursuit (2022)
Groot investigates a spooky noise that’s been haunting the Quadrant, which leads to an intense dance off.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBig City Greens the Movie: Spacecation (2024)
When thrill-seeker Cricket tricks his family into taking a "road trip" in space, chaos in the cosmos quickly ensues. Despite growing frustrations between Cricket and his dad, Bill, the two must learn to appreciate each other's unique perspectives in order to prevent Big City from being destroyed by an interstellar disaster.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDuck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
Space hero Daffy battles Marvin the Martian for control of Planet X.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTom and Jerry: Spy Quest (2015)
Two groups of classic cartoon characters come together in this fun-filled crossover with the popular action-adventure series Jonny Quest. Fans of all ages won't want to miss this heart-stopping romp as Tom and Jerry join Jonny Quest and his pal Hadji and embark on a dangerous spy mission in order to save the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHare-Way to the Stars (1958)
Bugs Bunny groggily climbs out of bed and his hole and, unknowingly, into a rocket ship that's parked directly above. It transports him into outer space, where he is chased by martians.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTom and Jerry's Giant Adventure (2013)
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."
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Amazing Maurice (2022)
Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rodents meet a bookworm called Malicia, their little con soon goes down the drain.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTom and Jerry Blast Off to Mars! (2005)
While carrying on their usual hi-jinks, they inadvertantly stow-away on a spaceship bound for Mars. They meet up with the local Martian residents and cause them to invade the Earth, aided by the "Invincitron", a vacuum-wielding giant robot. Tom, Jerry and their Martian ally, Peep, save the day.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed (2014)
The Powerpuff Girls have always saved the world before bedtime, but Mojo Jojo is back with his most diabolical scheme yet. As Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup face off with their enemy, the girls may have found the one challenge that has them staying up past bedtime.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family & animation
Cartoon Network: Christmas Rocks (2005)
The Cartoon Network's coolest characters celebrate the holidays in this collection of Christmas episodes. The season of giving turns chaotic as Johnny Bravo knocks Santa out; Courage the Cowardly Dog battles an evil snowman; Baboon sets out traps for Santa on I.M. Weasel's rooftop; and Dexter plots to shave Santa's beard off. The fun continues with episodes of "Ed, Edd n Eddy," "The Powerpuff Girls," "Codename: Kids Next Door" and more.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family & animation
Speedy Gonzales (1955)
Speedy comes to the aid of a group of mice trying to get the cheese from a factory guarded by Sylvester.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Smurfs Christmas Special (1982)
The Smurfs come to the rescue of two children and their grandfather when an evil mysterious stranger shows up and causes their sleigh to turn over, forcing them to seek help and inadvertently bring Gargamel in on the action.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & family
Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon (2014)
Tom and Jerry find a dragon egg, and help the baby dragon find its mother.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMars Attacks! (1996)
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Message from Mars (1913)
A Martian is sentenced to visit earth to cure a selfish man.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & science fiction
Late Afternoon (2019)
Emily finds herself disconnected from the world around her. She goes on a journey through her memories and relives different moments from her life. Emily must look to her past so that she may fully embrace the present.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family & animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHector the Get Over Cat (1998)
Hector the cat tries to sell a watch to the audience.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & comedy
Armitage III: Poly Matrix (1996)
Ross Sylibus is assigned to a police unit on a Martian colony, to find that women are being murdered by a psychotic named D'anclaude. He is assigned a very unorthodox partner named Naomi Armitage, who seems to have links to the victims. To stir things up more, every victim is found to be an illegally made third-generation android.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & science fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Mad as a Mars Hare?
The closest matches to Mad as a Mars Hare are Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020), Plankton: The Movie (2025) and Puppy (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Mad as a Mars Hare?
Start with Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020), the closest match to Mad as a Mars Hare.
What is the highest-rated movie like Mad as a Mars Hare?
The Little Guy (2022), rated 7.3/10 by 298 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Mad as a Mars Hare?
Elio (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Mad as a Mars Hare?
Yes: Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020), Plankton: The Movie (2025) and Puppy (2013).
How are movies similar to Mad as a Mars Hare chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Mad as a Mars Hare, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.