If you loved Pinocchio, try Mickey and the Beanstalk

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Mickey and the Beanstalk has roughly 22.8× fewer votes than Pinocchio — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Pinocchio

1940 · dir. Ben Sharpsteen, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts

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Mickey and the Beanstalk

1947 · dir. Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts

What they share

Both films are directed by Bill Roberts, Hamilton Luske, and they sit in Animation / Family / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Pinocchio, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Mickey and the Beanstalk is

Mickey and friends somehow get mixed up in giant problems. The trio searches Willie the Giant's castle for the stolen Singing Harp. It's a wild beanstalk ride.

If you loved Pinocchio, try Mickey and the Beanstalk

Pinocchio

Mickey and the Beanstalk

What they share

What Mickey and the Beanstalk is

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