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Movies that feel like Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

If you loved Cheaper by the Dozen, the closest films we have are Night at the Museum (2006), Jingle All the Way (1996) and Home Alone 3 (1997). All three share Cheaper by the Dozen's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Disney Plus and FXNow and others, checked against today's data.

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.

🍅 25% Rotten Tomatoes5.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Shawn Levywittyplayfulwarmcozy
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Night at the Museum
2006 · dir. Shawn Levy
🍅 43%6.5fantasy · family · comedy

The same hand behind both of them: Shawn Levy

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Cheaper by the Dozen does

Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits.

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

The same two preoccupations: husband wife relationship, and fathers and sons

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Cheaper by the Dozen does

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: family relationships

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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🍅 48%6.2adventure · comedy · fantasy

Both are Shawn Levy's work, and they rhyme

When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.

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

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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

Warm and cozy in the same breath

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

The same preoccupation in both: fathers and sons

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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101 Dalmatians
1996 · dir. Stephen Herek
🍅 39%5.8family · comedy

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

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

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

Playful family in both cases

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

Comedy built on warmth, twice over

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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Alibi.com
2017 · dir. Philippe Lacheau
🍅 67%6.5comedy · family

Cozy family, and it commits to that

Greg founded a company called Alibi.com that creates any type of alibi. With his associate, Augustin, and Medhi his new employee, they devise unstoppable stratagems and stagings to cover their clients. But meeting Flo, a pretty blonde who hates men who lie, will complicate Greg's life, which begins by hiding the true nature of his activity. During the presentation to parents, Greg understands that Gérard, the father of Flo, is also one of their clients.

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Paper Planes
2014 · dir. Robert Connolly
🍅 85%6.2comedy · family · drama

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Dylan discovers he has a talent for making paper planes. He has a chance to compete in a world championship, but he'll have to face bullies and self-doubt to do so.

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