Movies like Garfield: His 9 Lives (1988)
The best movies like Garfield: His 9 Lives (1988) are Garfield In Paradise (1986), Garfield Goes Hollywood (1987) and Here Comes Garfield (1982). If Garfield: His 9 Lives 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 ratedCats Don't Dance (1997)7.2/10 from 211 votes
- NewestPhineas and Ferb: Star Wars (2014)Released 2014
- Same seriesGarfield In Paradise (1986)Garfield TV Specials
Garfield In Paradise (1986)
Garfield, Odie and Jon go vacationing on a tropical island along with the High Rama Lama of rock and roll, a princess and her cat - and a rumbling volcano.
Why it matches: Same series: Garfield TV Specials · both animation & comedy
Garfield Goes Hollywood (1987)
Jon, Garfield and Odie audition for the talent show "Pet Search" in hopes of winning the $1000 prize and a chance at the finals in Hollywood.
Why it matches: Same series: Garfield TV Specials · both animation & comedy
Here Comes Garfield (1982)
The first TV special starring the rotund comic strip staple Garfield the Cat. Here, he and his dull-witted canine cohort Odie end up at the pound.
Why it matches: Same series: Garfield TV Specials · both animation & comedy
Garfield on the Town (1983)
Garfield escapes from the car on a trip to the vet and finds the place where he grew up.
Why it matches: Same series: Garfield TV Specials · both animation & comedy
Garfield in the Rough (1984)
Garfield is taken on a camping trip by Jon, much against his will. A series of very funny disasters follow. But not all is well, as a panther has escaped from the local zoo and is stalking them. Will our hero survive to eat another lasagna and kick Odie off the table again?
Why it matches: Same series: Garfield TV Specials · both animation & comedy
Cats Don't Dance (1997)
An ambitious singing and dancing cat in 1939 Hollywood overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGarfield Gets a Life (1991)
Garfield and his owner, Jon Arbuckle, are in a rut. Life for them is a complete bore. They both need a life. Jon tries several unsuccessful times to get a date. Then he attends a class for the personality impaired where he meets a young woman and all seems to be great for Jon, but Garfield starts to feel neglected and left out.
Why it matches: Same series: Garfield TV Specials · both animation & comedy
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCat City (1986)
In the year 80 AMM (After Mickey Mouse) on the anthropomorphic animal-controlled Planet X, a party of mafioso cats plot to enact a genocide against the mouse population of the world. Mouse scientist Professor Fushimishi seems to have found the weapon against the threat to his people's lives and calls Intermouse, who then call its best (albeit retired) agent, Nick Grabowsky, to get the plans, and as a distraction, they send a second agent - Sergeant Lazy Dick - for the mission.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGarfield's Feline Fantasies (1990)
Garfield and Odie fantasize that they are on a Middle-East mission to retrieve the Banana of Bombay, the symbol of humour to nations around the world.
Why it matches: Same series: Garfield TV Specials · both animation & comedy
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in peace. Unfortunately, the one making this claim is an oily con artist named Cat R. Waul who is intent on his own sinister plan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
If Bugs Bunny were to direct his signature inquiry--"What's up, doc?"--toward the modern-day Warner Bros. creative team, he wouldn't be far off. For 1001 Rabbit Tales, they've doctored up a batch of classic cartoons featuring the carrot muncher and his bumbling comrades and bundled them, near seamlessly, into a feature-length film. Here's the premise: Bugs and Daffy, both book salesmen, are competing to sell the most copies of a kids' book. Instead of burrowing a beeline to his sales territory (he should have made a left at Albuquerque), Bugs ends up in the castle of Yosemite Sam, here a harem-leading honcho. Sam's pain-in-the-spurs son, Prince Abalaba, needs somebody to read him stories; Bugs, who'd sooner take the job than suffer the alternative, that involving being boiled in oil, signs on.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAn American Tail (1986)
A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFelix the Cat: The Movie (1988)
In another dimension, the villainous scientist Duke of Zill, with the help of his mechanical, geometric army, ultimately takes over the golden kingdom of Oriana, where Duke has just escaped exile! But Felix the Cat must bravely save Princess Oriana and restore order once again, from her terrible Uncle Zill and his smoke-belching mechanical troops before he can put his sinister plot into action!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983)
Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales find a treasure map that leads them to a wishing well, which for a penny will grant any wish (through old cartoon footage). Daffy sets up a resort around the well and various Looney Tunes characters have their dreams come true. Meanwhile, Yosemite Sam and the Tasmanian Devil hunt for the varmints who stole their treasure map!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Chipmunk Adventure (1987)
The Chipmunks and the Chipettes go head to head in a hot air balloon race, and the winner gets $100,000. Unbeknownst to the participants, the "race" is actually a diamond smuggling ring!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGarfield's Halloween Adventure (1985)
Garfield and his pup pal Odie go trick-or-treating, only to wind up in a house haunted by ghostly pirates.
Why it matches: Same series: Garfield TV Specials · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTalespin: Plunder & Lightning (1990)
In the series premiere, Baloo, an air cargo pilot, meets Kit Cloudkicker, a 12-year-old orphan, and takes him on as his navigator. He also loses his business to Rebecca Cunningham, a business major who becomes his boss. Meanwhile, Don Karnage, a notorious air pirate, uses a special gem stolen from Shere Khan's company, Khan Industries, to power a lightning gun and threaten Cape Suzette.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & adventure
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
When a casino-owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven. Wanting to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing so damns him to Hell. Once back, he teams with his old partner, Itchy, to prep his retaliation. He stumbles upon an orphan girl who can talk to the animals, thus allowing him to get the inside info on the races to ensure his wins to finance his plans. However, all the while, he is still haunted by nightmares of what's waiting for him on the other side unless he can prove that he is worthy of Heaven again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGarfield's Babes and Bullets (1989)
Garfield the cat daydreams that he's an old-time private detective.
Why it matches: Same series: Garfield TV Specials · both animation & comedy
American Pop (1981)
The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDonald's Dilemma (1947)
Donald and Daisy are walking when he is hit by a flowerpot. He's convinced he's a famous singer, and he croons divinely, but does not recognize Daisy. He in fact does become famous. Daisy is devastated by her inability to get over him and sees a psychiatrist. He tells her she has to choose between the world having Donald, or her getting him back. She picks herself, and drops another flowerpot, which restores him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRock-A-Doodle (1991)
Chanticleer is a foolhardy farm rooster who believes his crows can actually make the sun come up and shine. When the sun rises one morning without Chanticleer's crow, he leaves the farm in disgrace and runs off to become a rock 'n' roll singer. But in his absence, a sinister, sunshine-hating owl prepares to take over.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRoller Coaster Rabbit (1990)
Roger Rabbit struggles to keep wandering Baby Herman safe in an amusement park where the usual havoc ensues.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCool World (1992)
While incarcerated for murder, cartoonist Jack Deebs found escape by creating Cool World, a series featuring a voluptuous femme fatale named Holli Would. But the artist becomes a prisoner of his own fantasies when Holli transports Jack into Cool World with a scheme to seduce him and bring herself to life. Hard-boiled detective Frank Harris – the only other human in Cool World – cautions Jack with the law: Noids (humans) don't have sex with doodles (cartoons). However, flesh proves weaker than ink as Holli takes human form in Las Vegas, staring in a trans-universal chase that threatens the destruction of both worlds.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
SnoozefestMovies 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 & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators! (2006)
Back for their third and zaniest adventure yet, Nickelodeon's boy genius Jimmy Neutron and Timmy from "The Fairly Odd Parents" unite to sculpt a wonder robot. Cartoon calamity ensues when the power-hungry robot develops a mind of his own and turns on his creative inventors.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy
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 thisPhineas and Ferb: Star Wars (2014)
Phineas and Ferb become the galaxy's unlikeliest last hope when they must return the Death Star plans to the Rebel Alliance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPhineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel (2013)
Phineas and Ferb team up with the Avengers to save the world from Dr. Doofenshmirtz and a group of dangerous supervillains.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Garfield: His 9 Lives?
The closest matches to Garfield: His 9 Lives are Garfield In Paradise (1986), Garfield Goes Hollywood (1987) and Here Comes Garfield (1982). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Garfield: His 9 Lives?
People who watched Garfield: His 9 Lives most often go on to Cats Don't Dance (1997), The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981) and Cat City (1986).
What is the highest-rated movie like Garfield: His 9 Lives?
Cats Don't Dance (1997), rated 7.2/10 by 211 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Garfield: His 9 Lives?
Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars (2014) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Garfield: His 9 Lives part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Garfield TV Specials, which includes Garfield In Paradise (1986), Garfield Goes Hollywood (1987), Here Comes Garfield (1982) and Garfield on the Town (1983).
Are there English movies like Garfield: His 9 Lives?
Yes: Garfield In Paradise (1986), Garfield Goes Hollywood (1987) and Here Comes Garfield (1982).
How are movies similar to Garfield: His 9 Lives chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Garfield: His 9 Lives, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.