Shows Like Harry and the Hendersons
If you liked Harry and the Hendersons (1991), a comedy and sci-fi & fantasy series, here are 20 shows 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 Munsters (1964)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy and sci-fi & fantasyA family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and familyThe adventures of brilliant but befuddled scientist Wayne Szalinski, whose often-misguided projects wreak havoc on his family and friends.
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ALF (1986)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy and familyA furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
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Dawn of the Croods (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also family and comedyThe world's first family is back for more laughs as they discover sports, sleepovers and other wonders in a world of exotic creatures and adventures. This 2D animated cartoon is based on the 3D animated feature film…
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Big City Greens (2018)
★ 7.6/10Also family and comedyThe offbeat adventures of 10-year-old Cricket Green, a mischievous and optimistic country boy who moves to the big city with his wildly out of place family – older sister Tilly, father Bill and Gramma Alice.
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Wizards Beyond Waverly Place (2024)
★ 8.8/10Also comedy and sci-fi & fantasyJustin Russo has chosen to lead a normal, mortal life with his family, Giada, Roman and Milo. But when Justin's sister Alex brings Billie to his home seeking help, Justin realizes he must dust off his magical skills to…
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Dinosaurs (1991)
★ 7.8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and comedyDinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
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My Three Sons (1960)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and familyA widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join…
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Dexter's Laboratory (1996)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and sci-fi & fantasyDexter, a boy-genius with a secret laboratory, constantly battles his sister Dee Dee, who always gains access despite his best efforts to keep her out, as well as his arch-rival and neighbor, Mandark.
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Miles from Tomorrowland (2015)
★ 7/10Also family and sci-fi & fantasyThis intergalactic adventure charts the outer space missions of young adventurer Miles Callisto and his family – mom and ship captain, Phoebe; mechanical engineer dad, Leo; tech-savvy big sister, Loretta; and…
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Step by Step (1991)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy and familyStep by Step is an American television sitcom with two single parents, who spontaneously get married after meeting one another during a vacation, resulting in them becoming the heads of a large blended family
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Phineas and Ferb (2007)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy and familyEach day, two kindhearted suburban stepbrothers on summer vacation embark on some grand new project, which annoys their controlling sister, Candace, who tries to bust them. Meanwhile, their pet platypus plots against…
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Stuck in the Middle (2016)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and familyHarley is an engineering whiz who uses her inventions to navigate life as the middle child in a large family of seven kids.
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Marvel's Spider-Man (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and comedyAn insecure but courageous and intelligent teen named Peter Parker, a new student of Midtown High, is bitten by a radioactive spider and given powers. He becomes a hero named Spider-Man after the death of his uncle and…
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Raising Hope (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and familyJames "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 24-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball but…
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Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and familyThree chipmunk brothers, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore are adopted by human, Dave.
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The Replacements (2006)
★ 6.6/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and familyTwo orphans, Riley and little brother Todd, answer an ad for Fleemco Replacement People and order new parents, a spy mother and daredevil father. As Riley and Todd go on adventures (or misadventures as it were), they…
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The Addams Family (1964)
★ 8/10Also comedy and familyA satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre…
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Pair of Kings (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also family and comedyBrady and Boomer, 16-year-old fraternal twins, are typical teens being raised by relatives in Chicago. But when the Royal Secretary to the Throne of the Island of Kinkou, arrives to inform the boys of their lineage…
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Good Luck Charlie (2010)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy and familyThe Duncans a European-American family in Colorado is adjusting to the surprise birth of their fourth child, Charlie. When parents Amy and Bob return to work they put their latest addition in the care of her three…