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Movies that feel likeAlvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)

Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.

If you loved Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, the closest films we have are Sky High (2005), The School of Rock (2003) and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). All three share Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is A Letter to Momo (2012).

🍅 10% Rotten Tomatoes★ 4.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Mike Mitchellwittyplayfuldreamlikewarmcozystylish
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) · Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

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Sky High
2005 · dir. Mike Mitchell
🍅 74%★ 6.3adventure · comedy · familyDisney+

Mike Mitchell directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted, young Will Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balance between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being.

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The School of Rock
2003 · dir. Richard Linklater
🍅 92%★ 7.2comedy · family · musicParamount+Starz

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Goes its own way on the dream logic

Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his straight-A students the finer points of rock 'n' roll and the power of sticking it to the man. But as the school’s stern principal closes in and the Battle of the Bands looms, Dewey must risk everything to prove that rock 'n' roll can change lives.

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Mary Poppins Returns
2018 · dir. Rob Marshall
🍅 80%★ 6.6fantasy · family · comedyDisney+

Both land dream logic and warmth at once

Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.

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A Letter to Momo
2012 · dir. Hiroyuki Okiura
🍅 80%★ 7.2comedy · fantasy · animation

Comedy built on comfort, twice over

The difference: Leans further into drama

A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.

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Trolls
2016 · dir. Mike Mitchell
🍅 76%★ 6.4adventure · animation · comedy

The same hand behind both of them: Mike Mitchell

The difference: Played as adventure first

After the monstrous Bergens invade Troll Village, Princess Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and overly-cautious, curmudgeonly outcast Branch set off on a journey to rescue her friends. Their mission is full of adventure and mishaps, as this mismatched duo try to tolerate each other long enough to get the job done.

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Nanny McPhee
2005 · dir. Kirk Jones
🍅 74%★ 6.6fantasy · comedy · family

Both lean on wit more than on fantasy

Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.

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The Smurfs 2
2013 · dir. Raja Gosnell
🍅 14%★ 5.3fantasy · family · comedyParamount+

Playful family, and it commits to that

The evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants, and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs, Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world¹s greatest sorcerer. It's up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to our world, reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, and rescue her! Will Smurfette, who has always felt different from the other Smurfs, find a new connection with the Naughties Vexy and Hackus or will the Smurfs convince her that their love for her is True Blue?

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Evan Almighty
2007 · dir. Tom Shadyac
🍅 24%★ 5.5fantasy · comedy · family

Dreamlike music in both cases

God contacts Junior Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.

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Roald Dahl's The Witches
2020 · dir. Robert Zemeckis
★ 5.4comedy · fantasy · familyRent or buy

Animation with a pulse of warmth, in both cases

In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered.

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Herbie Fully Loaded
2005 · dir. Angela Robinson
🍅 40%★ 5comedy · family · adventureDisney+

Cozy comedy in both cases

Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.

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Gulliver's Travels
2010 · dir. Rob Letterman
🍅 19%★ 4.9family · comedy · adventureDisney+

Witty fantasy in both cases

Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.

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The Flintstones
1994 · dir. Brian Levant
🍅 23%★ 5.1fantasy · comedy · familyNetflix

Both lean on play more than on family

Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney sees an opportunity to repay him when Slate Mining tests its employees to find a new executive. But no good deed goes unpunished.

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