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Movies that feel likeHoney, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

If you loved Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, the closest films we have are Flight of the Navigator (1986), The Muppet Movie (1979) and Sky High (2005). All three share Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' epic and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Time Bandits (1981).

πŸ… 76% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Joe Johnstonepicwittyplayfulwarmcozycerebral
8 of 12 streaming nowHBO Max Β· Disney Plus Β· Criterion Channel

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Flight of the Navigator
1986 Β· dir. Randal Kleiser
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.9family Β· science fiction Β· adventureDisney+

Epic and warm in the same breath

The difference: Easier on the wit than Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.

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The Muppet Movie
1979 Β· dir. James Frawley
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.6family Β· comedy Β· adventureDisney+

Both land wit and play at once

The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever (his future muppet crew), and some special celebrity guest stars, while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!

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Sky High
2005 Β· dir. Mike Mitchell
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.3adventure Β· comedy Β· familyDisney+

Both lean on comfort more than on adventure

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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Stuart Little 2
2002 Β· dir. Rob Minkoff
πŸ… 82%β˜… 5.5family Β· adventure Β· comedy

Comedy with a pulse of scale, in both cases

Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy mouse adventures are in store as Stuart, his human brother, George, and their mischievous cat, Snowbell, set out to rescue a friend.

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The Rocketeer
1991 Β· dir. Joe Johnston
πŸ… 73%β˜… 6.6adventure Β· science fictionDisney+

Joe Johnston directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.

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Time Bandits
1981 Β· dir. Terry Gilliam
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.9family Β· fantasy Β· science fictionMax

Cerebral family in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Honey, I Shrunk the Kids does

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

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Bean
1997 Β· dir. Mel Smith
πŸ… 41%β˜… 6.5family Β· adventure Β· comedy

Science fiction built on wit, twice over

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los Angeles to act as their ambassador for the unveiling of a historic painting to humiliate him. Fooled, Mr. Bean must now successfully unveil the painting or risk his and a hapless Los Angeles curator's termination.

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Jingle All the Way
1996 Β· dir. Brian Levant
πŸ… 20%β˜… 5.8family Β· adventure Β· comedyDisney+

Playful adventure, and it commits to that

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

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Flubber
1997 Β· dir. Les Mayfield
πŸ… 24%β˜… 5.3comedy Β· family Β· science fictionDisney+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: inventor

Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.

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πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.8adventure Β· comedy Β· family

Warm comedy in both cases

Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.

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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006 Β· dir. Tim Hill
πŸ… 12%β˜… 5comedy Β· family Β· adventureDisney+

Family with a pulse of comfort, in both cases

Jon and Garfield visit the United Kingdom, where a case of mistaken cat identity finds Garfield ruling over a castle. His reign is soon jeopardized by the nefarious Lord Dargis, who has designs on the estate.

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Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014 Β· dir. Rob Minkoff
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.8animation Β· science fiction Β· comedy

The same preoccupation in both: parents and children

The difference: 25 years apart, and the 2010s show

A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-machine is stolen and moments in history begin to be changed.

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