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Movies that feel likeEvan Almighty (2007)

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

If you loved Evan Almighty, the closest films we have are Nanny McPhee (2005), Mary Poppins Returns (2018) and Matilda (1996). All three share Evan Almighty's dreamlike and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Addams Family Values (1993).

πŸ… 24% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Tom Shadyacdreamlikewittyplayfulwarmcozy
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Bruce Almighty (2003)

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Nanny McPhee
2005 Β· dir. Kirk Jones
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.6fantasy Β· comedy Β· family

Dreamlike where it counts, witty underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

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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Mary Poppins Returns
2018 Β· dir. Rob Marshall
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.6fantasy Β· family Β· comedyDisney+

Both land play 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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Matilda
1996 Β· dir. Danny DeVito
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7comedy Β· family Β· fantasy

Common ground: parents and children

Matilda Wormwood is an brilliant and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, fail to see that fact. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a terrifying, sadistic headmistress. As she becomes fed up with the constant cruelty, she discovers she has a special gift that she just might be able to use to outwit the unruly adults around her.

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Addams Family Values
1993 Β· dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.9comedy Β· family Β· fantasyParamount+

Cozy fantasy in both cases

Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.

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Hocus Pocus
1993 Β· dir. Kenny Ortega
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.9fantasy Β· comedy Β· familyDisney+

Comedy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.

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Freaky Friday
2003 Β· dir. Mark Waters
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.4comedy Β· family Β· fantasyDisney+

Family built on wit, twice over

Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancΓ©. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.

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Doctor Dolittle
1998 Β· dir. Betty Thomas
πŸ… 44%β˜… 5.5comedy Β· family Β· fantasyDisney+

Playful fantasy, and it commits to that

A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!

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Roald Dahl's The Witches
2020 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
β˜… 5.4comedy Β· fantasy Β· familyRent or buy

Both lean on warmth more than on comedy

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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The Flintstones
1994 Β· dir. Brian Levant
πŸ… 23%β˜… 5.1fantasy Β· comedy Β· familyNetflix

Cozy family, and it commits to that

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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Casper
1995 Β· dir. Brad Silberling
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.2fantasy Β· comedy Β· familyHuluPeacock

Dreamlike fantasy in both cases

Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.

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CJ7
2008 Β· dir. Stephen Chow
πŸ… 49%β˜… 6.4comedy Β· drama Β· family

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Evan Almighty does

A poor construction worker, who struggles to keep his son in private school, mistakes an orb he finds in a junkjard for a toy which proves to be much, much more once the young boy starts to play with it.

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Herbie Fully Loaded
2005 Β· dir. Angela Robinson
πŸ… 40%β˜… 5comedy Β· family Β· adventureDisney+

Playful family, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Evan Almighty does

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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