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Movies that feel likeBabe (1995)

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.

If you loved Babe, the closest films we have are The Santa Clause (1994), Hocus Pocus (1993) and Addams Family Values (1993). All three share Babe's dreamlike and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Mary Poppins Returns (2018).

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If Babe hit the spot, these will too

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The Santa Clause
1994 Β· dir. John Pasquin
πŸ… 73%β˜… 6.6fantasy Β· drama Β· comedyDisney+

The same mix in both: dream logic, then stillness

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.

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Hocus Pocus
1993 Β· dir. Kenny Ortega
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.9fantasy Β· comedy Β· familyDisney+

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Babe does

After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.

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Addams Family Values
1993 Β· dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.9comedy Β· family Β· fantasyParamount+

Warm and cozy in the same breath

Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.

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Matilda
1996 Β· dir. Danny DeVito
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7comedy Β· family Β· fantasy

Both lean on dream logic more than on fantasy

Matilda Wormwood is an brilliant and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, fail to see that fact. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a terrifying, sadistic headmistress. As she becomes fed up with the constant cruelty, she discovers she has a special gift that she just might be able to use to outwit the unruly adults around her.

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Nanny McPhee
2005 Β· dir. Kirk Jones
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.6fantasy Β· comedy Β· family

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.

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Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002 Β· dir. Alain Chabat
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.7family Β· fantasy Β· comedyPrime Video

Family built on play, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Babe does

History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months.

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Doctor Dolittle
1998 Β· dir. Betty Thomas
πŸ… 44%β˜… 5.5comedy Β· family Β· fantasyDisney+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: 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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The Flintstones
1994 Β· dir. Brian Levant
πŸ… 23%β˜… 5.1fantasy Β· comedy Β· familyNetflix

Drama with a pulse of warmth, in both cases

Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney sees an opportunity to repay him when Slate Mining tests its employees to find a new executive. But no good deed goes unpunished.

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Casper
1995 Β· dir. Brad Silberling
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.2fantasy Β· comedy Β· familyHuluPeacock

Cozy fantasy in both cases

Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.

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CJ7
2008 Β· dir. Stephen Chow
πŸ… 49%β˜… 6.4comedy Β· drama Β· family

Contemplative drama in both cases

A poor construction worker, who struggles to keep his son in private school, mistakes an orb he finds in a junkjard for a toy which proves to be much, much more once the young boy starts to play with it.

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Just Another Christmas
2020 Β· dir. Roberto Santucci
β˜… 6.7comedy Β· drama Β· fantasyNetflix

Both lean on dream logic more than on comedy

The difference: 25 years apart, and the 2020s show

After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. He soon realizes that he’s doomed to keep waking up on Christmas Eve after Christmas Eve, having to deal with the aftermath of what his other self has done the other 364 days of the year.

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Mary Poppins Returns
2018 Β· dir. Rob Marshall
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.6fantasy Β· family Β· comedyDisney+

Witty family in both cases

Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.

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