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Movies like Nothing ever happened (2009)

The best movies like Nothing ever happened (2009) are The House (2022), Nullarbor (2011) and Night of the Zoopocalypse (2025). If Nothing ever happened hooked you with its animation, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The House (2022)

    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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  2. Nullarbor (2011)

    An animated road-movie set across the vast and barren landscape of Australia's Nullarbor Plain.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  3. Night of the Zoopocalypse (2025)

    A wolf and mountain lion team up when a meteor unleashes a virus turning zoo animals into zombies. They join forces with other survivors to rescue the zoo and stop the deranged mutant leader from spreading the virus.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  4. Night of the Animated Dead (2021)

    An animated retelling of ‘Night of the Living Dead’, in which a group of people in a rural farmhouse struggle to survive the threat of bloodthirsty zombies.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  5. Arctic Dogs (2019)

    Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

  6. The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special (2023)

    GrandPat travels through alternate dimensions and timelines to get home.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  7. The Boxtrolls (2014)

    An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  8. Terra das Canções de Ninar (1933)

    A baby is transported to Lullaby Land, where pacifiers grow on trees, diapers, bottles, and potty chairs march on parade, and the gingham dog comes to life. He wanders into the "keep out" cave, full of things like scissors, knives, and fountain pens that are not for baby and begins smashing watches with hammers and playing with giant matches. The matches chase after him; baby escapes by riding a bar of soap across a pond, but the smoke from the matches turns into boogey-men. The benevolent sandman, dressed as a wizard, spots baby hiding and works his magic, bringing us back to the real nursery.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  9. Dexter's Laboratory (1995)

    Dexter and Dee Dee wreck havok using Dexter's latest invention: a hand-held device that turns people into various animals. The short film that inspired the TV-series.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  10. Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (2014)

    Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  11. Strange World (2022)

    A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest, and by far most crucial, mission.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  12. Koati (2021)

    Three unlikely heroes - Nachi, a free-spirited coati; Xochi, a fearless monarch butterfly and Pako, a hyperactive glass frog - embark on an adventure to stop wicked coral snake Zaina from destroying their rain forest homeland.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  13. The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer (1984)

    In Prague, a professorial puppet, with metal pincers for hands and an open book for a hat, takes a boy as a pupil. First, the professor empties fluff and toys from the child's head, leaving him without the top of his head for most of the film. The professor then teaches the lad about illusions and perspectives, the pursuit of an object through exploring a bank of drawers, divining an object, and the migration of forms. The child then brings out a box with a tarantula in it: the professor puts his "hands" into the box and describes what he feels. The boy receives a final lesson about animation and film making; then the professor gives him a brain and his own open-book hat.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  14. The Little Prince (2015)

    Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  15. Cranston 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

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  16. Heavy Traffic (1973)

    A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an Italian father and a ditzy nutcase of a Jewish mother, he's ridiculed and looked down upon by his friends, hypocrites who run with violent gangs and the Italian Mafia, and a shallow Black girl who makes her living downtown with the pimps and pushers. The cartoonist gets a chance to pitch a film idea to a movie mogul, but the story proves too outrageous: a far-future Earth, depleted by war and pollution, where a mutant antihero challenges and kills God.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  17. Planet 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

  18. 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 animation

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  19. Revolting Rhymes (2017)

    Two half-hour animated films based on the much-loved rhymes written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  20. Tinker Bell (2008)

    Journey into the secret world of Pixie Hollow and hear Tinker Bell speak for the very first time as the astonishing story of Disney's most famous fairy is finally revealed in the all-new motion picture "Tinker Bell."

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Nothing ever happened?

The closest matches to Nothing ever happened are The House (2022), Nullarbor (2011) and Night of the Zoopocalypse (2025). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Nothing ever happened?

Start with The House (2022), the closest match to Nothing ever happened.

What is the highest-rated movie like Nothing ever happened?

The Little Prince (2015), rated 7.6/10 by 3,077 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Nothing ever happened?

Night of the Zoopocalypse (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Nothing ever happened?

Yes: The House (2022), Nullarbor (2011) and Night of the Zoopocalypse (2025).

How are movies similar to Nothing ever happened chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Nothing ever happened, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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