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Movies Like Going Bananas

If you liked Going Bananas (1987), a comedy and family movie directed by Boaz Davidson, 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. 1Thunderstruck

    Thunderstruck (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and 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.

  2. 2My Spy

    My Spy (2020)

    ★ 6.9/10Also family and comedy

    A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.

  3. 3Minions & More Volume 1

    Minions & More Volume 1 (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and family

    This collection of 10 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Puppy (2013); Minion Scouts (2019); Training Wheels (2013); The Secret Life of Kyle (2017); Santa's Little…

  4. 4Under Wraps

    Under Wraps (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10Also family and comedy

    Three friends try to save their mummified friend, Harold, from greedy criminals by returning him to his resting place before midnight on Halloween.

  5. 5Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry

    Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry (2016)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    Hawaiian-shirt enthusiast Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias finds the laughs in racist gift baskets, Prius-driving cops and all-female taco trucks.

  6. 6LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League - Attack of the Legion of Doom!

    LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League - Attack of the Legion of Doom! (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10Also family and comedy

    Crime is on the run as the newly formed Justice League keeps Metropolis safe and this makes evil genius Lex Luthor very unhappy. Together with Black Manta, Sinestro and a gang of ruthless recruits, Lex builds his own…

  7. 7Click & Collect

    Click & Collect (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    To save his daughter's Christmas, Andrew goes on a road trip with Dev, his neighbour from hell, to buy an elusive Sparklehoof the Unicorn Princess.

  8. 8Problem Child 2

    Problem Child 2 (1991)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and family

    Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junior, and sabotages each of his dates.

  9. 9Candy Cane Lane

    Candy Cane Lane (2023)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and family

    Determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, family man Chris makes a pact with an elf to help him out-do the competition. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of…

  10. 10The Gnome-Mobile

    The Gnome-Mobile (1967)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and family

    An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because…

  11. 11Gotcha!

    Gotcha! (1985)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.

  12. 12Sextuplets

    Sextuplets (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    Father-to-be Alan is shocked to learn that he was born a sextuplet. With his newfound brother Russell riding shotgun, the duo sets out on a hilarious journey to reunite with their remaining long-lost siblings.

  13. 13Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

    Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    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…

  14. 14Hatari!

    Hatari! (1962)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.

  15. 15Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts

    Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also family

    Gotham City is under siege by a series of bizarre crimes and only the world's greatest detective, Batman, can unravel the mystery! The trail leads to none other than the Penguin and his Animilitia, an animal-inspired…

  16. 16Flora & Ulysses

    Flora & Ulysses (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also family and comedy

    When Flora rescues a squirrel she names Ulysses, she is amazed to discover he possesses unique superhero powers, which take them on an adventure of humorous complications that ultimately change Flora's life--and her…

  17. 17The Paper Tigers

    The Paper Tigers (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    Three middle aged men polish their martial arts skills to avenge their fallen master.

  18. 18Batman and Harley Quinn

    Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    Batman and Nightwing are forced to team with the Joker's sometimes-girlfriend Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man.

  19. 19Once Upon a Deadpool

    Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2, as a Princess Bride-esque story full of magic, wonder, and zero Fs.

  20. 20Shadow of the Thin Man

    Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    While attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of…

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