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1. Shrek Forever After (2010)

PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Rumpelstiltskin tricks a mid-life crisis burdened Shrek into allowing himself to be erased from existence and cast in a dark alternate timeline where Rumpelstiltskin rules supreme.

Director: Mike Mitchell | Stars: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas

Votes: 225,137 | Gross: $238.37M

2. Alice in Wonderland (1951)

G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney | Stars: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway

Votes: 154,403 | Gross: $1.07M

3. Ice Cream Man (1995)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Poor Gregory. After being released from the Wishing Well Sanatorium, all he wants to do is make the children happy. So Gregory reopens the old ice cream factory, and all the unappreciative brats are reprocessed into the flavor of the day.

Director: Norman Apstein | Stars: Clint Howard, Justin Isfeld, Anndi McAfee, JoJo Adams

Votes: 4,883

4. The Pied Piper (1986)

Not Rated | 55 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror

The story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin with a twist.

Director: Jirí Barta | Stars: Oldrich Kaiser, Jirí Lábus, Michal Pavlícek, Vilém Cok

Votes: 1,696

5. Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie: Black Dream Hole (1995)

TV-14 | 75 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

When the Evil Madame Vadiane kidnaps Chibi-Usa, the senshi rush to her rescue with the aid of Chibi-Usa's new friend, Peruru. After trying to find Chibi-Usa and fight off Vadiane's henchmen... See full summary »

Director: Hiroki Shibata | Stars: Kotono Mitsuishi, Kae Araki, Michie Tomizawa, Aya Hisakawa

Votes: 1,814

6. The Piper (2015)

PG-13 | 119 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Shortly after the Korean war, a father and a son are wandering through the country and make a stop in a remote village, where strange and dangerous happenings occur.

Director: Kwang-tae Kim | Stars: Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Sung-min, Chun Woo-hee, Lee Joon

Votes: 1,918

7. Mysterious Two (1982 TV Movie)

100 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Two aliens visit the Earth in an effort to enlist converts to travel the universe with them.

Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: John Forsythe, James Stephens, Priscilla Pointer, Robert Pine

Votes: 160

8. Have You Got Any Castles? (1938)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Musical, Animation

Another entry in the "books come alive" subgenre, with possibly more books coming alive than any other. We begin with some musical numbers, notably the various pages of Green Pastures all ... See full summary »

Directors: Frank Tashlin, Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Basin Street Boys, Dorothy Compton

Votes: 834

9. Book Revue (1946)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

As the literary characters come to life in a bookstore at night, Daffy Duck sings and dances before being chased by the Big Bad Wolf.

Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Richard Bickenbach

Votes: 1,539

10. Polar Trappers (1938)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Donald and Goofy are trappers in the frozen south (Antarctica) with different approaches. Donald sees a penguin and dresses as one to lure her to the chopping block; Goofy baits a trap with... See full summary »

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Richard Edwards, Clarence Nash, Purv Pullen

Votes: 874

11. The Pied Piper (1933)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Family

When the Pied Piper lures the rats from Hamelin Town but is not paid in gold by the mayor as promised, he lures all the children of the town to the magical Garden of Happiness in a mountain to punish the parents.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Marion Darlington, Flossie Dunlap, George Gramlich, Harriette Haddon

Votes: 1,225

12. Carmen Get It! (1962)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Jerry runs into the Metropolitan Opera (preparing to perform Carmen), so Tom poses as a violinist, with help from a hidden tape recorder.

Director: Gene Deitch | Star: Allen Swift

Votes: 476

13. It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (2000 TV Movie)

25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Based on the legend of the Pied Piper, it stars Snoopy as the title character, who tries to rid the Peanuts' gang's hometown of mice by playing his concertina, in return for a year's supply of dog food.

Director: Bill Melendez | Stars: Quinn Beswick, Ashley Edner, Rachel Davey, Frank Welker

Votes: 512

14. Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short

Literary characters come to life late at night in a bookshop, serenading Sniffles the mouse with swing music until the Frankenstein monster intrudes.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Johnnie Davis, Bill Days, Mel Blanc, Margaret Hill-Talbot

Votes: 295

15. The Pied Piper of Guadalupe (1961)

Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short

Sylvester the cat imitates the Pied Piper of Hamelin to lure a group of mice into a jug that he seals with a cork. But Speedy Gonzales won't be hypnotized by Sylvester's flute and gradually rescues his friends from Sylvester's clutches.

Directors: Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 650

16. The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918)

64 min

A traveler comes into a town overrun with rats and vermin. He promises to free the place of the pests and names his price. When the townspeople refuse to pay him after he has done what he ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Wegener | Stars: Paul Wegener, Lyda Salmonova, Clemens Kaufung, Wilhelm Diegelmann

Votes: 18

17. Playful Pan (1930)

7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

The mythological satyr plays some tunes on his pipes and gets various flora and fauna dancing to them. Two clouds also dance; they bump into each other, causing lightning strikes that start... See full summary »

Director: Burt Gillett | Star: Walt Disney

Votes: 355

18. Paying the Piper (1949)

7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Pied Piper Porky Pig vows to rid the town of Hamelin of all its rats, and the cats of Hamelin are furious at Porky for usurping their rat-catching job. Disguising himself as a giant rat, ... See full summary »

Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 334

19. Betty Boop's Museum (1932)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Koko takes Betty to the museum, where she's locked in overnight and forced to sing at the skeletons' dance.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, William Henning | Stars: Billy Murray, Mae Questel

Votes: 240

20. Chips Off the Old Block (1942)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Someone has left a basket with four kittens on Butch the cat's doorstep. He compares markings and quickly decides he's the father. This will not do, so first he tries burying the kits, but ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Allen | Stars: Sara Berner, Harry Lang

Votes: 110

21. Too Hop to Handle (1956)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Sylvester Cat scoffs at his son's idea that a pipe like that of "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" could lure mice into their home to catch. But when Junior tries it and Hippety Hopper, the baby ... See full summary »

Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 276

22. Piper (1996 Video Game)

Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Kids FMV game set in the Old West and loosely based on the legend of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Mining town Midas Valley has been infested with rude rats. Solve puzzles to exterminate the rats and deal with the corrupt mayor.

Director: Roland Yamamoto | Stars: Jason David Frank, Ingrid Carlson, Jeff Harry Woolf, Greg Stone

23. A Happening in Hamelin (1969)

G | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

The Pied Piper uses his musical talents to lure the pesky rodents away from a small German town.

Director: Luis María Delgado | Stars: Miguel Ríos, Margaret B. Peters, Roberto Camardiel, Luchy Soto

Votes: 19

24. Svengali's Cat (1946)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Action

A hypnotist cat charms a sweet young mouse femme-fatale into luring all the mice in town into his cellar, with intent of eating them. But, with his super-senses hitting on all cylinders, ... See full summary »

Director: Eddie Donnelly | Star: Herschel Bernardi

Votes: 51

25. Scribblenauts Unlimited (2012 Video Game)

E10+ | Adventure, Fantasy

Maxwell must collect starites by helping people around the world in order to save Lily from turning into stone

Director: Jeremiah Slaczka

Votes: 165

26. Evilin (2017)

8 min | Short, Horror

Add a Plot

Director: Phil Moore | Stars: Eve Annison, Ella Brean, Heidi Brean, Stephen Cornish

27. Pink Piper (1976)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The Pink Panther is a traveling Pied Piper who encounters an old English village home besieged by pesky rodents. For a fee, he uses a tune on his enchanted flute to induce one of the ... See full summary »

Director: Cullen Blaine

Votes: 130

28. Playing the Pied Piper (1941)

7 min | Animation, Short

A dimwitted cat believes he can catch mice just like in the story of the pied piper of Hamlin. He goes to his attic where a tough Brooklyn-voiced mouse proceeds to destroy Cat's horn. So ... See full summary »

Director: Lou Lilly | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 10

29. Alice the Piper (1924)

7 min | Animation, Short, Family

The rats are out of control in Hamlin; they've taken over the kitchen, but when they take over the King's bedroom, that's the last straw. He posts a $5 reward, which the rats change to ... See full summary »

Director: Walt Disney | Star: Virginia Davis

Votes: 79

30. Kinderfänger (2017)

7 min | Short, Horror

Following the music leads to death.

Director: Christopher Alender | Stars: Winter Obidos, Jake Getman, Mary Newsome, Luke Persiani

Votes: 50

31. Yoriyos: The Pied Piper (2007)

3 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy

Official music video for "The Pied Piper" by Yoriyos.

Director: Ron Winter

32. I'm Just a Jitterbug (1939)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

At a cartoon studio, a drawing of a jitterbug comes to life and encourages the other drawings to dance and sing. Meanwhile, the cuckoo bird in the cuckoo clock is desperate for sleep.

Director: Alex Lovy | Stars: Chuck Lowry, The Pied Pipers, Danny Webb

Votes: 26

33. The Piper (2005)

10 min | Short, Fantasy, Romance

Tired of infestation of cockroaches in her house but unwilling to kill them, Amy drunkenly wishes for the Pied Piper to come and whisk them away.

Director: Abbe Robinson | Stars: Ruth Baldwin, Rebecca Kenyon, Elliot Hill, Gemma Booth

Votes: 59

34. The Last Mouse of Hamelin (1955)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Romance

The Pied Piper has led all of the mice in Hamelin into the sea with the exception of one because he was tone-deaf. The cats are all competing with each other for the single, surviving mouse... See full summary »

Director: Connie Rasinski | Star: Dayton Allen

Votes: 11

35. The Hep Cat (1946)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short

The cats aren't doing well at all in luring the mice into their traps, so they decide to have one of their hep-cat band members make like the pied piper of old while trolling musically ... See full summary »

Director: Mannie Davis | Star: Tom Morrison

Votes: 42

36. Batman (1966–1968)
Episode: Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club (1968)

TV-G | 24 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

Nora Clavicle, a women's rights activist, uses her influence to have Commissioner Gordon, Chief O'Hara, and the whole police force fired and replaced with women. She cuts ties with Batman ... See full summary »

Director: Oscar Rudolph | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Yvonne Craig, Alan Napier

Votes: 398

37. Daniel Boone (1964–1970)
Episode: The Thanksgiving Story (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Western

With Daniel and Jericho away and Choctaw chief Gabriel and his warriors on the warpath, a happy and peaceful Thanksgiving is in doubt. Then Rebecca's Irish father Timothy Patrick Bryan ... See full summary »

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Fess Parker, Ed Ames, Patricia Blair, Veronica Cartwright

Votes: 45

38. Extreme Ghostbusters (1997)
Episode: The Pied Piper of Manhattan (1997)

TV-Y7 | 20 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When New York suffers an epidemic of pesky ghosts that even the EGBs can't seem to defeat, the Mayor calls on a Pied Piper who claims he can rid the city of its demons. When the Piper's ... See full summary »

Director: Rafael Rosado | Stars: Tara Strong, Maurice LaMarche, Jason Marsden, Pat Musick

Votes: 43

39. Land of the Giants (1968–1970)
Episode: Pay the Piper (1970)

TV-G | 50 min | Sci-Fi

The travelers come across a bizarre giant capable of hypnotizing people with his mysterious flute which, when played, can draw people magically towards it. The little people become involved after the piper attempts to abduct a giant child.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Stefan Arngrim, Don Marshall

Votes: 60

40. Special Unit 2 (2001–2002)
Episode: The Piper (2002)

Action, Comedy, Crime

A popular children's TV character is suspected of being a Piper link whose been using his mind control power on children to make them commit crimes on his behalf. The Captain assigns Carl, ... See full summary »

Director: John T. Kretchmer | Stars: Michael Landes, Alexondra Lee, Richard Gant, Danny Woodburn

Votes: 34

41. Pinky and the Brain (1995–1998)
Episode: Collect 'Em All/Pinkasso (1996)

TV-Y7-FV | 21 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

In "COLLECT 'EM ALL," Brain uses Johannes Gutenberg's printing press to make up collectable trading cards. In "PINKASSO," Pinky becomes a famous modern artist.

Directors: Kirk Tingblad, Charles Visser | Stars: Maurice LaMarche, Rob Paulsen, Larry Cedar, Brian George

Votes: 122

42. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1963)
Episode: Like Oh, Brother (1962)

TV-Y7 | 26 min | Comedy, Family

Dobie and Maynard agree to volunteer as big brothers at the Settlement House for underprivileged children and in doing so help Dr. Burkhart bridge the gap between sociological theory and practice.

Director: Guy Scarpitta | Stars: Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver, Jean Byron, Richard Reeves

Votes: 29

43. Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode: The Dreamscape (2008)

TV-14 | 49 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

The Fringe division investigate the questionable fall of a Massive Dynamic executive analyst. John helps Olivia crack the case. Peter meets up with an old girlfriend.

Director: Frederick E.O. Toye | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo

Votes: 2,574

44. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: The Cliff Hanger or Taken for Granite/Supersonic Boom or The Old Mount's A-Moverin (1960)

TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Upsidaisium" Part 27, Fractured Fairy Tales "The Pied Piper", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "Mountie Bear", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Upsidaisium" Part 28.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, George Singer, Ernest Terrazas | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 33

45. Lost Girl (2010–2016)
Episode: SubterrFaenean (2013)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Bo revels in a lotta lovin', but can't escape the new darkness that haunts her. When Kenzi's childhood chum is snatched, Bo follows her bestie underground - literally - to help find him. ... See full summary »

Director: Steve DiMarco | Stars: Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Ried, Ksenia Solo, Zoie Palmer

Votes: 295

46. Once Upon a Time (2011–2018)
Episode: Nasty Habits (2013)

TV-PG | 44 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

Gold is reunited with Neal, as flashbacks show Rumplestiltskin go in search of a missing Baelfire, who has followed a mysterious figure who steals away children with his music.

Director: David Boyd | Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas

Votes: 1,521

47. Battle of the Planets (1978–1980)
Episode: The Musical Mummy (1979)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Action, Adventure

The members of G-Force guard various scientist after other have been kidnapped by a giant whistling mummy. All clues lead to an amusement park where Keyop is drawn to a hypnotic flute player.

Director: Hisayuki Toriumi | Stars: Alan Young, Keye Luke, Ronnie Schell, Janet Waldo

Votes: 18

48. Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017)
Episode: Go Where I Send Thee... (2014)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Abbie and Crane's search for a missing Sleepy Hollow child reveals a creature akin to the Pied Piper, whose legacy with the child's family extends back to a centuries-old curse.

Director: Douglas Aarniokoski | Stars: Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, Katia Winter

Votes: 675

49. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: The Rat-Pack Attacks or Sharrup You Mouse/Bucks for Boris or Rocky Pays the Piper (1960)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Metal Eating Mice" Part 11, Fractured Fairy Tales "Tiny Tom", Peabody's Improbable History "Alexander Graham Bell", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Metal Eating Mice" Part 12.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, George Singer, Ernest Terrazas | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 30

50. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Moosylvania: Parts 1-2 (1963)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Moosylvania" Part 1 of 4, Fractured Fairy Tales "The Pied Piper", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "Trap Bait", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Moosylvania" Part 2 of 4.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 20