Movies Like Barney's Great Adventure

If you liked Barney's Great Adventure (1998), a family and fantasy movie directed by Steve Gomer, 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
Shorts (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also family and fantasy
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.
2
Welcome to Smelliville (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and family
The Oggly family arrive at the municipal rubbish dump of Smelliville and must look for a new home, but they never feel really welcome anywhere. They stink and are for most humans just a tad too oggly. When Firebottom…
3
The Monkey King (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy and adventure
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.
4
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.
5
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also family and fantasy
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.
6
My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also family and fantasy
Equestria's divided. But a bright-eyed hero believes Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Unicorns should be pals — and, hoof to heart, she’s determined to prove it.
7
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.
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Sketch (2025)
★ 7/10Also adventure and fantasy
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
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also family and comedy
Who or what exactly is a Heffalump? The lovable residents of the Hundred Acre Wood -- Winnie the Pooh, Rabbit, Tigger, Eeyore, Kanga and the rest of the pack -- embark on a journey of discovery in search of the elusive…
10
Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also family and adventure
As Emily struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. When Clifford magically undergoes one heck of a growth spurt, becomes a gigantic dog and…
11
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!) (1980)
★ 6.4/10Also family and comedy
Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty and Marcie travel to France as foreign exchange students. Also along is Snoopy and Woodstock. While everyone is excited about the opportunity to travel to a foreign country…
12
Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and family
At 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.
13
The Borrowers (1997)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and fantasy
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed…
14
A Tooth Fairy Tale (2025)
★ 8.5/10Also fantasy and family
Van, the brave son of a tooth fairy leader, meets the goblins girl Gemma on his first mission. Despite the myths about ancient disputes between fairies and goblins, they share common values. When the greedy Spider…
15
Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also family and comedy
Inside of his book, adventurous Harold can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book's pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about…
16
The Luck of the Irish (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also family and comedy
A teenager must battle for a gold charm to keep his family from being controlled by an evil leprechaun.
17
Godmothered (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also family and fantasy
A young and unskilled fairy godmother that ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored. What she discovers is that the girl has now become a grown woman…
18
Rugrats Go Wild (2003)
★ 6.4/10Also family and comedy
When the Rugrats find themselves stranded on a deserted island, they meet the Thornberrys, a family who agrees to help them escape.
19
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…
20
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.