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Movies Like Taking Care of Terrific

If you liked Taking Care of Terrific (1988), a family and drama movie directed by Jim Purdy, 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. 1A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting

    A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also family and adventure

    Recruited by a secret society of babysitters, a high schooler battles the Boogeyman and his monsters when they nab the boy she's watching on Halloween.

  2. 2Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire

    Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)

    ★ 7.1/10Also family and comedy

    The Yowie Yahoo starts kidnapping musicians at a concert attended by Scooby and the gang in Vampire Rock, Australia.

  3. 3Blue's Big City Adventure

    Blue's Big City Adventure (2022)

    ★ 7.1/10Also family and comedy

    When Josh gets the opportunity of a lifetime to audition for Rainbow Puppy’s Broadway musical, Josh and Blue skidoo to NYC for the very first time where they meet new friends and discover the magic of music, dance, and…

  4. 4Shorts

    Shorts (2009)

    ★ 5.9/10Also family and comedy

    A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.

  5. 5My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Legend of Everfree

    My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Legend of Everfree (2016)

    ★ 7.5/10Also adventure and comedy

    When Canterlot Highschool goes on a trip to Camp Everfree, they’re surprised to find a magical force is causing strange things to happen around camp. With the help of the Mane 6 and especially Sunset Shimmer, Twilight…

  6. 6The Clique

    The Clique (2008)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.

  7. 7Bookworm

    Bookworm (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also adventure and family

    Eleven-year-old Mildred’s life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise, comes to look after her. Hoping to entertain the bookish tween, Strawn takes…

  8. 8Adventures in Babysitting

    Adventures in Babysitting (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and family

    Two teen rival babysitters, Jenny and Lola, team up to hunt down one of their kids who accidentally ran away into the big city without any supervision.

  9. 9The Loud House Movie

    The Loud House Movie (2021)

    ★ 7.2/10Also family and comedy

    The Loud family travel to Scotland and discover they are descendants of Scottish royalty as they move into their giant ancestral castle.

  10. 10The Willoughbys

    The Willoughbys (2020)

    ★ 7.1/10Also adventure and comedy

    When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.

  11. 11Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright

    Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright (2013)

    ★ 7.5/10Also family and adventure

    Join Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. crew as they head to Chicago for Talent Star, a hit talent show in which Fred and Daphne are finalists with some high hopes. Unlucky for them, the competition is frightful…

  12. 12See Spot Run

    See Spot Run (2001)

    ★ 6.1/10Also family and comedy

    A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible…

  13. 13The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

    The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

    ★ 6.6/10Also adventure and comedy

    Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on to a ship to India, but in a storm he's washed off the ship and ends up on an island, which is…

  14. 14My Babysitter's a Vampire

    My Babysitter's a Vampire (2010)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and adventure

    Geeky 14-year old Ethan is left to babysit his younger sister, Jane, with his best friend Benny but after Ethan inadvertently puts Jane in harm's way, his parents hire a professional babysitter, the beautiful yet…

  15. 15Oddball

    Oddball (2015)

    ★ 6.9/10Also family and adventure

    An eccentric chicken farmer, with the help of his granddaughter, trains his mischievous dog Oddball to protect a penguin sanctuary from fox attacks in an attempt to reunite his family and save their seaside town.

  16. 16Trouble

    Trouble (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also adventure and family

    A pampered dog named Trouble must learn to live in the real world while trying to escape from his former owner's greedy children and must learn how to survive on the big-city streets.

  17. 17The Fox and the Hound 2

    The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006)

    ★ 6/10Also adventure and comedy

    Best friends Tod, a fox kit, and Copper, a hound puppy, visit a country fair when they see a band of dogs called "The Singin' Strays". The band has five members: Dixie, Cash, Granny Rose, and twin brothers Waylon and…

  18. 18Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster

    Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and adventure

    Scooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy have taken on seasonal jobs to pay for a barn they…

  19. 19Arlo the Alligator Boy

    Arlo the Alligator Boy (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and family

    Upon learning that he is from New York City, a wide-eyed boy, who is half human and half alligator, decides to leave his sheltered life in the swamp and search for his long lost father. A musical adventure.

  20. 20Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland (1933)

    ★ 6.1/10Also family and comedy

    In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.

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