Movies Like The Three Inventors (1980)

The Three Inventors is a 1980 animation film from Michel Ocelot with a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Fox and the Hare and House.

Animation

The Fox and the Hare

1973

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

6.6

MagicScore

House

1958

An experimental short film by Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica.

5.2

MagicScore

Our Lady of the Sphere

1969

Animation using cutout animation to craft a bizarre science fiction experiment. Moving spheres, such as balloons and bubbles, are superimposed on static backgrounds to suggest travel and discovery.

4.9

MagicScore

The Wrong Trousers

1993

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

7.8

MagicScore

1998

A factory worker in a dark, gray world assembles devices that promise happiness. In his spare time he tinkers to create something better, and finally succeeds in perfecting his invention, which allows people to see life through rose-colored glasses, but he has to pay a price for his success.

7.6

MagicScore

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.

7.6

MagicScore

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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

7.5

MagicScore

Christmas Comes But Once a Year

1936

At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received used defective toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.

7.2

MagicScore

Princes and Princesses

2000

In this episodic animated fantasy from France, an art teacher interprets a series of six fairy tales (each involving a prince or princess) with the help of two precocious students. Princes and Princesses was created using a special style of cutout animation, with black silhouetted characters performing the action against backlit backdrops in striking colors.

7.7

MagicScore

#10

Prayers for Bobby

2009

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.

8.1

MagicScore

#11

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

8.0

MagicScore

#12

Brokeback Mountain

2005

In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.

7.8

MagicScore

#13

Baby Boy

2001

The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette and Peanut but still lives with his own mother. He can't seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.

7.1

MagicScore

#14

Bomb City

2017

An ongoing feud between punk rockers and a more affluent clique in a small Texas town leads to a hate crime.

7.1

MagicScore

#15

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1916

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

7.1

MagicScore

#16

London River

2009

After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 terror attacks on the city, two strangers come to discover their respective children had been living together at the time of the attacks

6.7

MagicScore

#17

Ender's Game

2013

Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

6.6

MagicScore

#18

Summer of Sam

1999

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

6.5

MagicScore

#19

Spies in Disguise

2019

Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is… not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way.

7.6

MagicScore

#20

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

2024

Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengeful figure from the past might be masterminding things, it falls to Gromit to battle sinister forces and save his master… or Wallace may never be able to invent again!

7.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Three Inventors?

The top films similar to The Three Inventors by MovieMagicScore are The Fox and the Hare (6.6), House (5.2), Our Lady of the Sphere (4.9). Each shares animation themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Three Inventors worth watching?

The Three Inventors holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10 from 27 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Three Inventors?

The Three Inventors (1980) is a animation film directed by Michel Ocelot, starring Michel Ocelot, Michel Elias.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Three Inventors?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more animation recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Three Inventors

This ranked list pairs The Three Inventors (1980), a animation film from Michel Ocelot, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Michel Ocelot 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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