Movies like The Yellow Umbrella (2001)
The best movies like The Yellow Umbrella (2001) are The Blue Umbrella (2013), The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Silly (2023) and Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968). If The Yellow Umbrella hooked you with its animation, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
The Yellow Umbrella
Quick picks
- Highest ratedHowl's Moving Castle (2004)8.4/10 from 11,664 votes
- NewestA Grey Day in June (2026)Released 2026
The Blue Umbrella (2013)
It is just another evening commute until the rain starts to fall, and the city comes alive to the sound of dripping rain pipes, whistling awnings and gurgling gutters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Silly (2023)
Mickey and gang must stop hundreds of old film reel versions of Mickey from wreaking havoc all over town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWinnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)
Winnie the Pooh and his friends experience high winds, heavy rains, and a flood in Hundred Acre Wood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisScooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)
The Yowie Yahoo starts kidnapping musicians at a concert attended by Scooby and the gang in Vampire Rock, Australia.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEpic (2013)
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group of characters in order to save their world—and ours.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
The maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCloudy 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Twits (2025)
When the meanest, nastiest villains pull a trick to take over their town, two brave children team up with a family of magical animals to bring them down.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 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
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
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Big Bad Wolf (1934)
The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDog Trouble (1942)
Tom's chasing Jerry when he runs right into a sleeping dog and the two of them must work together to fend him off.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWinnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
Christopher Robin's bear attempts to raid a beehive in a tall tree.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
Arnold and his friends must recover a stolen document in order to prevent the neighborhood from being bulldozed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz (2011)
After a deadly storm, Tom and Jerry find themselves stranded on an unknown island ruled by the evil Wizard of Oz. As they try to find their way back home, they worry for their master Dorothy's safety.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPloey: You Never Fly Alone (2018)
A plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his beloved one next spring.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWoody Woodpecker Goes to Camp (2024)
After getting kicked out of the forest, Woody thinks he's found a forever home at Camp Woo Hoo — until an inspector threatens to shut down the camp.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPAW Patrol: Mighty Pups (2018)
When their latest scheme goes awry, Mayor Humdinger and his nephew Harold accidentally divert a meteor towards Adventure Bay. The meteor's golden energy grants the PAW Patrol superpowers. The heroic Mighty Pups are on a roll to super-save the day.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThru the Mirror (1936)
Mickey has been reading Alice in Wonderland, and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is alive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSnoopy Presents: It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown (2022)
Charlie Brown is determined to win the big baseball game. But things turn into a fiasco right before the matchup, when Sally bonds with a little flower on the pitcher's mound and vows to protect it at all costs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Pagemaster (1994)
Rich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of books, and he has to try and get home again.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHowl's Moving Castle (2004)
Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisAfter the Rain (2018)
In green pastures, a dog lives happily alongside its master, an old and very unusual shepherd. The shepherd isn't merely content to shear his sheep, but transforms the wool into clouds to create rain, thereby perpetuating the life cycle. But if the shepherd isn't eternal, what will happen to the valley? The young dog must be creative and persevere in order to avoid the worst.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
The Duel (2002)
The story of a duel between a knight who, at a certain point, is fighting against himself.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
it's raining wet puzzle pieces (2025)
Childhood memories continue to live inside me. Some of the most painful ones are the ones that echo the longest.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Rains (2008)
A sudden rainstorm is unleashed on a city. Everyone seeks refuge. When the clouds thin out, life continues.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Weathering with You (2019)
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisHourglass (2010)
Rain pours and rubbish soars while light-bulb creatures party on the edge of the earth. A turn-of-the-century scientist in his chamber and a magic lantern child are concerned about the state of the planet. An ode to awareness and transformation, a global warning. —Fern Seiden
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Acid Rain (2019)
After running away from her depressing village in eastern Europe, a teenage girl meets a new friend under a bridge.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
A Grey Day in June (2026)
A family visit through the eyes of the young narrator Sonu transitions from the simple joys of childhood games to the solemn reality of his great-grandmother’s final moments.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Yellow Umbrella?
The closest matches to The Yellow Umbrella are The Blue Umbrella (2013), The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Silly (2023) and Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Yellow Umbrella?
Start with The Blue Umbrella (2013), the closest match to The Yellow Umbrella.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Yellow Umbrella?
Howl's Moving Castle (2004), rated 8.4/10 by 11,664 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Yellow Umbrella?
A Grey Day in June (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Yellow Umbrella?
Yes: The Blue Umbrella (2013), The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Silly (2023) and Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968).
How are movies similar to The Yellow Umbrella chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Yellow Umbrella, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.