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Movies that feel like 101 Dalmatians (1996)

If you loved 101 Dalmatians, the closest films we have are One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), Garfield (2004) and Cheaper by the Dozen (2003). All three share 101 Dalmatians' warm and cozy feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Hulu, Disney Plus and Angel Studios and others, checked against today's data.

An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.

🍅 39% Rotten Tomatoes5.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Stephen Herekwarmcozywittyplayful
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One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961 · dir. Wolfgang Reitherman
🍅 98%7.3adventure · animation · comedy

Both rooted in London

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.

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Garfield
2004 · dir. Peter Hewitt
🍅 14%5.1comedy · family

One thread runs through both: pets

Garfield, the fat, lazy, lasagna lover, has everything a cat could want. But when Jon, in an effort to impress the Liz - the vet and an old high-school crush - adopts a dog named Odie and brings him home, Garfield gets the one thing he doesn't want. Competition.

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Cheaper by the Dozen
2003 · dir. Shawn Levy
🍅 25%5.9comedy · family

The same mix in both: warmth, then comfort

The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Kate, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.

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Home Alone 3
1997 · dir. Raja Gosnell
🍅 36%4.6comedy · family

Both land wit and play at once

9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try to break into his house to get it back.

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Babe
1995 · dir. Chris Noonan
🍅 98%6.9fantasy · drama · comedy

Common ground in both: based on children's book and dog

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than 101 Dalmatians does

Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mum, Babe realises that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep pig of all time, and Farmer Hoggett knows it. With the help of the sheep dogs, Babe learns that a pig can be anything that he wants to be.

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Doctor Dolittle
1998 · dir. Betty Thomas
🍅 44%5.4comedy · family · fantasy

The same preoccupation in both: dog

A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!

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Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007 · dir. Steve Bendelack
🍅 50%6.4family · comedy

Family with a pulse of warmth, in both cases

Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling and true love, among other things.

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Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011 · dir. Mark Waters
🍅 47%6comedy · family

Both lean on comfort more than on comedy

Tom Popper is a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland — and the rest of his world upside-down.

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Marley & Me
2008 · dir. David Frankel
🍅 64%7comedy · family

Both keep coming back to the same thing: puppy

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.

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Jingle All the Way
1996 · dir. Brian Levant
🍅 20%5.8family · adventure · comedy

Witty family, and it commits to that

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

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Fala Sério, Mãe!
2017 · dir. Pedro Vasconcelos
6.1comedy · family

Comedy built on play, twice over

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 2010s show

Ângela Cristina, mother of teenager Maria de Lourdes, has to deal with the difficulties and delights of guiding her daughter during one of the most complicated stages of life.

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Paddington
2014 · dir. Paul King
7.3comedy · adventure · family

Common ground: based on children's book

A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.

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