Movies like The Snails (1966)
The best movies like The Snails (1966) are Vincent (1982), The Wolf House (2018) and Blood Tea and Red String (2006). If The Snails 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 ratedVincent (1982)7.8/10 from 955 votes
- NewestSing: Thriller (2024)Released 2024
- In FrenchFantastic Planet (1973)Also in French
Vincent (1982)
Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams that annoy his mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Wolf House (2018)
After escaping from a religious colony in Chile, Maria seeks shelter in a mansion where she’s taken in by two pigs, its only inhabitants. Like in a stop-motion dream, the universe of the house reacts to her feelings. The animals slowly morph into humans and the house into a dark, menacing world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlood Tea and Red String (2006)
The aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak battle over the doll of their hearts' desire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Thousand and One Nights (1969)
Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDimensions of Dialogue (1983)
Three surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMad God (2021)
A silent figure known as The Assassin travels through a nightmare underworld of tortured souls, ruined cities and wretched monstrosities forged from the primordial horrors of the unconscious mind of Phil Tippett, the world's preeminent stop-motion animator.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFantastic Planet (1973)
On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny Oms, human beings descendants of Terra's inhabitants, as ignorant animals. Those who live in slavery are treated as simple pets and used to entertain Draag children; those who live hidden in the hostile wilderness of the planet are periodically hunted and ruthlessly slaughtered as if they were vermin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGandahar (1987)
On the planet Gandahar where peace reigns and poverty is unknown, this utopian lifestyle is upset by reports of people at the outlying frontiers being turned to stone. Sylvain is sent to investigate this mysterious threat.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993)
A boy born the size of a small doll is kidnapped by a genetic lab and must find a way back to his father in this inventive adventure filmed using stop motion animation techniques.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & science fiction
Alice (1988)
A quiet young English girl named Alice finds herself in an alternate version of her own reality after chasing a white rabbit. She becomes surrounded by living inanimate objects and stuffed dead animals, and must find a way out of this nightmare - no matter how twisted or odd that way must be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBalance (1989)
The setting is on a floating platform where a group of evenly and carefully placed men live. Each man is aware that the platform is not stable and in order not to fall to their deaths, they maintain a careful balance of weight to prevent the platform from tipping too far and cause them all to fall.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStreet of Crocodiles (1986)
A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAngel's Egg (1985)
In the ruins of a strange city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms. She bonds with a boy who is searching for a bird he saw in a dream.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Tale of the Fox (1941)
In the kingdom of animals, Master Fox is used to trick and fool everyone. So the King, the Lion, receives more and more complaints about him. He orders that Master Fox is arrested and brought to him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Pied Piper (1986)
A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of the most ambitious Czech animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Wind in the Willows (1983)
One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins a series of adventures with his new friend Rat. They go for a picnic on the riverbank, on a caravan expedition with Toad, until Toad switches allegiance to his new car and his reckless driving makes Mole and Rat search out Badger for help in curbing Toad's profligate habits. But Toad gets away from them and gets a 20-year sentence from the magistrate for theft, reckless driving, and Gross Impertinence. While Toad works his wiles on the jailer's daughter and escapes jail dressed as a washer woman, Badger tries to guard Toad Hall from the machinations of the Weasels and is badly beaten. And it requires a plan of attack and all four comrades to regain Toad Hall.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTime Masters (1982)
On planet Perdide, an attack of giant hornets leaves young Piel alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar, an adventurer travelling through space. Onboard Jaffar’s shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton, his fiancée, and Silbad, who knows Perdide well. Thus begins an incredible race across space to save Piel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMarquis (1989)
On the eve of revolution, French activist and author Marquis and his talking penis, Colin, await judgment in the Bastille for allegedly plotting against the state. While Marquis dedicates himself to his art and Colin longs for action, the provocative pair unwittingly rouse the interest of competing ideological factions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFear(s) of the Dark (2007)
Several scary black-and-white animated segments in different styles appeal to our fear(s) of the dark.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSon of the White Mare (1981)
A horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors' lost kingdom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTarzoon: Shame of the Jungle! (1975)
Shame, the ape man of the jungle, is aghast when his woman, June, is kidnapped by a gang of giant penises. They take her to their queen, Bazunga, a bald woman with fourteen breasts. After tangling with a gang of great white hunters, a marauding lion and the Molar Men, Shame sets off to rescue her with only his faithful friend Flicka at his side. He heads for that darkest of areas
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBambi Meets Godzilla (1969)
A deer, disillusioned by the consumerism that defines his life. A lizard, ostracized from society, forever wandering. A chance meeting in the middle of a field. Who will survive? And who will transcend existence? Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJimmy Timmy Power Hour (2004)
Mayhem reigns supreme in the animated kingdom as whiz kid Jimmy Neutron and Timmy from "The Fairly Oddparents" swap places in each other's worlds.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide (2006)
Cartoon worlds collide in this hourlong adventure starring whiz kid Jimmy Neutron and Timmy Turner from "The Fairly OddParents." When the boys duel over Cindy Vortex, it draws the attention of Jimmy's archenemy, Prof. Calamitous, who teams with Wanda and Cosmo, forcing Jimmy and Timmy to work together to save the world from the all-powerful villain.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNo Time for Nuts (2006)
Scrat comes across a time machine and is transported to various times all in pursuit of his beloved acorn.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies 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 & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDay & Night (2010)
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 discover each other's unique qualities--and come to realize that each of them offers a different window onto the same world-the friendship helps both to gain a new perspective.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)
A brave young animal explorer teams up with two trusty friends to find a powerful artifact before his greedy uncle can get his paws on it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSing: Thriller (2024)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Snails?
The closest matches to The Snails are Vincent (1982), The Wolf House (2018) and Blood Tea and Red String (2006). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Snails?
People who watched The Snails most often go on to Vincent (1982), The Wolf House (2018) and Blood Tea and Red String (2006).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Snails?
Vincent (1982), rated 7.8/10 by 955 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Snails?
Sing: Thriller (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like The Snails?
Yes: Fantastic Planet (1973), Gandahar (1987) and The Tale of the Fox (1941).
How are movies similar to The Snails chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Snails, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.