Movies like Thriller Night (2011)
The best movies like Thriller Night (2011) are Shrek's Yule Log (2010), Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor (2017) and The Little Engine That Could (2011). If Thriller Night hooked you with its animation and music, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Book of Life (2014)7.5/10 from 3,063 votes
- NewestSing: Thriller (2024)Released 2024
Shrek's Yule Log (2010)
Inside the Shrek home, a fire blazes in the fireplace during a Christmas party. Christmas music plays in the background as Shrek, his family, and his friends, come and go while tending the fire and engaging in various Christmas activities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor (2017)
Join Thomas and his friends in this exciting adventure to the mainland that shows us friendship is more important than being the favorite engine. Can Thomas and the new experimental engines save James and help bring him back to the Island of Sodor?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
The Little Engine That Could (2011)
Featuring an all-star cast, the timeless story comes to life in this all-new, feature-length film filled with fun and adventure!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Monster High: Friday Night Frights (2012)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMonster High: Scaris City of Frights (2013)
The Monstruitas of Monster High are obsessed with going to Scaris, The City of Frights for Fashion international competition where the winner will become the apprentice of the world famous Madame Ghostier designer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMonster High: Welcome to Monster High (2016)
Monsters once lived in hiding—even from each other—because they were afraid they would be in danger if humans knew they existed. But Draculaura, the daughter of Dracula, along with her best ghoulfriends, dreamt of a school where everyone was welcome and accepted for who they are. Determined to make their dream come true, the ghouls travel the world on an epic adventure to recruit new students. But even in this amazing place, there's drama: a villainess zombie is spreading trouble rather than friendship, and every student must live with the fear that their secret will be revealed. Now the ghouls must save their school so that every monster has a place where they belong and their uniqueness is celebrated!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2014)
Jack is born with his heart frozen solid on the coldest day in history. A wise midwife saves him by replacing it with a cuckoo clock. Now Jack must abide by three rules to keep his mechanical heart safe: never touch the clock's hands, master his anger, and never fall in love. He tries his best, but when he meets a girl named Acacia he falls in love, threatening the delicate balance of his artificial heart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisScared Shrekless (2010)
Shrek challenges Donkey, Puss in Boots and his other fairy tale character friends to spend the night in Lord Farquaad's haunted castle, telling scary stories to see who can resist becoming scared and stay the longest.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDaffy's Rhapsody (2012)
Elmer Fudd attends a musical concert, only to find it's Daffy Duck performing a song about escaping hunters, and Elmer is unable to contain himself, donning his hunting gear and chasing the duck as he finishes his song.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Sing: 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: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013)
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 right into Gargamel’s trap! Can Brainy and Gutsy, with the help of Smurfette, put aside their rivalry before Gargamel captures them–or worse, they come face-to-face with the legendary ghost, the Headless Horseman?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare (2008)
This story picks up a generation after the famous race between the Hare and the Tortoise. This time it's their kids' turn to compete, and they're about to escalate their family rivalry to ridiculous new levels.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert disaster. Can he regain control of the machine and put an end to the wild weather before the town is destroyed?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular (2003)
Scary Godmother is the whimsical all-ages story that follows the first trick-or-treating adventure of Hannah Marie, a young girl whose rotten older cousin is babysitting her one dark Halloween. Unhappy to be saddled with Hannah, her cousin cooks up a scheme to frighten her. But his scheme backfires when Hannah gets help from her Scary Godmother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBanana (2010)
The Minions fight over a delicious banana... but is that all they want?!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMonster High: Escape from Skull Shores (2012)
It's officially Spring Break at Monster High, and Lagoona takes her gilfriends across the sea to the Great Barrier Reef, but they are ship wrecked and end up on a mysterious skull shaped island. At Skull Shores, they enjoy the local hospitality until they realize that they are being used by a slippery showman named Farnum to lure the rarest, most mysterious monster of them all, "the Beast.”
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFrankenweenie (2012)
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUglyDolls (2019)
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 friends discover Perfection -- a town where more conventional dolls receive training before entering the real world to find the love of a child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Addams Family (2019)
The Addams family's lives begin to unravel when they face-off against a treacherous, greedy crafty reality-TV host while also preparing for their extended family to arrive for a major celebration.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRocky and Bullwinkle (2014)
After receiving the key to the city for their heroic efforts, Rocket J. Squirrel notices that Bullwinkle falls in love with a robotic moose. Unbeknownst to him, inside the moose is Boris Badinov, who, along with Natasha Fatale and Fearless Leader, are carrying out another plan to eliminate Rocky & Bullwinkle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Spookley the Square Pumpkin (2004)
Poor Spookley is a pumpkin whose shape is square rather than round. He's teased and taunted by other mean round pumpkins. But he receives help from a Scarecrow and his 2 bat sidekicks and 3 very funny spiders.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Party Central (2014)
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 have come up with a plan to make sure “Party Central” is the most epic party the school has ever seen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrolls Holiday in Harmony (2021)
Queen Poppy plans the first annual Trolls Kingdom Secret Holiday Gift Swap, but things don't go quite as expected.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIgor (2008)
A cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisToy Story of Terror! (2013)
What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one of the toys goes missing, the others find themselves caught up in a mysterious sequence of events that must be solved before they all suffer the same fate in this Toy Story of Terror.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Book of Life (2014)
The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCasper's Haunted Christmas (2000)
Kibosh, supreme ruler of all ghosts, decrees that casper must scare at least one person before Christmas Day so Casper visits Kriss, Massachusetts where he meets the Jollimore family and sets out to complete his mission. As usual, kindhearted Casper has a ghastky time trying to scare anyone; so The Ghostly Trio, fed up with his goody-boo-shoes behavior, secretly hires Casper's look-alike cousin Spooky to do the job-with hilarious results.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Hero of Color City (2014)
An imaginative tale chronicling the adventures of a diverse band of crayons as they strive to protect not only their magical multihued homeland but the imagination of children everywhere from a terrifying monster.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001)
Shrek and his friends enjoy themselves with some Karaoke partying.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFar Far Away Idol (2004)
Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, Puss in Boots, and the rest of the Far Far Away Kingdom battle it out in a singing competition.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Thriller Night?
The closest matches to Thriller Night are Shrek's Yule Log (2010), Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor (2017) and The Little Engine That Could (2011). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Thriller Night?
People who watched Thriller Night most often go on to Shrek's Yule Log (2010), Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor (2017) and The Little Engine That Could (2011).
What is the highest-rated movie like Thriller Night?
The Book of Life (2014), rated 7.5/10 by 3,063 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Thriller Night?
Sing: Thriller (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Thriller Night?
Yes: Shrek's Yule Log (2010), Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor (2017) and The Little Engine That Could (2011).
How are movies similar to Thriller Night chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Thriller Night, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.