Movies Like Thomas & Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other Thomas Adventures
If you liked Thomas & Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other Thomas Adventures (2004), a family movie directed by Steve Asquith, 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.
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The Loud House Movie (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also familyThe 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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PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also familyA royal relative steals a gem with the power to make things fly, the Paw Patrol takes to the skies to stop him and save Barkingburg.
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Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
★ 6.9/10Also familyBilly Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy…
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Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also familyAdmiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and…
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Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
★ 7.3/10Also familyYoung Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American…
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Sneakerella (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also familyWhen El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens, meets Kira King, the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King, sparks fly as the two bond over their mutual affinity…
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Roll Bounce (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also familyIn the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their neighborhood roller-skating rink closes, forcing them to visit a different rink.
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Shorts (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also familyA 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.
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
★ 7/10Also familyA childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
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Ploey: You Never Fly Alone (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also familyA plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his beloved one next spring.
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Two by Two: Overboard! (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also familyTwo misfit castaways struggle to reunite an unorthodox family, out-run a volcano, and negotiate a peace deal on a creaking Ark.
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Dino Time (2012)
★ 6/10Also familyYoung daredevil Ernie, his sister Julia, and his best friend Max accidentally trip a time-machine into operation and find themselves transported back in time 65 million years, where they meet a T-rex named Tyra and her…
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The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
★ 6.8/10Also familyA happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter, Cordelia Drexel Biddle, tires of the unusual antics of her…
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A Loud House Christmas (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also familyLincoln Loud gears up for the ultimate Christmas, until he finds out that most of his sisters have plans to be elsewhere for the big day. Determined to remind his family that they all need to be together, Lincoln and…
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Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also familySet in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces…
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Chang Can Dunk (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also familyChang, a 16-year-old, Asian American, bets the high school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads 5' 8" Chang on a quest to learn to dunk—not only to impress his crush, Kristy, but to gain the…
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Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also familyThomas leaves Sodor to fulfil his dream of seeing the world. This heroic quest takes Thomas across deserts, through jungles and over dangerous mountains as he travels across five continents seeing sights he has never…
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Secondhand Lions (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also familyThe comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.
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Iron Will (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also familyWhen Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. This race will require days of racing for…
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Tom and Jerry Cowboy Up! (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also familyThis time, the rivals team up to help a cowgirl and her brother save their homestead from a greedy land-grabber, and they’re going to need some help! Jerry’s three precocious nephews are all ready for action, and Tom…