Movies Like Father Goose

If you liked Father Goose (1964), a adventure and comedy movie directed by Ralph Nelson, 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
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romance
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who…
2
Nim's Island (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and comedy
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.
3
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and comedy
Spring has sprung, and baby Roo is excited to get out and explore and make new friends. But Rabbit seems preoccupied with spring cleaning, instead of embracing his usual role of playing Easter Bunny. Leave it to Roo to…
4
The Heavenly Kid (1985)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance
After dying in a car crash, Bobby Fantana is forced to pay for his misdeeds by becoming someone's guardian angel. He reluctantly agrees to watch over awkward high schooler Lenny Barnes, teaching him how to be cool and…
5
The Care Bears Movie (1985)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and comedy
The Care Bears team up with a troubled brother and sister who just moved to a new town to help a neglected young magician's apprentice whose evil spell book causes sinister things to happen.
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
Swashbuckler (1976)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and comedy
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
8
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…
9
Rio 2 (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and comedy
It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most…
10
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…
11
The Ant Bully (2006)
★ 5.8/10Also adventure and comedy
Fed up with being targeted by the neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle vents his frustrations on the anthill in his front yard ... until the insects shrink him to the size of a bug with a magic elixir…
12
Under the Boardwalk (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and comedy
Two crabs embark on an epic journey to get home after a storm sweeps them away. Their courage soon unites their families, paving the way for great summers to come.
13
Shorts (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and adventure
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.
14
Two by Two: Overboard! (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also adventure and comedy
Two misfit castaways struggle to reunite an unorthodox family, out-run a volcano, and negotiate a peace deal on a creaking Ark.
15
Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and adventure
In the South Pacific, in Polynesia, on the island of Makatea, Quinn Harris, a taciturn pilot, leads a quiet life, content to earn a living by transporting goods in his De Havilland Beaver. His life is exactly as he…
16
Spymate (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and comedy
Amelia, a young genius and daughter of a top secret agent, unknowingly invents a contraption that makes her the target of an evil scientist.
17
The Borrowers (1997)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and comedy
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…
18
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and comedy
When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.
19
Zambezia (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and adventure
Set in a bustling bird city on the edge of the majestic Victoria Falls, "Zambezia" is the story of Kai - a naïve, but high-spirited young falcon who travels to the bird city of "Zambezia" where he discovers the truth…
20
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and comedy
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.