Movies like Squeak the Squirrel (1957)
The best movies like Squeak the Squirrel (1957) are The Nut Job (2014), Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024) and Gone Nutty (2004). If Squeak the Squirrel hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBilby (2018)8.0/10 from 214 votes
- NewestThe Weight (2026)Released 2026
The Nut Job (2014)
Surly, a curmudgeon, independent squirrel is banished from his park and forced to survive in the city. Lucky for him, he stumbles on the one thing that may be able to save his life, and the rest of park community, as they gear up for winter - Maury's Nut Store.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisSaving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024)
When Bikini Bottom is scooped from the ocean, scientific squirrel Sandy Cheeks and her pal SpongeBob SquarePants saddle up for Texas to save their town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGone Nutty (2004)
Scrat tries to finish his rather large collection of acorns when things start going nutty.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017)
When the evil mayor of Oakton decides to bulldoze Liberty Park and build a dangerous amusement park in its place, Surly Squirrel and his ragtag group of animal friends need to band together to save their home, defeat the mayor, and take back the park.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrouble (2019)
A pampered dog named Trouble must learn to live in the real world while trying to escape from his former owner's greedy children and must learn how to survive on the big-city streets.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFlora & Ulysses (2021)
When Flora rescues a squirrel she names Ulysses, she is amazed to discover he possesses unique superhero powers, which take them on an adventure of humorous complications that ultimately change Flora's life--and her outlook--forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBig Buck Bunny (2008)
Follow a day of the life of Big Buck Bunny when he meets three bullying rodents: Frank, Rinky, and Gamera. The rodents amuse themselves by harassing helpless creatures by throwing fruits, nuts and rocks at them. After the deaths of two of Bunny's favorite butterflies, and an offensive attack on Bunny himself, Bunny sets aside his gentle nature and orchestrates a complex plan for revenge.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOver the Hedge (2006)
A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIce Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016)
A harried prehistoric bird mother entrusts her precious, soon-to-hatch egg to Sid. When she recommends him to her neighbours, business booms at his new egg-sitting service. However, dastardly pirate bunny, Squint, who is seeking revenge on the herd, steals, camouflages and hides all the eggs. Once again, with Squint’s twin brother assisting, Manny, Diego and the rest of the gang come to the rescue and take off on a daring mission that turns into the world’s first Easter egg hunt.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWild America (1997)
Three brothers - Marshall, Marty and Mark dream of becoming naturalists and portraying animal life of America. One summer their dream comes true, they travel through America, filming alligators, bears and moose.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEarth (2007)
An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, awaits you in EARTH. Disneynature brings you a remarkable story of three animal families on a journey across our planet – polar bears, elephants and humpback whales.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGrizzly Man (2005)
Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in his attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man who sacrificed himself for nature.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMotorama (1991)
A ten year old boy gets tired of life with abusive parents and cashes in his piggy bank and steals a Mustang. He rides off into a surreal America playing "Motorama," a game sponsored by Chimera Gas Company. He has various encounters with different people, and eventually reaches the Chimera Gas Company where he finds they are not playing by the rules of the game.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBilby (2018)
Threatened daily by the deadly residents and harsh environment of Australia’s Outback, a lonesome bilby finds himself an unwitting protector, and unexpected friend, to a helpless (and quite adorable) baby bird.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988)
A grizzled, hard-of-hearing cowboy, Slim, and his two friends, Dusty and Pete, capture a mysterious, well-dressed Frenchman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDoctor Dolittle (1967)
A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFirst Cow (2020)
In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow—the first, and only, in the territory.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOpen Season (2006)
Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army against the hunters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWatership Down (1978)
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe One and Only Ivan (2020)
A gorilla named Ivan who’s living in a suburban shopping mall tries to piece together his past, with the help of other animals, as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEvil Cult (2003)
Tough-as-nails adventurer, Neil Stryker, faces immeasurable odds when he comes face to face with a bizarre EVIL CULT preparing for the apocalypse! Armageddon comes, all right, but not in the form that they expected. Their book of prophecy did not anticipate the arrival of Stryker.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Otis tarda (Otididae) - Balzverhalten (1975)
The courtship behavior of Great Bustards is studied. The male Great Bustard is considerably larger than the female. This impression is reinforced during courtship when the male dances in front of the female, showing the light undersides of its wings and inflating its throat pouch.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The 11th Hour (2007)
A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems. Featuring ongoing dialogues of experts from all over the world, including former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, former head of the CIA R. James Woolse
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like this"A Good Man" (2026)
An exploration of masculinity through a close-knit Brazilian Jiu Jitsu community built on brotherhood and faith.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis (2019)
Amber Heard and Nicole Kidman discuss their characters Mera and Atlanna.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn Conversation with the Death King (2014)
A short documentary featuring an interview with director Jörg Buttgereit.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Weight (2026)
When Samuel is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal prison, Warden Clancy offers him a high-stakes proposition: smuggle gold out of a remote mine with a dangerous crew of prisoners and he’ll win his freedom.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrontier Sumatra (2019)
With 30 football fields of forest lost each minute in the world, we need to know now if we can save nature. This is the story of one conservation project, Restorasi Ekosistem Riau (RER). After decades of land-clearing and burning across Sumatra, the remote Kampar Peninsula is now the last great peatland rainforest on the island. But protecting this vast ecosystem pushes the RER team to the limits
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Squeak the Squirrel?
The closest matches to Squeak the Squirrel are The Nut Job (2014), Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024) and Gone Nutty (2004). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Squeak the Squirrel?
Start with The Nut Job (2014), the closest match to Squeak the Squirrel.
What is the highest-rated movie like Squeak the Squirrel?
Bilby (2018), rated 8.0/10 by 214 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Squeak the Squirrel?
The Weight (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Squeak the Squirrel?
Yes: The Nut Job (2014), Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024) and Gone Nutty (2004).
How are movies similar to Squeak the Squirrel chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Squeak the Squirrel, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.