Movies like Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! (1997)
The best movies like Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! (1997) are The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999), A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) and The Muppet Show (2026). If Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! hooked you with its family and music, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedMonsters, Inc. (2001)7.9/10 from 20,516 votes
- NewestShaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom (2026)Released 2026
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
Elmo loves his fuzzy, well-worn blue blanket more than anything in the whole world. However, when Elmo's blanket gets sucked through a colorful, swirling tunnel into Grouchland, the yuckiest place on earth, Elmo goes on an adventure to Grouchland to retrieve his prized possession.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
Fozzie Bear surprises his mother on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays. Doc and his dog Sprocket, who had planned a quiet Christmas, end up joining the Muppets in their holiday activities and preparations. The Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock regulars join the festivities, but to Kermit's dismay, the only one missing is Miss Piggy, who has been caught in a snowstorm.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Muppet Show (2026)
Music, comedy, and a whole lot of chaos is bound to ensue when The Muppets once again take the stage of the original Muppet Theatre with their very special guest, Sabrina Carpenter!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMonster High: Boo York, Boo York (2015)
It's fright lights, big city when the Monster High ghouls head to Boo York! Cleo de Nile is invited to attend a gancy gala celebrating the return of the magical comet and, of course, she brings along her beast friends. But their trip isn't all fun and frightseeing because Nefera, Cleo's sister, uses the comet's power for her own spooktacularly sneaky plans. Can the monsters unwrap the mystery of the comet in time to stop Nefera? Find out in Booy York, Boo York, the first-ever Monster High musical, featuring eight original songs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & music
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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMuppets Haunted Mansion (2021)
On Halloween night, Gonzo and Pepe are challenged to face their fears and stay in The Haunted Mansion until sunrise, encountering many frightening, funny, and perhaps a little familiar, phantoms over the course of their stay.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009)
Susan Murphy (a.k.a. Ginormica) and the Monsters are now working with the US government as special ops. So when an alien presence is detected in Susan's hometown of Modesto, California -- right before Halloween -- the team is dispatched to investigate. Everything appears normal, right down to the jack-o-lanterns peering out from every doorstep and windowsill. But when Halloween arrives, those innocent-looking carved pumpkins reveal themselves for what they really are mutant aliens. The altered pumpkins then start to implement their fiendish plan to take over Earth. The Monsters are there to combat the mutant gourds and try to smash their wicked scheme!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDaffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
In this feature-length film combining footage from classic Warner Brothers cartoon shorts with newly animated bridging sequences, Daffy Duck, after having induced laughter in an ailing millionaire and forestalled the millionaire's death for a time (as chronicled in Daffy Dilly (1948), is the beneficiary for the deceased millionaire's assets. But the millionaire's will clearly stipulates that Daffy must use the money for the common good, by providing a service, and should Daffy think of pursuing selfish aims, the millionaire's ghost will "repossess" his millions by making them disappear from Earthly existence. Under the pretense of community service, Daffy opens an exorcism agency and employs Porky Pig, Sylvester Cat, and Bugs Bunny to track and eliminate ghosts, ghouls, and other monsters, while Daffy secretly schemes to use his learned "ghost-busting" talents to rid himself of the millionaire's nagging spirit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHappy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020)
Scooby-Doo and the gang team up with their pals, Bill Nye The Science Guy and Elvira Mistress of the Dark, to solve this mystery of gigantic proportions and save Crystal Cove!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFrankenweenie (1984)
When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's homemade monster movies) is hit by a car, 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 (and his parents) that despite his appearance, Sparky's still the good loyal friend he's always been.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonsters, Inc. (2001)
Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisMonster High: Ghouls Rule (2012)
Monster High: Ghouls Rule unearths an old conflict between "Normies" and monsters - and things are about to get scary! For years, students at Monster High were warned that Halloween was a night to stay inside and avoid conflict at all costs. But Frankie and her friends discover that ghouls and "Normies" once loved to spend the holiday together! The ghouls decide to turn back the clock and use the night to celebrate their individuality and show that it's okay to "Be Yourself. Be Unique. Be a Monster!"
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom (2026)
On Halloween Eve at Mossy Bottom Farm, excitement turns to dismay when the clumsy Farmer ruins the pumpkin patch. Shaun tries fixing it with science experiments, but things go awry when a wild beast appears in the woods.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMonster Family 2 (2021)
To free Baba Yaga and Renfield from the clutches of Monster Hunter Mila Starr, the Wishbone Family once more transforms into a Vampire, Frankenstein's Monster, a Mummy and a Werewolf but when aided by their three pet bats, the Monster Family zooms around the world again to save their friends, make new monstrous acquaintances.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)
Porky and Daffy, the classic animated odd couple, turn into unlikely heroes when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot. Against all odds, the two are determined to save their town (and the world!)...that is if they don't drive each other crazy in the process.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMickey's House of Villains (2002)
The villains from the popular animated Disney films are gathered at the House of Mouse with plans to take over. Soon, the villains take over the house and kick out Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It's all up to Mickey and his friends to overthrow evil and return the House of Mouse to normal--or as close to normal as it gets.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMonster Family (2017)
The Wishbone family are far from happy. In an attempt to reconnect as a family, they plan a fun night out. However, the plan backfires when they are cursed and all turned into Monsters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (2020)
Recruited by a secret society of babysitters, a high schooler battles the Boogeyman and his monsters when they nab the boy she's watching on Halloween.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDouble, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)
On Halloween night, two precocious little girls try to save their parents from their nasty old capitalist aunt's greedy clutches. Magic abounds and they meet mysterious new friends along the way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight of the Living Carrots (2011)
After a mutant peculiar pumpkin blows up on the Murphy’s carrot lawn, zombie green beans begin fighting the immediate place, and it’s up to the Creatures to preserve the evening again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Witches (1990)
While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical formula. When they discover the eavesdropper, the witches test the formula on him. Now, with the help of Helga and hotel manager Mr Stringer, Luke the mouse must fight back against the witches.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPinocchio (2002)
Roberto Benigni adapts the classic children's tale by Carlo Collodi for the big-budget family-oriented comedy Pinocchio.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Haunted Mansion (2003)
Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner Sara get a call one night from a mansion owner, Edward Gracey, who wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion, a torrential thunderstorm of mysterious origin strands them with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler, and a variety of residents both seen and unseen.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Black Cauldron (1985)
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Guenille (2025)
Timothé tries to fit in when he gets invited to a goth show in a church club. A sensual meeting in the bathroom will change him forever!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
A Cinderella Story (2004)
Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Samantha Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Muppet Movie (1979)
The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever (his future Muppet crew), and some special celebrity guest stars, while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Seekers: Thrill Night (2021)
On Halloween, estranged friends Asger and Esther, must work together to rescue Asgers kidnapped sister Petra, while Petra battles the thieves that took her.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!?
The closest matches to Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! are The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999), A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) and The Muppet Show (2026). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!?
Start with The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999), the closest match to Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!.
What is the highest-rated movie like Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!?
Monsters, Inc. (2001), rated 7.9/10 by 20,516 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!?
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!?
Yes: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999), A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) and The Muppet Show (2026).
How are movies similar to Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.