Movies Like Sock Puppet Theater - Noir: The Unsoled Story

Red Pepper

1925

An ordinary day - so an eventful one - of Tom Katt, a young man who works as a drugstore owner's assistant: his - very acrobatic - bike ride to his place of work; the - fanciful - way he performs his job; the - ingenious - subterfuge he finds to help his employer, who has money problems; the - swift - way he escapes the cops chasing him...

He Loved the Ladies

1914

The Reapers

2019

While Death walks the earth collecting souls, her granddaughter Winona can't be bothered carrying on the family business.

How Robinson Was Created

1961

The film is based on the feuilleton of the same name by I. Ilf and E. Petrov. A writer named Moldovantsev delivers a thrilling Soviet‐style Robinson Crusoe adventure on deadline, only to have his editor insist on adding a local party chairman, freed ex‐members, an activist collector, a housing committee and even a meeting table, bell and ledger washed ashore. Reluctantly he complies, so far that he jettisons Robinson himself as an unjustified weakling, transforming his novel into an absurd manifesto of bureaucratic excess.

Obsession

1965

Student Shurik has just two hours before the beginning of the exam and he has no lectures notes.

Maraschino Ruby

2022

Misty Luggins sets a trap for the Bad Guys, but they were already caught and in custody for another crime; stealing a push pop... allegedly.

Trap Happy

1946

Tom calls the exterminators, but they send a cat, who despite his various tools, doesn't fare much better than Tom usually does.

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

1988

When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

Le Pupille

2022

During WWII, in the days leading up to Christmas, a woman arrives at an Italian Catholic boarding school for orphaned girls with a large cake and a plea for them to pray for her boyfriend, who is having an affair.

The Yankee Doodle Mouse

1943

As Tom and Jerry stage their typical fight sequences, the patriotic soldier theme of the title is evidenced by such things as a carton of eggs labeled "Hen Grenades"; Jerry dropping light bulbs from an airplane like bombs; and Jerry sending a telegram with the message "Sighted Cat - Sank Same." Musical phrasings from various patriotic war songs are heard throughout. The cut scene after Jerry hitting Tom with the board 4 times was cut from the 1950 reissue print for a war bond joke, and the original footage is currently considered "lost" due to the negatives destroyed in the 1978 George Eastman House fire.

Puss Gets the Boot

1940

Jasper is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out. Rodent Jerry does his best to make sure that his tormentor "gets the boot".

The Candid Camera

1932

Mrs. Townes has been refused a new car by her husband for 3 years while he's driving in cabs all over town. But when Jack Townes is exposed in a newsreel pursuing a girl on the beach, Mrs. Townes has now means to negotiate.

The Ugly Duckling

1939

An outcast duckling's search for a family to accept him leads to constant rejection before learning his true identity as a swan.

Grosse Pointe Blank

1997

Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form a union. On the advice of his quirky assistant and neurotic psychiatrist, Martin begrudgingly heads out to Grosse Pointe, Michigan for his ten-year high school reunion, where he soon comes across the woman he jilted on prom night.

The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Silly

2023

Mickey and gang must stop hundreds of old film reel versions of Mickey from wreaking havoc all over town.

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

2008

Ordered to teach a martial arts class of rambunctious bunny kittens, Po tells stories of each of the Furious Five's pasts.

All in a Nutshell

1949

Donald steals Chip and Dale's nuts for his nut-butter shop, which is shaped like a giant walnut, Chip and Dale, roll and "shoot" Donald into a nearby lake.

Ferdinand the Bull

1938

This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via pained howls and wild stomping. This lands him in the bull-fighting arena amidst characters based on Walt's animators with a matador reportedly modeled after Walt himself.