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Movies Like The Wad: The True Story Behind The Phantom Lake County Chewing Gum Disaster

If you liked The Wad: The True Story Behind The Phantom Lake County Chewing Gum Disaster (2024), a comedy and science fiction movie directed by Christopher R. Mihm, 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. 1Evolution

    Evolution (2001)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and science fiction

    A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and…

  2. 2Missing Link

    Missing Link (2019)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    The charismatic Sir Lionel Frost considers himself to be the world's foremost investigator of myths and monsters. Trouble is, none of his small-minded, high-society peers seems to recognize this. Hoping to finally gain…

  3. 3Blackadder: Back & Forth

    Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and science fiction

    What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and hurls him and his imbecile underling, Baldrick, through the course of…

  4. 4Fletch Lives

    Fletch Lives (1989)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his…

  5. 5Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

    Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)

    ★ 7.5/10Also science fiction

    A meeting in a London bus with jewel thief Lady Christina takes a turn for the worse for the Doctor when the bus takes a detour to a desert-like planet, where the deadly Swarm awaits.

  6. 6Planet 51

    Planet 51 (2009)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and science fiction

    When Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recover his spaceship and make it home safely, all with the help of an…

  7. 7Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

    Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and comedy

    In the not-too-distant future, the evil Dr. Forrester forces a temp named Mike into a series of experiments, where he's forced to watch cheesy movies so the mad scientist can monitor his mind. However, as Mike can't…

  8. 8Shark Tale

    Shark Tale (2004)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He's a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into…

  9. 9Monkey Business

    Monkey Business (1952)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and science fiction

    Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When…

  10. 10Dory's Reef Cam

    Dory's Reef Cam (2020)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    Dive into the waters below and watch the aquatic wildlife from the world of Nemo and Dory.

  11. 11Monsters vs Aliens

    Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction

    When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to…

  12. 12Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur

    Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur (2011)

    ★ 7.7/10Also comedy

    A relaxing spa getaway evolves into a prehistoric panic when Scooby-Doo and the gang uncover the horrible Phantosaur, an ancient legend come to life to protect hidden treasures buried in secret desert caves. But this…

  13. 13Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright

    Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright (2013)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy

    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…

  14. 14Girl vs. Monster

    Girl vs. Monster (2012)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and science fiction

    Skylar finds out that her parents are monster hunters after she accidentally releases some monsters from a secret containment chamber; so she and her techno friends must recapture all the monsters and also save her mom…

  15. 15Caveman

    Caveman (1981)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    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…

  16. 16Project: ALF

    Project: ALF (1996)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and science fiction

    Six years ago, the lovable intergalactic fugitive Gordon Shumway, best known as ALF, was on his way back to his new home when the Alien Task Force finally caught up with him. Now, he is being studied at a top-secret…

  17. 17The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

    The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

    When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

  18. 18The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

    The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy and science fiction

    Porky and Daffy, the classic animated odd couple, turn into unlikely heroes when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot. Against all odds, the two are determined to save…

  19. 19When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

    When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along with him.

  20. 20Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders

    Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and science fiction

    A cosmic case of flying saucers, intergalactic intrigue and out-of-this-world romance launches Scooby-Doo! and the Mystery Inc., Gang into their most unearthly adventure ever.

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