Movies Like

El Chavo del Ocho (1973) TV Show

8.1 2.1K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family

Country: Mexico

Seasons: 7

Episodes: 314

Audience: TV-G

Story: The mishaps of Chavo, an 8-year-old Mestizo-Latino American orphan boy who lives in a village. Together with Quico, Chilindrina, Ñoño and La Popis, Chavo experiences a series of humorous entanglements.

Style: philosophical, witty

Plot: mexico city, mexico, friendship, orphan, neighborhood, sitcom, adult as a child, joyous, ...

Cast

Dan Castellaneta

Julie Kavner

Nancy Cartwright

Yeardley Smith

The Simpsons (1989) TV Show

8.0 10.9K votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 38

Episodes: 802

Audience: TV-14

Story: Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

Plot: nuclear power plant, middle class, cartoon, satire, parody, dysfunctional family, school, adult humor, ...

Community (2009) TV Show

8.0 2.1K votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 110

Audience: TV-14

Story: Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.

Style: cynical, shocking, absurd

Plot: colorado, parody, group of friends, community college, sitcom, adult in college, wonder, sentimental, ...

Cast

Tom Hanks

Tim Allen

Don Rickles

Jim Varney

Toy Story (1995)

8.0 20.2K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 81 min.

Audience: G

Story: Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.

Style: nostalgic

Plot: rescue, friendship, mission, jealousy, villain, bullying, elementary school, rivalry, ...

Cast

Brigitte Lin

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Faye Wong

Chungking Express (1994)

8.0 2.2K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: Hong Kong

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.

Plot: drug smuggling, police, ex-girlfriend, girlfriend, snack bar, romance, expiration date, flight attendant, ...

Place: hong kong

Cast

Alex Ramiru00e8s

Ju00e9remy Gillet

Shirley Souagnon

Franu00e7ois Sagat

Jim Queen (2026)

7.9 63 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy

Country: France, Belgium

Duration: 85 min.

Story: When Heterosis - a mysterious virus that turns gay men straight sweeps through the Parisian gay scene, Jim, the six packed sovereign of the Gym Queens, goes from Pride royalty to social outcast. With only Lucien, a freshly-out twink with more heart than abs, still by his side, Jim must race to find a cure before the disease erases the community that once worshipped him.

Style: lighthearted, provocative, witty

Plot: adult animation, playful, inspirational, grand, hilarious, comforting, joyful, sympathetic, ...

Cast

Amy Poehler

Phyllis Smith

Richard Kind

Bill Hader

Inside Out (2015)

7.9 23.6K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: PG

Story: When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.

Plot: dreams, minnesota, sadness, cartoon, disgust, ice hockey, imaginary friend, elementary school, ...

Place: san francisco, california

Cast

Viggo Mortensen

George MacKay

Samantha Isler

Annalise Basso

Captain Fantastic (2016)

7.9 6.9K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent.

Plot: parent child relationship, new mexico, socialism, wilderness, road trip, family relationships, survivalist, homeschooling, ...

Cast

Harrison Ford

Sean Connery

Denholm Elliott

Alison Doody

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

7.9 11.1K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure

Country: United States of America

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.. He sets out to rescue his father by following clues in the old man's notebook, which his father had mailed to him before he went missing. Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, Dr. Elsa Schneider, along with Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life and taking over the world!

Plot: saving the world, nazi, holy grail, venice, italy, entrapment, crusader, riddle, ...

Time: medieval, 1930s

Place: germany

Cast

David Tennant

Danny Pudi

Ben Schwartz

Bobby Moynihan

DuckTales (2017) TV Show

7.8 313 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 69

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: The adventures of billionaire Scrooge McDuck and his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, their famous uncle Donald Duck, pilot extraordinaire Launchpad, Mrs. Beakly, Webby and Roboduck. Adventures and hidden treasures are everywhere, in their hometown Duckburg and all around the world.

Plot: reboot, cartoon duck, children cartoon, joyful, powerful

Cast

Brad Pitt

Damson Idris

Javier Bardem

Kerry Condon

F1 (2025)

7.8 4.3K votes

Genre: Action, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 156 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.

Plot: sports, comeback, racing, race car driver, sport competition, aftercreditsstinger, beforecreditsstinger, rookie, ...

Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Nobuko Miyamoto

Ken Watanabe

Koji Yakusho

Tampopo (1985)

7.8 438 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: Japan

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: NR

Story: In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.

Style: whimsical

Plot: widow, restaurant, business woman, restaurant owner, bullying, sensei, food, truck driver, ...

Cast

Ginnifer Goodwin

Jason Bateman

Idris Elba

Jenny Slate

Zootopia (2016)

7.8 18.3K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.

Plot: sheep, allegory, lion, hippopotamus, cartoon, villain, bullying, polar bear, ...

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Cast

Jay Baruchel

America Ferrera

F. Murray Abraham

Cate Blanchett

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

7.8 7.2K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: PG

Story: As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.

Style: melancholy, philosophical, intimate, suspenseful, witty, ...

Plot: based on novel or book, flying, villain, vikings (norsemen), sequel, overpopulation, dragon, love interest, ...

Call of the Night (2022) TV Show

7.7 165 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 25

Audience: TV-14

Story: Ko's new companion, Nazuna, could offer him dark gifts and a vampire's immortality. But there are conditions that Ko must meet before he can sink his teeth into vampirism, and he'll discover just how far he's willing to go to satisfy his desires.

Plot: adolescence, vampire, romance, slice of life, based on manga, shounen, anime, joyful

Haibane Renmei (2002) TV Show

7.7 128 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Audience: TV-14

Story: A dream of falling from the sky...and then birth. Rakka is born from a large cocoon into the Old Home, greeted by a group of female beings with small wings on their backs and shining halos above their heads. Soon Rakka’s own wings grow, a halo is placed on her head and she is told that she must work in the nearby town of Grie. She soon realizes that the town and the entire world they live in are confined behind the Wall, a tall, impenetrable wall that none except the mysterious Toga are allowed to exit.

Style: psychological

Plot: suicide, angel, countryside, amnesia, afterlife, slice of life, tragedy, redemption, ...

Place: japan

Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad (2004) TV Show

7.7 67 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 26

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Koyuki Tanaka's boring life is changed after meeting Ryusuke Minami, a local musician with a bad attitude, who introduces him to foreign music.

Plot: guitar, friendship, romance, slice of life, school, based on manga, guitar player, rock band, ...

Cast

Dechchart Tasilp

Suvijak Piyanopharoj

Patchara Silapasoonthorn

Bhobdhama Hansa

Head 2 Head (2025) TV Show

7.7 16 votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Thailand

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Story: A rivalry turns upside down when Jerome’s strange new ability shows him a shocking future—one where his enemy becomes his soulmate.

Plot: future vision, loving, enemies to lovers, boys' love (bl), hilarious, cheerful, joyful

Cast

Sam Rockwell

Marc Maron

Awkwafina

Craig Robinson

The Bad Guys 2 (2025)

7.6 821 votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: PG

Story: The now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.

Plot: based on novel or book, snake, police, wolf, fight, spider, villain, sequel, ...

Place: california

Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020) TV Show

7.6 459 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 50

Audience: TV-14

Story: The lives of the support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.

Plot: alien planet, colleagues, joyful

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