Movies Like Alvin Goes Back to School

If you liked Alvin Goes Back to School (1986), a family and tv movie movie directed by Arlando Smith, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway Kamp (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also tv movie and family
While at Kamp Koral for a reunion, SpongeBob and the gang are stalked by a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows as campers start disappearing one by one!
2
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
★ 6/10Also family
When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!
3
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
★ 7.3/10Also family and tv movie
Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American…
4
Cloud 9 (2014)
★ 6.9/10Also family and tv movie
Set high atop snow-capped mountains in the adrenaline-fueled world of competitive snowboarding, the Disney Channel Original Movie “Cloud 9″ tells the inspiring story of two snowboarders who must overcome self-doubt to…
5
The Little Mermaid Live! (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also family and tv movie
Live musical performances by a star-studded cast will be interwoven into the broadcast of the animated classic.
6
A Very Brady Christmas (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also family and tv movie
Almost 20 years after the start of the original "Brady Bunch" the kids are grown up and have kids of their own. Everyone is having a wonderful time back at the family house for Christmas, until Mike learns of a…
7
David Blaine: Real or Magic (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also tv movie and family
David Blaine's signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Ricky Gervais, Katy Perry, Woody Allen, and Robert DeNiro, to…
8
Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also tv movie
A showdown decades in the making brings the Donovan family legacy full circle. As the events that made Ray who he is today finally come to light, the Donovans find themselves drawn back to Boston to face the past. Each…
9
Chang Can Dunk (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also family
Chang, a 16-year-old, Asian American, bets the high school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads 5' 8" Chang on a quest to learn to dunk—not only to impress his crush, Kristy, but to gain the…
10
Alley Cats Strike (2000)
★ 6/10Also family and tv movie
A group of hip retro teenage outsiders become involved in an interschool bowling rivalry.
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Spin (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also tv movie and family
Rhea discovers her passion for creating DJ mixes that blend the rich textures of her South Asian culture and the world around her. Her life revolves around her eclectic group of friends, her after-school coding club…
12
My Christmas Prince (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also tv movie and family
Samantha, a dedicated teacher in Manhattan, returns to her home town of Maple Falls, Wyoming every year for Christmas. This year, she’s delighted when her boyfriend Alex, a European diplomat from the tiny country of…
13
Thunderstruck (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also family
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
14
Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)
★ 7.3/10Also family and tv movie
Step brothers Drake and Josh must give a foster family the best Christmas ever or face years in jail for a Christmas party gone wrong.
15
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)
★ 6.4/10Also family and tv movie
On Halloween night, two precocious little girls try to save their parents from their nasty old capitalist aunt's greedy clutches. Magic abounds and they meet mysterious new friends along the way.
16
Descendants 3 (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also family and tv movie
The teenagers of Disney's most infamous villains return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep.
17
Psych 3: This Is Gus (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also tv movie
In preparation for a shotgun wedding before the birth of Baby Guster, Shawn and Gus go rogue in an attempt to track down Selene’s estranged husband, as Lassiter grapples with the future of his career.
18
Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also family
The Yowie Yahoo starts kidnapping musicians at a concert attended by Scooby and the gang in Vampire Rock, Australia.
19
Don't Look Under the Bed (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and family
A girl calls on her brother's imaginary friend to banish a mischievous boogeyman who has framed her for his pranks.
20
Psych: The Movie (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also tv movie
The ambitious friends come together during the holidays after a mystery assailant targets one of their own. A comedic thrill-ride follows, as the wild and unpredictable Psych team pursues the bad guys, justice … and…