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10 Best Movies Like The Great Mouse Detective

If you loved The Great Mouse Detective, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Oliver & Company

Oliver & Company

1988★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Mouse Detective for fans of Animation & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young cat named Oliver is left alone in a kitten box, while all the other young cats have new owners. A big dog named Dodger shows him how to get food and later Oliver lives with...

#2
The Black Cauldron

The Black Cauldron

1985★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Mouse Detective for fans of Animation & Family & Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidn...

#3
The Rescuers Down Under

The Rescuers Down Under

1990★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Mouse Detective for fans of Animation & Family & Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, he...

#4
An American Tail

An American Tail

1986★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Mouse Detective for fans of Animation & Family & Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone a...

#5
The Rescuers

The Rescuers

1977★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Mouse Detective for fans of Animation & Family & Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Two agents of the mouse-run International Rescue Aid Society search for a little orphan girl kidnapped by sinister treasure hunters....

#6
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century

Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century

1999★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Mouse Detective for fans of Family & Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Zenon Kar, a 13-year-old girl who lives on a space station in the year 2049, gets into some trouble and is banished to Earth. With help from some Earth friends she must find her wa...