Movies Like We Want Our Mummy

If you liked We Want Our Mummy (1939), a comedy and adventure movie directed by Del Lord, 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
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and horror
Bud and Lou, two stranded American archaeologists, run afoul of an Egyptian cult with big plans to resurrect the mummified corpse of Klaris, guardian of his Princess Ara's treasure-filled tomb. When Lou accidentally…
2
Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and horror
Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's V8 Café, the Sheriff tells the story of the legend of the Ghostlight…
3
Dave Made a Maze (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and adventure
Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of…
4
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and adventure
Mater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable stories.
5
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and adventure
Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding…
6
Slumberland (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and comedy
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
7
Shrek 3-D (2004)
★ 6/10Also comedy and adventure
Lord Farquaad was eaten by the dragon, but his ghost has returned, and he's still evil. With the help of his henchman, Thelonious, he kidnaps Fiona. Shrek and the donkey set out to save her, with help from the dragon…
8
Sketch (2025)
★ 7/10Also adventure and comedy
When a young girl’s sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life—chaotic, real, and on the loose. As the town descends into chaos, her family must reunite and stop the monsters they never meant to…
9
Scared Shrekless (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and horror
Shrek challenges Donkey, Puss in Boots and his other fairy tale character friends to spend the night in Lord Farquaad's haunted castle, telling scary stories to see who can resist becoming scared and stay the longest.
10
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and comedy
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.
11
The Monkey King (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and comedy
A stick-wielding monkey teams with a young girl on an epic quest for immortality, battling demons, dragons, gods — and his own ego — along the way.
12
Thriller Night (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and comedy
A Shrek parody of Michael Jackson's Thriller song and music video, with Donkey singing.
13
Animal Crackers (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and adventure
A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.
14
Caveman (1981)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and adventure
Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he…
15
Arctic Dogs (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and comedy
Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.
16
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and comedy
Nick Daley is following in his father's footsteps as night watchman at the American Museum of Natural History, so he knows what happens when the sun goes down. But when the maniacal ruler Kahmunrah escapes, it is up to…
17
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and comedy
The maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.
18
Transylvania 6-5000 (1963)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and horror
Bugs is given a room for the night at the castle of Count Bloodcount in Transylvania.
19
Goosebumps (2015)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and horror
After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real…
20
The Bad Guys (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also adventure and comedy
When the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.