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Movies like The Shoemaker and the Hatter (1950)

The best movies like The Shoemaker and the Hatter (1950) are The Big Bad Wolf (1934), Puss Gets the Boot (1940) and Thru the Mirror (1936). If The Shoemaker and the Hatter hooked you with its animation, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The 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

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  2. Puss Gets the Boot (1940)

    Jasper is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out. Rodent Jerry does his best to make sure that his tormentor "gets the boot".

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  3. Thru 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

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  4. Ye Olden Days (1933)

    The princess is to wed the Prince against her wishes. When she refuses, the king locks her in the tower. Minstrel Mickey sees her and rescues her, making a rope from the clothes of lady-in-waiting Clarabell. The king spots them and prepares to chop off Mickey's head until Minnie intercedes. The king calls for a joust. Mickey wins and they live happily ever after.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  5. Bugs 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  6. Ferdinand the Bull (1938)

    This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via pained howls and wild stomping. This lands him in the bull-fighting arena amidst characters based on Walt's animators with a matador reportedly modeled after Walt himself.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  7. Donald's Lucky Day (1939)

    Donald Duck, delivery boy, is hired to deliver a mysterious package on Friday the Thirteenth. He is hindered by a bothersome black cat -- and by the fact that the package contains a live bomb.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  8. Baseball Bugs (1946)

    Bugs Bunny single handedly takes on the “Gas-House Gorillas,” a baseball team of hulking, cigar-chomping bullies.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  9. Mickey and the Seal (1948)

    Mickey accidentally takes a seal home, after it sneaks into his picnic basket. When Mickey takes a bath, the seal is discovered and Mickey returns him to the park. Later, however, Mickey and Pluto discover that the bathroom is filled with seals!

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  10. The Wise Little Hen (1934)

    Join Donald Duck in his debut in the classic animated short The Wise Little Hen. The Little Hen is planting corn and would like to have help from Peter Pig and Donald Duck, but they refuse stating they each have a "tummy ache." When it comes time to harvest the corn, Peter Pig and Donald still refuse to help the Hen, so she and her chicks do the harvest by themselves. Finally, the hen cooks the corn and offers some to Donald and Peter Pig, but when they look more carefully they discover a surprise.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  11. Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)

    Tired of always playing the same roles, Little Red Riding Hood, her grandmother and the Wolf demand a new version of the tale. The story then plays out in a more contemporary urban environment, with Little Red Riding Hood working as a pin-up girl in a night club.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  12. Pluto's Judgement Day (1935)

    Pluto chases a kitten through a window and right into Mickey's lap. Mickey scolds him, and goes off to wash the kitten. Pluto falls asleep in front of the fire, and dreams of a hell ruled by cats where he is put on trial for all his crimes against cats and, of course, found guilty.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  13. 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  14. All in a Nutshell (1949)

    Donald steals Chip and Dale's nuts for his nut-butter shop, which is shaped like a giant walnut, Chip and Dale, roll and "shoot" Donald into a nearby lake.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  15. America: The Motion Picture (2021)

    A chainsaw-wielding George Washington teams with beer-loving bro Sam Adams to take down the Brits in a tongue-in-cheek riff on the American Revolution.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

  16. Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011)

    Po and the Furious Five uncover the legend of three of kung fu's greatest heroes: Master Thundering Rhino, Master Storming Ox, and Master Croc.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  17. Winnie 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

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  18. How to Be a Detective (1952)

    Goofy is "Johnny Eyeball, Private Eye" who gets mixed up in a surreal whodunnit involving a classy dame, a cop, weasels, and the mysterious missing Al.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  19. The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special (2023)

    GrandPat travels through alternate dimensions and timelines to get home.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  20. The Night Before Christmas (1933)

    A narrator sings the opening stanzas of the classic poem while we see the house at rest. Santa lands on the roof, comes down the chimney, and opens his bag. The toys march out and decorate the tree, with the toy soldiers shooting balls from their cannon, a toy airplane stringing a garland like skywriting, and the toy firemen applying snow. A blimp delivers the star to the top. Meanwhile, Santa fills the stockings. His laughter awakens the children, who sneak out. The toys rush to their places, and Santa escapes up the chimney just in time.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation

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  21. A Grand Day Out (1990)

    Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation

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  22. The Wrong Trousers (1993)

    Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno trousers created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation

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  23. A Close Shave (1996)

    Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation

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  24. Anijam (1984)

    The bizarre adventures of the cartoon character Foska, drawn by 22 animators working in collaboration. Each animator worked on his or her own sequence only and did not know what action preceded or followed his or her sequence, except that the first drawing of a sequence is the last drawing from the previous sequence. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation

  25. No No Nooky T.V. (1987)

    NO NO NOOKY TV posits sexuality to be a social construct in a "sex-text" of satiric graphic representation of "dirty pictures." Made on an Amiga Computer and shot in 16mm film, NO NO NOOKY TV confronts the feminist controversy around sexuality with electronic language, pixels and interface. Even the monitor is eroticized in this film/video hybrid that points fun at romance, sexuality, and love in our post-industrial age. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation

  26. Odalisque (1980)

    "I think of Odalisque as my first film. It was completed after film school and I worked with just a graphite pencil, a small group of colored pencils and animation bond. It is a trilogy of amorous dreams coming from the imagination of a woman recalling her childhood, her beloved twin so difficult to separate from and becoming an adult sexual person. The aria Sempre Libera from La Triviata by Verdi opens the film and the poem Leda and the Swan by WB Yeats ends it. It was great to work with Michael Riesman who created the sound track. I loved working in NYC in those days with Robin McDaniel, Rebecca High and others." Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation

  27. Asparagus (1979)

    A symbolic reflection on issues of female sexuality, art and identity constructs.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation

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  28. The Tune (1992)

    Del is a song writer for the obnoxious Mr. Mega, and in love with Didi, Mega's secretary. His quest to write a hit tune brings him to the wacky world of Flooby Nooby, where he just might learn to write songs from the heart.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation

  29. Five Film Exercises: Film 5 (1944)

    Opens with a short canonical statement of a theme upon which the entire film is constructed. The canon is repeated in contrasting variations by means of color. A second section poses the same image in deep film space. The image unfolds itself repeatedly, leaving the receding image to continue on smaller and smaller. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation

  30. Flesh Flows (1974)

    In Flesh Flows we see a balance of Beckett’s keen drawing ability, in the probing erotic forms, and his technical acuity, which transforms the carnal images into a compelling, transcendent experience. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation in 2007.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Shoemaker and the Hatter?

The closest matches to The Shoemaker and the Hatter are The Big Bad Wolf (1934), Puss Gets the Boot (1940) and Thru the Mirror (1936). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Shoemaker and the Hatter?

Start with The Big Bad Wolf (1934), the closest match to The Shoemaker and the Hatter.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Shoemaker and the Hatter?

The Wrong Trousers (1993), rated 7.8/10 by 1,225 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Shoemaker and the Hatter?

The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special (2023) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like The Shoemaker and the Hatter?

Yes: The Big Bad Wolf (1934), Puss Gets the Boot (1940) and Thru the Mirror (1936).

How are movies similar to The Shoemaker and the Hatter chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Shoemaker and the Hatter, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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