Movies Like How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song (1974)

How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song is a 1974 animation, family, music film from Inessa Kovalevskaya with a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Pluto's Surprise Package and Tortoise Beats Hare.

Animation Family Music

Pluto's Surprise Package

1949

Pluto tries to bring in the mail, which gets more difficult when a package sprouts legs and tries to go swimming. Between the wandering turtle and the wind blowing the other mail around, Pluto's got quite a task ahead. And it's not made easier when both the letters and the turtle go off a large cliff.

6.3

MagicScore

Tortoise Beats Hare

1941

Bugs Bunny challenges slick Cecil Turtle to a race.

7.1

MagicScore

Mia and the White Lion

2018

A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.

7.3

MagicScore

Born Free

1966

At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.

6.7

MagicScore

Over the Hedge

2006

A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself.

6.6

MagicScore

The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain

1997

The first wedding anniversary of Princess Odette and Prince Derek is fraught with troubles brought on by Clavius, who plots to conquer the world.

6.0

MagicScore

Duck and Cover

1952

An instructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to explain what to do to increase their chances of surviving the blast from an atomic bomb.

6.0

MagicScore

The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom

1998

The royal couple Odette and Derek face yet another evil magician, this time a woman named Zelda. Lusting for the treasure of the Forbidden Arts, which will give her absolute power, Zelda kidnaps Odette as ransom. Derek and several animal friends head off to rescue Odette

6.0

MagicScore

The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale

2014

Shortly after the Royal Family adopts a young girl named Alise, she is taken away into the forest. Princess Odette, Derek and their woodland friends, must work together to find a way to bring her home to the castle.

5.7

MagicScore

#10

African Cats

2011

African Cats captures the real-life love, humor and determination of the majestic kings of the savanna. The story features Mara, an endearing lion cub who strives to grow up with her mother’s strength, spirit and wisdom; Sita, a fearless cheetah and single mother of five mischievous newborns; and Fang, a proud leader of the pride who must defend his family from a once banished lion.

7.4

MagicScore

#11

Tortoise Wins by a Hare

1943

Bugs challenges Cecil Turtle to race, only this time he's wearing an aerodynamic suit like Cecil's. Unfortunately, the gambling ring has bet everything on the rabbit, and Bugs now looks like a tortoise.

7.0

MagicScore

#12

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

MagicScore

#13

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

2012

A disturbing puppet short exploring the concept of creativity. Hennep is de beste filmmaker ooit!

7.6

MagicScore

#14

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

MagicScore

#15

Get a Horse!

2013

Mickey, Minnie, Horace Horsecollar, and Clarabelle Cow go on a musical wagon ride until Peg-Leg Pete tries to run them off the road.

7.6

MagicScore

#16

Bao

2018

An aging Chinese mother suffering from empty nest syndrome gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively, giggly dumpling boy.

7.6

MagicScore

#17

The Burden

2017

A shopping center along a large highway is the scene of an apocalyptic musical. Animation with a strong sense of form set to auto-tuned music by Klungan. About liberation through great catastrophy.

7.3

MagicScore

#18

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

MagicScore

#19

Begone Dull Care

1949

In this extraordinary short animation, Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren painted colours, shapes, and transformations directly onto their filmstrip. The result is a vivid interpretation, in fluid lines and colour, of jazz music played by the Oscar Peterson Trio.

6.9

MagicScore

#20

Frozen Fever

2015

On Anna's birthday, Elsa and Kristoff are determined to give her the best celebration ever, but Elsa's icy powers may put more than just the party at risk.

6.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song?

The top films similar to How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song by MovieMagicScore are Pluto's Surprise Package (6.3), Tortoise Beats Hare (7.1), Mia and the White Lion (7.3). Each shares animation/family/music themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song worth watching?

How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10 from 45 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song?

How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song (1974) is a animation, family, music film directed by Inessa Kovalevskaya, starring Oleg Anofriev, Rostislav Plyatt.

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This ranked list pairs How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song (1974), a animation and family and music film from Inessa Kovalevskaya, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Oleg Anofriev 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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