Movies like Once upon a time there was friendship (1958)
The best movies like Once upon a time there was friendship (1958) are How Funny (This Country Is) (2010), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) and Role Models (2008). If Once upon a time there was friendship hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Once upon a time there was friendship
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- Highest ratedRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)7.4/10 from 681 votes
- NewestVic the Viking: The Magic Sword (2019)Released 2019
How Funny (This Country Is) (2010)
Three freshly graduated adults try to educate young beggars to become street vendors, but are opposed by their fathers.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his glowing nose, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector. They run into the Abominable Snowman and find a whole island of misfit toys. Rudolph vows to see if he can get Santa to help the toys, and he goes back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. But Santa's sleigh is fogged in. But when Santa looks over Rudolph, he gets a very bright idea...
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRole Models (2008)
Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look half bad.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSnow Day (2000)
When an entire town in upstate New York is closed down by an unexpected snowfall, a "snow day" begins when a group of elementary school kids, led by Natalie Brandston, try to ensure that the schools stay closed by stopping a mechanical snowplow driver by trying to hijack his plow truck. Meanwhile, Natalie's big brother Hal is using this day to try to win the affections of Claire Bonner, the most popular girl in his high school, while Hal and Natalie's father Tom, a TV meteorologist, faces off against a rival meteorologist for weather coverage of the day's events.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
SnoozefestMovies like thisOld Dogs (2009)
Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise: a woman he married on a drunken impulse nearly nine years before (annulled the next day) shows up to tell him he's the father of her twins, now seven, and she'll be in jail for 14 days for a political protest. Dan volunteers to keep the tykes, although he's uptight and clueless. With Charlie's help is there any way they can be dad and uncle, meet the kids' expectations, and still land the account?
Why it matches: Similar story and style
SnoozefestMovies like thisDorm (2006)
When 12-year-old Ton transfers to an all-boys boarding school, he's taunted by his peers and terrified by their tales about the ghosts that inhabit the school. Ton is utterly miserable until he befriends a mysterious fellow pupil.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBaja's Studio (2017)
Kohata Anime Studio is a place full of dreams where animation is made. Baja was raised in this studio by the people who create animation. Floating in a pond outside are his friends the ducks. One night, when all the people are no longer at the studio, Baja takes a peek outside and finds that his duck friends are being attacked by a cat. Will Baja be able to save his friends? A wondrous night adventure begins.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon (2014)
Tom and Jerry find a dragon egg, and help the baby dragon find its mother.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNorth (1994)
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
SnoozefestMovies like thisLittle Ninjas (1993)
A treasure map found by three young boys allows them reason to get their kicks in more ways than one.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Turma da Mônica em Cine Gibi 7: Bagunça Animal (2014)
Trying to escape his bath, Monicão ends up hiding in the movie theater. Mônica can't find her pet in the dark, so she asks Franjinha to play some short films that might lure the dog out of hiding.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Paper Parachutes (2011)
Paper Parachutes is a children's fantasy short film about obsessively ordered nine year old Miles, who receives his birthday presents via parachute from his high flying Uncle Ed. From his 9th birthday onward, Miles is on a year long mission to complete the 10 perfect paper airplanes in order to have his hero Uncle return by parachute on his 10th birthday. Miles creates such a strong imagined world about his Uncle that he almost entirely fails to see the efforts his hopeless disorganized parents make to keep his dreams alive.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Casper's Scare School (2006)
When Casper's been being friendly lately even when playing with a boy named Jimmy, Kibosh: The King of the Underworld has Casper enrolled into a Scare School headed by the two-headed headmaster Alder and Dash. He befriends Ra, a mummy with unraveling issues and Mantha, a zombie girl who keeps falling apart. When Casper discovers the two-headed headmaster's plot to use a petrification potion to turn Kibosh into stone and take over the Underworld and Deedstown, he and his new friends must stop him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
SnoozefestMovies like thisCamp (2003)
Misfits in their lives back home, a group of young people live it up at musical-theater camp. While the sports counselor is completely ignored, the kids' spend all their time in rehearsal for a grueling schedule that involves a new show every two weeks. Several personal stories come to the fore.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
SnoozefestMovies like thisLooney Tunes Spotlight Collection Vol. 2 (2004)
Thirty more cartoons from the vaults of Warner Bros. to spotlight the inimitable Looney Tunes characters
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Vic the Viking: The Magic Sword (2019)
Vic dreams of going to sea as a member of the crew captained by Halvar, his father, who unfortunately thinks that the child is too weak to embark with him and his brave warriors in search of dangerous adventures; but fate will offer Vic the opportunity to prove to Halvar that he is a true Viking.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
SnoozefestMovies like thisYou Can't Do That on Film (2004)
What happens when you travel to the birthplace of green slime? For an entire generation of classic Nickelodeon fans, it's like finding the Holy Grail.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Valley of a Thousand Hills (2016)
The halcyon days of skateboarding are alive in rural South Africa. Indigo Skate Camp is home to the village's very first generation of skaters, who are growing up with a different outlook on life from their elders.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Once upon a time there was friendship?
The closest matches to Once upon a time there was friendship are How Funny (This Country Is) (2010), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) and Role Models (2008). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Once upon a time there was friendship?
Start with How Funny (This Country Is) (2010), the closest match to Once upon a time there was friendship.
What is the highest-rated movie like Once upon a time there was friendship?
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964), rated 7.4/10 by 681 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Once upon a time there was friendship?
Vic the Viking: The Magic Sword (2019) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to Once upon a time there was friendship chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Once upon a time there was friendship, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.