Over the Hedge poster

Over the Hedge (2006)

Film · 1h 23m · Rated PG

Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family

Forest creatures wake to suburbia, and a wily raccoon teaches them to reclaim their natural bounty.

Crowd-pleasing, with wholesome humor. A family watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

Not on a US subscription service as of Oct 26, 2026.

Over the Hedge parents guide

Mild language and nothing scary, about what a PG should carry.

Our estimate: fine from about 7. Rated PG.

Scare
Not scary
Jump scares
A couple
One or two sudden jolts.
Gore
No gore
Violence
Some violence
Some fighting or peril.
Sex and nudity
None noted
Language
Mild
Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

What is Over the Hedge about?

A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

Yes. It lands on a happy note.

Cast and crew

Directed byKarey Kirkpatrick, Tim Johnson
StarringBruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, William Shatner, Nick Nolte

More like Over the Hedge

More like this feeling

Prompts we typed into CouchRot, and the lists that share its tags.

Lists with the same feel: Feel-good and Cozy.

Five more like Over the Hedge

Say the mood. Five picks with where they stream, right here.

Uses the TMDB API; not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Intensity, content, tone and pace tags are CouchRot's own.