Movies Like You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)

You Ought to Be in Pictures is a 1940 animation, comedy film from Friz Freleng with a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Porky Pig's Feat and Robin Hood Daffy.

Animation Comedy

Porky Pig's Feat

1943

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck owe an outrageous sum to the Broken Arms Hotel. The manager thwarts their efforts to escape without paying their bill.

7.1

MagicScore

Robin Hood Daffy

1958

Daffy attempts to convince Porky, as Friar Tuck, that he really is Robin Hood.

6.9

MagicScore

Yankee Doodle Daffy

1943

Daffy is an agent representing Sleepy Lagoon, trying to sell him to talent scout Porky. Daffy spends a great deal of time and energy explaining and demonstrating what the kid can do, while the kid sits on a couch licking a giant sucker.

6.4

MagicScore

Deduce, You Say

1956

Daffy Duck is a detective who is hunting for the Shropshire Slasher.

6.9

MagicScore

My Little Duckaroo

1954

Daffy Duck is a Wild West outlaw named "The Masked Avenger", righter of wrongs and doer of heroic deeds. Porky Pig is his sidekick. Together, they seek to arrest Nasty Canasta, a villain whose crimes include gag-stealing and square dancing in a round house.

6.4

MagicScore

Duck Soup to Nuts

1944

Porky Pig is out hunting duck, but Daffy shows him that he is no ordinary duck.

6.9

MagicScore

Porky's Duck Hunt

1937

Inexperienced duck hunter Porky Pig is taunted by a mischievous duck (Daffy, making his screen debut).

6.5

MagicScore

Claws for Alarm

1954

Porky and Sylvester stay overnight in what Sylvester realizes is a terrifying hotel filled with endless imminent danger.

7.3

MagicScore

Three Little Bops

1957

Three hip, Little Pigs are travelling entertainers, moving from straw to wood, to brick nightclubs, playing swinging tunes for high-class, "with it" crowds, but an uncool Big Bad Wolf keeps intruding on their act with with his "corny horn" and uses it to blow their nightclubs down when they throw him out- until they are playing in their brick club and the Wolf tries a more drastic, explosive method for destroying the "House of Bricks".

6.8

MagicScore

#10

Pigs in a Polka

1943

A tuxedo-clad wolf Master of Ceremonies announces the evening's program: the tale of the Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs, set to the music of Johannes Brahms's Hungarian Dances. Queue the fairy tale.

6.8

MagicScore

#11

Puss n' Booty

1943

Woman wonders why her little pet birds keep disappearing. Rudolph the cat knows, but other than burping feathers, he's not saying. But it looks like he's met his match when the woman orders another bird from the pet shop: a little yellow canary named "Petey".

6.5

MagicScore

#12

Duck Amuck

1953

The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.

8.1

MagicScore

#13

Mickey's Trailer

1938

Goofy's in the driver's seat, Mickey's in the kitchen, and Donald's in bed in Mickey's high-tech house trailer. When Goofy comes back to eat breakfast, leaving the car on autopilot, it takes them onto a dangerous closed mountain road. When Goofy realizes this, he accidentally unhooks the trailer, sending it on a perilous route. They come very close to disaster several times, while the oblivious Goofy drives on and hooks back up to them.

7.4

MagicScore

#14

To Duck.... Or Not to Duck

1943

Daffy challenges duckhunter Elmer to a boxing match, rigged in his favor with the collusion of the duck referee. In the stands, Elmer's dog Larrimore suspects that something funny is going on, but he's drowned out by Daffy's all-duck cheering section.

6.6

MagicScore

#15

No Sail

1945

Donald and Goofy rent a sailboat. This boat is a bit unusual: to rent it, you put a nickel in a slot, and the mast and sail pop up. Unfortunately, after a while, they pop back down. When Donald runs out of nickels, they are marooned. Goofy waves his shirt at a passing cruise ship, but they (and he) mistake this for a friendly greeting. A flying fish lands in the boat; while the boys fight over it, a gull grabs it. They try to bash the gull, which lands atop their heads, with predictable results. Finally, as the sharks circle, they try fishing, with Donald as the unwitting bait. He eventually lands back in the boat, where his bill lands in the coin slot and gives them a way home.

5.9

MagicScore

#16

My Favorite Duck

1942

Porky tries to relax on a hunting and fishing trip, but Daffy, smugly pointing out the "No Duck Hunting" signs, subjects him to constant irritation. Then the "Duck Hunting Season Open" signs start going up.

7.2

MagicScore

#17

Daffy Duck Slept Here

1948

Porky Pig has to share a hotel room with endlessly annoying roommate Daffy Duck.

7.1

MagicScore

#18

Daffy Duck Hunt

1949

Porky Pig goes on a hunting expedition, accompanied by his dog, and they bring home a live Daffy Duck, to put into a freezer until cooking time.

7.0

MagicScore

#19

Baby Bottleneck

1946

As the baby boom commences, and with the delivery service overworked, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are placed in charge of a baby preparation factory, where they help the stork keep up.

7.0

MagicScore

#20

Mickey's Christmas Carol

1983

Ebenezer Scrooge is far too greedy to understand that Christmas is a time for kindness and generosity. But with the guidance of some new found friends, Scrooge learns to embrace the spirit of the season. A retelling of the classic Dickens tale with Disney's classic characters.

7.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like You Ought to Be in Pictures?

The top films similar to You Ought to Be in Pictures by MovieMagicScore are Porky Pig's Feat (7.1), Robin Hood Daffy (6.9), Yankee Doodle Daffy (6.4). Each shares animation/comedy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is You Ought to Be in Pictures worth watching?

You Ought to Be in Pictures holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10 from 57 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is You Ought to Be in Pictures?

You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940) is a animation, comedy film directed by Friz Freleng, starring Mel Blanc, Leon Schlesinger, Henry Binder.

Where can I find more recommendations like You Ought to Be in Pictures?

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About movies like You Ought to Be in Pictures

This ranked list pairs You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940), a animation and comedy film from Friz Freleng, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Mel Blanc take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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