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Movies that feel likeNanny McPhee (2005)

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.

If you loved Nanny McPhee, the closest films we have are Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Addams Family Values (1993) and Hocus Pocus (1993). All three share Nanny McPhee'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 Babe (1995).

πŸ… 74% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Kirk Jonesdreamlikewittyplayfulwarmcozy
7 of 12 streaming nowNetflix Β· Hulu Β· Disney Plus

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If Nanny McPhee hit the spot, these will too

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

Common ground in both: nanny and family relationships

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

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

The same preoccupation in both: nanny

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+

Both land dream logic and wit at once

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

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

Playful where it counts, warm underneath

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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The Santa Clause
1994 Β· dir. John Pasquin
πŸ… 73%β˜… 6.6fantasy Β· drama Β· comedyDisney+

Cozy fantasy, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Nanny McPhee does

On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.

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Babe
1995 Β· dir. Chris Noonan
πŸ… 98%β˜… 6.9fantasy Β· drama Β· comedy

Comedy built on dream logic, twice over

Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mum, Babe realises that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep pig of all time, and Farmer Hoggett knows it. With the help of the sheep dogs, Babe learns that a pig can be anything that he wants to be.

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

Common ground: single father

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

Family with a pulse of wit, in both cases

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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Evan Almighty
2007 Β· dir. Tom Shadyac
πŸ… 24%β˜… 5.5fantasy Β· comedy Β· family

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

Both lean on warmth more than on comedy

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

Family built on comfort, twice over

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

Dreamlike fantasy 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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