Movies Like Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (2012)

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared is a 2012 animation, comedy, horror, music film from Joseph Pelling with a MovieMagicScore of 7.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 2 and Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 3.

Animation Comedy Horror Music

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 2

2014

Step back into the imaginative and frankly terrifying world of Becky & Joe with Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared. In this episode: Some things change over Time.

7.6

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Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 3

2014

During a chicken picnic, Yellow Guy gets upset after Green Bird kills a butterfly. Yellow Guy then meets a butterfly that takes him on a journey to discover his concept of love.

7.1

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Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 4

2015

The fourth instalment in the surreal Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared videos in which the three returning characters enter a sinister digital world through their computer.

7.7

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Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 5

2015

The two remaining puppets learn about eating healthy, but things go awry when they receive a mysterious phone call.

7.3

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Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6

2016

All alone, Yellow Guy tries to stop a lamp from teaching him about dreams. While Red Guy finds out the truth about the puppets' existence.

7.9

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Katnip Kollege

1938

At the Katnip Kollege, we see a roomful of cats taking a course in Swingology. Everyone swings except Johnny, who can't cut it and has to sit in the dunce chair. Miss Kitty Bright tells him to look her up when he learns how to swing. Finally, listening to the pendulum clock at night, Johnny gets the beat. He rushes out to where everyone is playing and sings "Easy As Rollin' Off a Log" to Kitty Bright. She joins in; he grabs a trumpet for an instrumental break, with the complete band. They both fall off a log; she covers him with kisses.

5.5

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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

1989

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.

7.3

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Possibly in Michigan

1983

A musical horror story about two young women who are stalked through a shopping mall by a cannibal. He follows them home, and here the victims become the aggressors.

7.6

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998

Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.

7.2

MagicScore

#10

The Magic Christian

1969

Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought.

5.6

MagicScore

#11

Rejected

2000

A hilarious collection of animated television commercials that were rejected because of their creator's failing grip on sanity.

7.3

MagicScore

#12

How to Be Alone

2019

When her husband leaves for a night shift, a woman battles physical manifestations of her repressed fears and desires.

6.3

MagicScore

#13

I Am Frankelda

2025

A gifted young writer in 19th-century Mexico journeys into her subconscious and comes face to face with characters from her own spooky stories.

8.3

MagicScore

#14

The Bunker

2015

A student moves in with a family that lives in an underground house in the middle of the forest, far from civilization. His hopes of peace and quiet are soon shattered, when it becomes apparent that both the parents and their son have a screw loose.

6.2

MagicScore

#15

The Old Mill

1937

Night in an old mill is dramatically depicted in this Oscar-winning short in which the frightened occupants, including birds, timid mice, owls, and other creatures try to stay safe and dry as a storm approaches. As the thunderstorm worsens, the mill wheel begins to turn and the whole mill threatens to blow apart until at last the storm subsides.

7.4

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#16

Magical Mystery Tour

1967

While on a coach tour, The Beatles and a few dozen friends experience strange happenings caused by magicians.

6.5

MagicScore

#17

The Muppet Movie

1979

The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever (his future muppet crew), and some special celebrity guest stars, while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!

7.2

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#18

The Christmas Toy

1986

It's Christmas Eve and the playroom is alive with excitement for the new toys that will arrive the next day. Balthazar, the old and wise bear, explains to the other toys that they must welcome the newcomers even though each of them may be replaced as one of the children's new favorite toys.

6.7

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#19

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.

8.1

MagicScore

#20

Bugonia

2025

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

7.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Don't Hug Me I'm Scared?

The top films similar to Don't Hug Me I'm Scared by MovieMagicScore are Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 2 (7.6), Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 3 (7.1), Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 4 (7.7). Each shares animation/comedy/horror/music themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Don't Hug Me I'm Scared worth watching?

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.6/10 from 161 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Don't Hug Me I'm Scared?

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (2012) is a animation, comedy, horror, music film directed by Joseph Pelling, starring Joseph Pelling, Becky Sloan, Baker Terry.

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