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Movies that feel likeThe SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)

When his best friend Gary is suddenly snatched away, SpongeBob takes Patrick on a madcap mission far beyond Bikini Bottom to save their pink-shelled pal.

If you loved The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, the closest films we have are The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), Moana 2 (2024) and Storks (2016). All three share The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run's epic and whimsical feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Minions & Monsters (2026).

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) · The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)

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The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019 · dir. Chris Renaud
🍅 60%★ 6.4animation · comedy · family

The same mix in both: scale, then whimsy

Max the terrier must cope with some major life changes when his owner gets married and has a baby. When the family takes a trip to the countryside, nervous Max has numerous run-ins with canine-intolerant cows, hostile foxes and a scary turkey. Luckily for Max, he soon catches a break when he meets Rooster, a gruff farm dog who tries to cure the lovable pooch of his neuroses.

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Moana 2
2024 · dir. David G. Derrick Jr.
🍅 61%★ 6.3adventure · animation · comedyDisney+

Witty and playful in the same breath

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.

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Storks
2016 · dir. Doug Sweetland
🍅 65%★ 6.8adventure · animation · comedy

Both land warmth and comfort at once

Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl...

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

Adventure built on scale, twice over

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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Ferdinand
2017 · dir. Carlos Saldanha
🍅 71%★ 6.7animation · family · adventureMax

Whimsical animation, and it commits to that

Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow. But one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid— and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen.

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Minions & Monsters
2026 · dir. Pierre Coffin
🍅 89%★ 6.3adventure · animation · comedyRent or buy

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.

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Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022 · dir. Derek Drymon
🍅 47%★ 6animation · comedy · familyPrime Video

Both lean on play more than on family

When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the "Monsterfication Ray," goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. In their new mismatched bodies, Drac and Johnny must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it's too late, and before they drive each other crazy.

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The Boss Baby: Family Business
2021 · dir. Tom McGrath
🍅 47%★ 5.8animation · comedy · adventureParamount+

Warm fantasy in both cases

The Templeton brothers — Tim and his Boss Baby little bro Ted — have become adults and drifted away from each other. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do attitude is about to bring them together again … and inspire a new family business.

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Rio 2
2014 · dir. Carlos Saldanha
🍅 50%★ 6.3animation · adventure · comedyDisney+

Cozy adventure in both cases

It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.

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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006 · dir. Tim Hill
🍅 12%★ 5comedy · family · adventureDisney+

The same hand behind both of them: Tim Hill

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

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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Alvin and the Chipmunks
2007 · dir. Tim Hill
🍅 28%★ 5.3comedy · family · fantasyDisney+

Both are Tim Hill's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Lighter on scale

A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore.

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The Smurfs
2011 · dir. Raja Gosnell
🍅 21%★ 5.4animation · family · adventureNetflixParamount+

Epic animation, and it commits to that

When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.

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