Movies Like Three Little Wolves (1936)

Three Little Wolves is a 1936 animation, comedy, family film from David Hand with a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Pigs in a Polka and Shrek the Halls.

Animation Comedy Family

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

Shrek the Halls

2007

The Christmas tree isn't the only thing green in this new holiday classic. Shrek is back and trying to get into the spirit of the season. After promising Fiona and the kids a Christmas they'll remember, he is forced to take a crash course in the holiday. But just when he thinks he has everything for their quiet family Christmas just right, there is a knock at the door.

6.4

MagicScore

The Pied Piper

1933

The people of Hamelin, overrun with rats, offer a bag of gold to anyone who can get rid of the rats. A piper offers to do the job, and successfully lures the rats into a mirage of cheese, which disappears. The citizens, disappointed that all he did was play a tune, offer only pocket change. The piper, angered, plays a new tune that has all the children of the city follow him, even the new twins the stork is preparing to deliver.

6.5

MagicScore

Babes in the Woods

1932

Two Dutch children stumble on a clearing in the woods where gnomes are going about their business. The gnomes are friendly to the children. A witch comes and takes them away on her broom to her gingerbread house, where she turns nasty on them, turning the boy into a spider, her yowling cat to stone, and tries to turn the girl into a rat when a gnome's arrow stops her. While the gnomes are fighting the witch, Hansel and Gretl free the other children who have been imprisoned and transformed by the witch.

6.0

MagicScore

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

2000

Set several years after the first film, Ariel and Prince Eric are happily married with a daughter, Melody. In order to protect Melody from the Sea Witch, Morgana, they have not told her about her mermaid heritage. Melody is curious and ventures into the sea, where she meets new friends. But will she become a pawn in Morgana's quest to take control of the ocean from King Triton?

6.4

MagicScore

The Little Mermaid

1968

Rusalochka opens in modern day Copenhagen, Denmark. Several tourists gather around the capital's famous mermaid statue, as a tour guide explains its significance. A fish in the water below the tourists scoffs at their foolishness, and then, proceeds to tell about the doomed love of the mermaid. Upon reaching her 15th birthday, the Little Mermaid is allowed to swim up to the surface above. As soon as she does, however, the Mermaid spots a young prince caught up in a dreadful storm. She admires the man's bravery and decides to save him, declaring that, "The beautiful and the brave should not perish." After the mermaid returns to the ocean, she decides that she wants to become human.

7.0

MagicScore

Sleeping Beauty

1959

Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.

6.9

MagicScore

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

1997

Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seeded hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.

6.2

MagicScore

Beauty and the Beast

2017

A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.

7.0

MagicScore

#10

Cinderella

1922

Lotte Reiniger's interpretation of Grimm's recorded version of Aschenputtel (Cinderella) from 1922.

6.5

MagicScore

#11

Shrek the Musical

2013

Put out of his swamp solitude by a wicked tyrant's order, grumpy ogre Shrek goes on a journey – accompanied by a chatterbox donkey – to retrieve a beautiful princess from a tower, unaware that she has secrets all her own.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

Grey Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood

1990

A Soviet claymation short film created by Garri Bardin in 1990 that retells the story of Red Riding Hood while incorporating political metaphors and themes about the USSR's demise; the wolf representing communism, devouring innocent creatures who have never known him.

6.9

MagicScore

#13

The Little Matchgirl

2006

An animated short based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames filled with images of loving relatives, bountiful food, and a place to call home.

7.5

MagicScore

#14

Cinderella

1979

The Cinderella story.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam...

1984

Musical fantasy based on Armenian fairy tales.

6.9

MagicScore

#16

The Fox and the Hare

1973

Hare enlists four brave friends to help him reclaim his home from the wily Fox.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

Bilby

2019

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.

8.0

MagicScore

#18

Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"

2020

When Maggie Simpson is rescued by a cute young baby from playground peril, it's girl meets boy, girl loses boy, guess what happens next?

7.4

MagicScore

#19

The Skeleton Dance

1929

The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit.

7.4

MagicScore

#20

Auntie Edna

2018

Taking place during the events of Incredibles 2, Edna Mode babysits Jack-Jack.

7.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Three Little Wolves?

The top films similar to Three Little Wolves by MovieMagicScore are Pigs in a Polka (6.8), Shrek the Halls (6.4), The Pied Piper (6.5). Each shares animation/comedy/family themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Three Little Wolves worth watching?

Three Little Wolves holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10 from 87 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Three Little Wolves?

Three Little Wolves (1936) is a animation, comedy, family film directed by David Hand, starring Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Mary Moder.

Where can I find more recommendations like Three Little Wolves?

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About movies like Three Little Wolves

This ranked list pairs Three Little Wolves (1936), a animation and comedy and family film from David Hand, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Billy Bletcher 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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