Best tv shows like Orson and Olivia
Last updated March 2024
Looking for tv shows related to Orson and Olivia? Contribute your familiarity to help others toward films and tv series you've seen before that may also fascinate them. Support broadening the circle of people referring videos between each other. We appreciate your engagement!
Plot Summary:
Orson and Olivia is a French/Italian animated TV series produced by Ellipse Entertainment and Collingwood O'Hare. It features the trials of two orphans living in London under Queen Victoria's reign. The series is based on the French comic strip, Basil et Victoria.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Animation
Country: France, Italy
Duration:
Plot tags:
Best tv shows and movies like Orson and Olivia (1994):
Similar in 85%
Ariol (2009)
Plot Summary:
The series features Ariol, a little blue donkey: his daily life as a schoolboy, his best friend, the little pig Ramono, his loves (Pétula, a pretty little cow with freckles), his collections (like the Chevalier Cheval's album or collectible cards), his holidays with his grandparents (Papi Atole and Mami Annette) ... as well as "Le Chevalier Cheval", a comic book and cartoon character.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags:
Similar in 89%
The Darwinners (2012)
Plot Summary:
Une série absurde et incongrue qui manie le décalage anachronique permanent, adaptée d'après la bande dessinée de Jul "Silex and the City". La famille d'HomoSapiens DotCom vit dans une vallée qui "résiste encore et toujours à l'évolution Darwiniste" en -40 000 avant JC. La mère est professeur de Préhistoire-Géo tandis que le père est professeur de chasse dans le même collège. L'adolescente a 14 ans (déjà presque adulte) et fréquente le fils du directeur d'EDF, le fils est un alter-Darwiniste qui milite régulièrement avec son ami primate. Un festival de gags anachroniques qui mettent en lumière notre XXIème siècle. ___________________________ Une série courte de Jul d'après sa BD - Réalisée par Jérémie Hoarau.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 3 min
Plot tags: prehistoric
Similar in 78%
Corto Maltese: The Celts (2004)
Plot Summary:
Anthology of four Corto Maltese shorts set in WWI Europe. In 1915, World War I has spread throughout Europe and other parts of the world. Maltese-born laconic adventurer Corto Maltese is not bothered by it, however, since he's preoccupied with his latest endeavor. He's in Venice looking for information on the mythical Seven Cities of Gold, or more specifically - the seventh city itself, since next to nothing is known about it. He contacts Serafino, one of the leaders of the local Franciscan religious order there. It turns out that a mysterious local woman in wheelchair nicknamed the Angel at the East Window may know something about it. However, Austrian spies and adventuress Venexiana Stevenson sidetrack Corto. In 1917, Corto is hired by Montenegro republicans to find and return their dethroned king's gold that he hid while escaping from the invading Austrian forces. The gold is hidden in an abandoned bombed-out church near the town of Caporetto. The problem is that the town is part.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: anthology, tense, captivating, suspense, mythical, unusual plot structure, visually appealing
Similar in 76%
Corto Maltese: La maison dorée de Samarkand (2004)
Plot Summary:
Hugo Pratt's famous comics adventurer, Corto Maltese while sojourning in Adana, Turkey, discovers a map to the treasure of Cyrus, an ancient king of Persia. To assist him in his quest, he enlists his old friend/nemesis the unbelievable Raspoutine whom he first has to help escape from the prison of Samarkand (aka "La maison dorée de Samarkand", the golden house of Samarkand). On the long and tortured way to the riches, he encounters all kind of interesting characters, soldiers of fortune, lost British actors, and even his doppelgänger.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: anime
Similar in 76%
Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn (2003)
Plot Summary:
In 1916, laconic adventurer Corto Maltese is in Paramaribo, Surinam visiting his mystic female friend Java. He helps a young heir haunted by voodoo spirits, delivers some weapons to rebels in Brazil and hunts for treasure with Rasputin.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 84%
Infinity Nado (2012)
Plot Summary:
Dawn and Athas find a mysterious sleeping boy, Pandora, who suffers from amnesia after he comes around. When Pandora just arrives at Freewheel Town, he becomes the chasing target of an organization called Ancient Hunter Group, which demands of him to carry out the "Great Mission". Under the attack of Jin and his friends, Ancient Hunter Group is temporarily repelled. With the assistance of Jin and his friends, Pandora gradually gets used to life in this world and his skill on top is much improved.Can Pandora regain his memories? What is his "Great Mission"? The story will tell you.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan, China
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 85%
Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea (2003)
Plot Summary:
In 1913, laconic sea captain Corto Maltese, adrift in the Pacific, gets rescued by his bandit friend Rasputin who's taking two rich shipwrecked teens to an island where his boss the Monk will hold them for ransom. WWI complicates things.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 79%
Momo (2003)
Plot Summary:
There is a little girl in a cargo train driving through the night: The orphan Momo, who is looking for a new home. As a conductor become suspicious and stops the train, Momo has to jump off. She meets the little turtle Cassiopeia, who is accompanying Momo from now on. Together, the two find a small cozy town in which they immediately make the acquaintance of Beppo The Sweeper. Beppo takes care of Momo and realizes that she has a special gift: Simply her presence enchants people and brings out the best in them. Only the mysterious gray gentlemen, who appear increasingly in the town, are unimpressed by Momo's gift and continue their dark business.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Animation
Country: Germany, Taiwan, Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating
Similar in 89%
Rastamouse (2011)
Plot Summary:
Rastamouse is a British animated stop motion children's TV series created by Genevieve Webster and Michael De Souza and produced by Three Stones Media/The Rastamouse Company for CBeebies. The show follows crime-busting mouse reggae band Da Easy Crew, who split their time between making music and solving mysteries for Da President of Mouseland. The first 52 episodes of the initial series were shown in the afternoon beginning 31 January 2011 on CBeebies. From 7 March 2011, the programme was repeated in the early mornings, on BBC Two. The second series, comprising a further 26 episodes, started on 20 August 2012, on CBeebies.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Animation
Country: UK
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, controversial
Similar in 75%
Save Me! Lollipop (2006)
Plot Summary:
Nina, thinking it was a lolly, swallows an object called "Crystal Pearl". But the candy turns out to be a test for the magicians. To retrieve the crystal, a special medicine has to be made so now Zero and Ichii, the magicians, have to protect her from others while waiting for the medicine to be completed.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, shoujo
Similar in 81%
If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die (2020)
Plot Summary:
Passionate music-lover Eripiyo only wants to see her favorite underground pop group, ChamJam, make it to the big stage at Budokan. Because they’ve enriched her life by their very existence, Eri is willing to dedicate everything she has to see this dream fulfilled – even her health. At their last performance she got a crazy nosebleed. Hey, no one said being a super-fan was easy!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, light, touching, feel good, humorous, adult animation, seinen, yuri
Similar in 88%
Strawberry Shortcake: Housewarming Surprise (1983)
Plot Summary:
When Strawberry Shortcake moves into her new house, all her friends in Strawberryland throw her a surprise housewarming party, and they even invite several new friends that she had recentlly met on a trip around the world; Mint Tulip from the Netherlands, Cafe Ole from Mexico, Crepe Suzette from France, Almond Tea from China, and the British twins, Lem and Ada. They all bring their pets and favorite recipes, too. The party is going great until the sinister Peculiar Purple Pieman from Porcupine Peak sneaks in and steals all the food, along with Lem & Ada, who are hiding in the box they brought containing the recipes. To get them and her new recipe box back, Strawberry Shortcake and all her friends must work together to outwit the Pieman and Sour Grapes.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Animation
Country: Canada
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 84%
Samson & Goliath (1967)
Plot Summary:
Samson & Goliath is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC, where it debuted on September 9, 1967. Primarily sponsored by General Mills, who controlled the distribution rights through its agency Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, Samson & Goliath was retitled Young Samson in April 1968 to avoid confusion with the stop-motion Christian television series Davey and Goliath. Twenty-six 12-minute episodes of the series were produced; Samson & Goliath cartoons were paired with other General Mills-sponsored shows such as Tennessee Tuxedo and Go Go Gophers to form a full half-hour for their original network broadcasts.Young Samson was later shown in syndication with The Space Kidettes as The Space Kidettes and Young Samson, distributed by The Program Exchange.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 88%
Living for the Day After Tomorrow (2006)
Plot Summary:
Karada is a young girl who hates being treated like a child and who wishes to be grown up. Shoko is an aloof, unhappy young woman who has just returned from overseas. When they meet by coincidence one night at a local shrine where they both like to make wishes, they exchange ages.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
Similar in 86%
Extreme Football (2014)
Plot Summary:
Every weekend, Samy and his friends meet up at a mall under construction that became their private street football arena, hidden from the eyes of the townspeople, A new and spectacular game has emerged, incorporating other urban sports such as komball, free-running, rollerblading, dance, acrobatics and gymnastics : Extreme Street Football. The game is on!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Animation
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: stylized, semi serious, exciting, computer animated, captivating, fast
Similar in 85%
Jingai-san no Yome (2018)
Plot Summary:
Tomari Hinowa is a normal high schooler, until one day he's told that he has to become the wife of a mysterious creature called Kanenogi. This is the start of their newly married life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 3 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, satirical, disturbing, josei
Similar in 89%
Belle and Sebastian (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Sebastian, a young orphan living in the Alps, meets Belle, a huge white Great Pyrenees, they set off together on a series of fantastic adventures around the mountains.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Animation
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 76%
Rubble & Crew (2023)
Plot Summary:
Follow Rubble and his pup family as they use their awesome construction vehicles to build and repair whatever the town of Builder Cove needs in high-stakes adventures.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Animation
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: educational
Similar in 86%
Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese (2019)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of an average family; a boy, a girl, a dog, a cat, a mouse and ..err, a piece of cheese. What could possibly go wrong?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, Ireland, USA, France
Duration:
Plot tags:
Similar in 83%
Bottle Fairy (2003)
Plot Summary:
Bottle Fairy follows a quartet of cute fairies as they play, study, and learn (often incorrect) lessons about the human world.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, sincere, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
Similar in 86%
Marcelino, pan y vino (2001)
Plot Summary:
This is the magical story of a new-born baby abandoned on the doorstep of a Franciscan monastery, who grows up to become a cheerful and mischievous boy called Marcelino Pan y Vino. Marcelino, who is able to talk with animals, lives very closed to the animals, the trees and plants. He delights in discovering new things, and often asks unusual questions. The friars educate and love the boy.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Japan, Spain, France, Italy, Mexico
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, entertaining
Similar in 85%
The World of Strawberry Shortcake (1980)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to Strawberry Land, the charming and peaceful home of Strawberry Shortcake and her fruit-filled friends, where rivers of strawberry juice flow past homes made of pastry! But all is not well in this picturesque paradise. The presence of the Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak and his beastly Berry Birds threatens their tranquil existence.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Animation
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: mysterious, crying
Similar in 78%
Talking Friends (2012)
Plot Summary:
Talking Tom stars in various short shenanigans along with Ben, Ginger, Pierre, and Gina.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Animation
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, captivating, entertaining
Similar in 83%
Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East (2013)
Plot Summary:
Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East is a Japanese manga series by Miyuki Abe based on the epic novel series Nansō Satomi Hakkenden. An anime adaptation of the manga, produced by Studio Deen, premiered on January 5, 2013. A second season has been announced to premiere summer 2013.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, stylized, anime, tense, exciting, super sentai, urban fantasy
Similar in 85%
Zak Jinks (2018)
Plot Summary:
ANATOLE LATUILE IS A FRENCH ANIMATED EPONYM SERI ADAPTED FROM THE CARTOON. YOU WILL DISCOVER THE ADVENTURES OF ANATOLE LATUILE, A PRIMARY STUDENT AND HIS BEST FRIEND JASON BOMBIX. THE TWO OF THEM ARE ALWAYS READY TO T MAKE NEW PRANKS AND JOKES.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Animation
Country: France, UK
Duration:
Plot tags:
Similar in 78%
LEGO Marvel Avengers: Climate Conundrum (2020)
Plot Summary:
The Environmental Clean-up Conference is off to anything but a smooth start when Tony Stark realizes his fellow competitor is his rival Justin Hammer!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, ironic, semi serious
Similar in 84%
With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun (2020)
Plot Summary:
Matsumoto's daily life while raising both a sweet, innocent dog and a "devilishly vicious yet adorable" cat. Everyday, there is laughter and even a tear or two.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
Similar in 82%
Little Nick (2009)
Plot Summary:
Nicolas has lots of energy and loves to play with his friends. The boys are quite imaginative and have lots of great ideas, for no apparent reason the adults do not appreciate their efforts. Time after time our heroes fall into trouble because of those misunderstandings. The series is based on books by René Goscinny and illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 13 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good, computer animated
Similar in 80%
Marvel's Ultimate Comics (2016)
Plot Summary:
After Spider-Man stops some crooks from robbing a Stark Enterprises facility, Iron Man decides to pay him back with some on the job training. His plan goes awry when D-List villain Batroc the Leaper returns with new powers. Black Panther gets a visit from Everett K. Ross to discuss security for a possible international summit in Wakanda. The visit is unexpectedly interrupted by super-villain, Ghost.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 4 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining
Similar in 89%
THE REFLECTION (2017)
Plot Summary:
After The Reflection, some of the people in all parts of the world are discovered with super powers. Some become heroes, and others villains. How did the Reflection happen? What was the cause of it? With many unsolved mysteries, the world is led into turmoil.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative