Movies Like Wanees' Family
If you liked Wanees' Family (1997), a family and comedy movie directed by Mohamed Sobhi, 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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Thunderstruck (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and familyAfter 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.
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Rookie of the Year (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also family and comedyWhen the cast comes off his once broken arm, a 12-year-old boy can throw a 100-mile-an-hour fastball, and the Chicago Cubs want him as their new pitcher.
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My Spy (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also family and comedyA hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
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The Air Up There (1994)
★ 6.1/10Also family and comedyJimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home…
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Pups Alone (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also family and comedyAfter receiving an exciting new job opportunity at a cutting edge Pet Invention company, Robert, his teenage daughter Jenna and their trusty and special border collie Charlie make the move to the new neighborhood…
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Recess: All Growed Down (2003)
★ 6.5/10Also family and comedyT.J. and The Recess Gang are kidnapped by the Third Street School's kindergartners, who are in turn being bullied by a new kid in their class.
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and familyPuppy mayhem turns the lives of newlywed Chihuahua parents Papi and Chloe upside down when their rambunctious, mischievous puppies present one challenge after another. But when their human owners end up in trouble, the…
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The Loud House Movie (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also family and comedyThe 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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See Spot Run (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also family and comedyA drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible…
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A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and familyFred is cast as Ebenezer Scrooge in a stage adaption of the classic Christmas story, but is acting a bit stingy in real life.
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Dennis the Menace (1993)
★ 5.9/10Also family and comedyMr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam…
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Shorts (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also family and comedyA 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 Boss Baby: Get That Baby! (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and familyThink you've got what it takes to be the boss? This interactive special puts your skills to the test and matches you up with one of 16 jobs at Baby Corp.
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Little Big League (1994)
★ 6/10Also comedy and familyWhen the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. The newly minted head honcho quickly appoints himself manager, causing unrest in an organization that struggles to take…
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Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
★ 5.8/10Also family and comedyAt 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.
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Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and familyLinus is pushed to his limits when he learns Grandma is coming to visit and plans on ridding him of his childish security blanket.
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Cadet Kelly (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also family and comedyHyperactive teenager Kelly is enrolled into a military school when her new stepfather becomes the Commandant. At first she has problems fitting in and taking orders until she tries out for the drill team.
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A Loud House Christmas (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also family and comedyLincoln 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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LEGO DC Batman: Family Matters (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also family and comedySuspicion is on high after Batman, Batgirl, Robin and other DC superheroes receive mysterious invitations. However, family values must remain strong when Batman and his team encounter the villainous Red Hood, who is…
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30 Days in Prison (1959)
★ 5.5/10Also comedyAmshir works as a bodyguard in the cabaret owned by his Medhat al-Shamshiri, and a court sentences Medhat to a month in prison after he burned the mustache of a wealthy Upper Egyptian named al-Najawi. Amshir goes to…