Movies Like The Pied Piper (1933)

The Pied Piper is a 1933 animation, music film from Wilfred Jackson with a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Pigs in a Polka and Three Little Wolves.

Animation Music

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

Three Little Wolves

1936

Two little pigs cry wolf on their brother and then an actual wolf comes.

6.5

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

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

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

Cinderella

1922

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

6.5

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

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

#10

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

#11

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

#12

Cinderella

1979

The Cinderella story.

7.2

MagicScore

#13

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

1984

Musical fantasy based on Armenian fairy tales.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

Mickey and the Beanstalk

1947

A mysterious thief has stolen the prosperous Happy Valley's most prized possession: the musical Singing Harp. Can Mickey, Donald, and Goofy find the answer in the irritable Willie the Giant's magnificent castle up in the blue sky?

6.7

MagicScore

#15

The Fox and the Hare

1973

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

6.6

MagicScore

#16

Voice of the Nightingale

1923

A young girl who has caught a nightingale dreams about the songbird and its mate, and comes to realize that birds are not meant to be captive.

5.7

MagicScore

#17

One Froggy Evening

1955

A workman finds a singing frog in the cornerstone of an old building being demolished. But when he tries to cash in on his discovery, he finds the frog will sing only for him, and just croak for the talent agent and the audience in the theater he's spent his life savings on.

7.7

MagicScore

#18

What's Opera, Doc?

1957

Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.

7.6

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

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

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Pied Piper?

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

Is The Pied Piper worth watching?

The Pied Piper holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10 from 68 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Pied Piper?

The Pied Piper (1933) is a animation, music film directed by Wilfred Jackson, starring George Gramlich, Allan Watson, Marion Darlington.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Pied Piper?

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 Pied Piper

This ranked list pairs The Pied Piper (1933), a animation and music film from Wilfred Jackson, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of George Gramlich 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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