Movies like The Simple Things
If The Simple Things's mix of fish, fishing and cartoon stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Simple Things's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Ferdinand the Bull
1938 · Directed by Dick Rickard · 8 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: cartoon, short film · Also animation and comedy
This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals.
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Partly Cloudy
2009 · Directed by Peter Sohn · 6 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and comedy
Everyone knows that the stork delivers babies, but where do the storks get the babies from? The answer lies up in the stratosphere, where cloud people sculpt babies from clouds and bring them to life.
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Get a Horse!
2013 · Directed by Lauren MacMullan · 8 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and comedy
Mickey, Minnie, Horace Horsecollar, and Clarabelle Cow go on a musical wagon ride until Peg-Leg Pete tries to run them off the road.
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Ciao Alberto
2021 · Directed by Kenna Harris · 7 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and comedy
With his best friend Luca away at school, Alberto is enjoying his new life in Portorosso working alongside Massimo—the imposing, tattooed, one-armed fisherman of few words—who's quite possibly the coolest human in the…
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Steamboat Willie
1928 · Directed by Walt Disney · 8 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and comedy
Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie Mouse, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.
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Puppy
2013 · Directed by Yarrow Cheney · 5 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and comedy
A Minion, longing for a puppy, humorously tries to catch a dog, a squirrel, and even a ladybug, but none of his attempts succeed. Just as his hopes fade, a tiny UFO swoops down and abducts the ladybug.
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Banana
2010 · Directed by Samuel Tourneux · 4 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and comedy
The Minions fight over a delicious banana... but is that all they want?!
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Luxo Jr.
1986 · Directed by John Lasseter · 2 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and comedy
A baby lamp finds a ball to play with and it's all fun and games until the ball bursts. Just when the elder Luxo thinks his kid will settle down for a bit, Luxo Jr. finds a ball ten times bigger.
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Piper
2016 · Directed by Alan Barillaro · 6 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: short film
A mother bird tries to teach her little one how to find food by herself. In the process, she encounters a traumatic experience that she must overcome in order to survive.
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Far from the Tree
2021 · Directed by Natalie Nourigat · 7 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: short film
On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.
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The Gruffalo
2009 · Directed by Max Lang · 27 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: short film
The magical tale of a mouse who sets foot on a woodland adventure in search of a nut. Encountering predators who all wish to eat him - Fox, Owl and Snake - the brave mouse creates a terrifying, imaginary monster to…