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Movies that feel likeAlvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore.

If you loved Alvin and the Chipmunks, the closest films we have are The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020), Turning Red (2022) and The Boxtrolls (2014). All three share Alvin and the Chipmunks' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999).

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) · Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run poster
🍅 66%★ 5.9adventure · animation · comedyParamount+

The same hand behind both of them: Tim Hill

The difference: Reviewed even better

When his best friend Gary is suddenly snatched away, SpongeBob takes Patrick on a madcap mission far beyond Bikini Bottom to save their pink-shelled pal.

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Turning Red
2022 · dir. Domee Shi
🍅 95%★ 6.9animation · family · comedyDisney+

Both are working the same pair: friendship, concert

Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda.

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The Boxtrolls
2014 · dir. Graham Annable
🍅 78%★ 6.8animation · comedy · familyMaxHulu

Witty and playful in the same breath

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.

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Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018 · dir. Genndy Tartakovsky
🍅 63%★ 6.3animation · comedy · familyNetflix

The same mix in both: warmth, then comfort

Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship’s captain, Ericka, who’s secretly a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the notorious monster slayer.

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The Grinch
2018 · dir. Yarrow Cheney
🍅 60%★ 6.4animation · comedy · familyRent or buy

Both land dream logic and whimsy at once

The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration. But a certain little who might change things.

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My Neighbors the Yamadas
1999 · dir. Isao Takahata
🍅 78%★ 7.1animation · comedy · familyMax

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.

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The Smurfs 2
2013 · dir. Raja Gosnell
🍅 14%★ 5.3fantasy · family · comedyNetflixParamount+

Playful family in both cases

The evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants, and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs, Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world¹s greatest sorcerer. It's up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to our world, reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, and rescue her! Will Smurfette, who has always felt different from the other Smurfs, find a new connection with the Naughties Vexy and Hackus or will the Smurfs convince her that their love for her is True Blue?

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The Addams Family
2019 · dir. Conrad Vernon
🍅 46%★ 5.9family · animation · comedyPeacock

Fantasy built on warmth, twice over

The Addams family's lives begin to unravel when they face-off against a treacherous, greedy crafty reality-TV host while also preparing for their extended family to arrive for a major celebration.

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Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs
2019 · dir. Hong Sung-ho
🍅 40%★ 6.5animation · fantasy · familyRent or buy

Cozy animation, and it commits to that

The difference: Sits closer to romance than Alvin and the Chipmunks does

Princes who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy.

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Surf's Up
2007 · dir. Ash Brannon
🍅 78%★ 6.7animation · comedy · familyHulu

Both are built on the same subject: anthropomorphism

The difference: Easier on the dream logic than Alvin and the Chipmunks

With a documentary crew in tow, Cody Maverick—a young surfer from Antarctica—travels to the pacific for his first professional competition. Determined to earn respect and live up to his idol, Big Z, Cody pushes himself to the limit. But all that changes when an encounter with a laid-back local forces him to rethink his values.

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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006 · dir. Tim Hill
🍅 12%★ 5comedy · family · adventureDisney+

Both are Tim Hill's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Takes it somewhere less dreamlike than Alvin and the Chipmunks does

Jon and Garfield visit the United Kingdom, where a case of mistaken cat identity finds Garfield ruling over a castle. His reign is soon jeopardized by the nefarious Lord Dargis, who has designs on the estate.

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Monsters University
2013 · dir. Dan Scanlon
🍅 80%★ 7.2animation · family · comedyHuluDisney+

The same preoccupation in both: friendship

A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.

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