Movies Like H Is for Happiness

If you liked H Is for Happiness (2021), a family movie directed by John Sheedy, 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
Marvel Rising: Heart of Iron (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also family
Ironheart, AKA Riri Williams, is having difficulty adjusting to college life as the youngest student there when the college's engineering lab is demolished by an alien and her best friend is kidnapped. Inspired by Iron…
2
Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also family
In a world where walking, talking, digitally connected bots have become children's best friends, an 11-year-old finds that his robot buddy doesn't quite work the same as the others do.
3
Ploey: You Never Fly Alone (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also family
A 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.
4
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also family
Phineas and Ferb get trapped in an alternate dimension where the evil Doofenshmirtz rules the tri-state area. They must find a way back home with the help of their pet platypus named Perry, who they discover is a…
5
The Lego Movie (2014)
★ 7.4/10Also family
An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from conquering the universe.
6
Despicable Me 2 (2013)
★ 7/10Also family
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
7
The Little Prince (2015)
★ 7.6/10Also family
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when…
8
Elio (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also family
Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover…
9
Secret Headquarters (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also family
While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home. When villains attack, they must team up to defend the headquarters and…
10
Thunderstruck (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also 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.
11
DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also family
Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Bumblebee, Poison Ivy and Katana band together to navigate the twists and turns of high school in DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year.
12
Spy Kids (2001)
★ 5.8/10Also family
Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their…
13
Titan A.E. (2000)
★ 6.6/10Also family
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
14
Clash of the Thundermans (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also family
When Chloe develops a destructive new superpower, the Hero League orders her to an elite boarding school for superheroes to learn control of her abilities. Faced with the prospect of sending Chloe away for years, the…
15
We Can Be Heroes (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also family
When alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents - and the planet.
16
Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip (1999)
★ 7.5/10Also family
After Dexter is confronted with robots who wish to "destroy the one who saved the future," he uses his time machine to see how he saved it. They declare that they are here to destroy the one who saved the future, and…
17
Big Hero 6 (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also family
A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
18
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also family
Jimmy Neutron is a boy genius and way ahead of his friends, but when it comes to being cool, he's a little behind. All until one day when his parents, and parents all over Earth are kidnapped by aliens, it's up to him…
19
Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also family
When a threat no one could have expected bears down on the Marvel Universe, this ragtag, untrained band of teens have no choice but to rise together and prove to the world that sometimes the difference between a 'hero'…
20
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
★ 6.4/10Also family
Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a…