Movies Like My Favorite Martian
If you liked My Favorite Martian (1999), a comedy and family movie directed by Donald Petrie, 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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Dark Star (1974)
★ 6/10Also comedy and science fictionA group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to…
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My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and science fictionTrying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower with a young…
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Secret Headquarters (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and science fictionWhile 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…
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Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and science fictionThe maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.
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Candy Cane Lane (2023)
★ 6/10Also comedy and familyDetermined 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…
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Men in Black (1997)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and science fictionAfter a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new…
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Snow Queen (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also family and science fictionSince a bitter winter storm stole the life of Gerda's mother, she and her father have sadly continued to run the remote hotel they call home. Lonely and isolated, Gerda's only joy is Kai, the handsome bellboy. A…
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The Adam Project (2022)
★ 7/10Also science fiction and comedyAfter accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
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Mars Attacks! (1996)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and science fictionA fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from…
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Sleeper (1973)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and science fictionMiles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
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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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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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Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest (2007)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and science fictionWith the Griffins stuck at home during a blackout, Peter tells the story of "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope".
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A-X-L (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and familyThe life of a teenage boy is forever altered by a chance encounter with cutting edge military technology.
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and comedyAdventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
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The Meteor Man (1993)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and science fictionOne night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the information in any book ... for about thirty seconds. Now his friends and…
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Rim of the World (2019)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and comedyStranded at a summer camp when aliens attack the planet, four teens with nothing in common embark on a perilous mission to save the world.
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Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also family and science fictionWhen a nuclear missile was fired at Washington in 1945, Captain America managed to detonate it in the upper atmosphere. But then he fell miles into the icy depths of the North Atlantic, where he remained lost for over…
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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2026)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy and science fictionWhen their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.
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Futurama: Bender's Game (2008)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and science fictionWhen Leela is insulted by a group of space-rednecks (like regular rednecks, but in space), she enters the Planet Express ship in a demolition derby. Leela emerges victorious, but when she brings the damaged ship home…