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Movies that feel like Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

If you loved Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, the closest films we have are The Boxtrolls (2014), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) and The Emoji Movie (2017). All three share Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2's whimsical and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean the island, and where the best inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind. When Flint discovers that his machine still operates and now creates mutant food beasts like living pickles, hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees and apple pie-thons, he and his friends must return to save the world.

πŸ… 71% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Kris Pearnwhimsicalwarmcozywittyplayful

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

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The Boxtrolls
2014 Β· dir. Graham Annable
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.8animation Β· comedy Β· family

Whimsical where it counts, warm underneath

The difference: Leans further into fantasy

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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The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019 Β· dir. Chris Renaud
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6.4animation Β· comedy Β· family

One thread runs through both: villain

The difference: Played as adventure first

Max the terrier must cope with some major life changes when his owner gets married and has a baby. When the family takes a trip to the countryside, nervous Max has numerous run-ins with canine-intolerant cows, hostile foxes and a scary turkey. Luckily for Max, he soon catches a break when he meets Rooster, a gruff farm dog who tries to cure the lovable pooch of his neuroses.

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The Emoji Movie
2017 Β· dir. Tony Leondis
πŸ… 6%β˜… 3.5animation Β· family Β· comedy

The same preoccupation in both: villain

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.

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Rio 2
2014 Β· dir. Carlos Saldanha
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.3animation Β· adventure Β· comedy

Both land comfort and wit at once

It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.

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Moana 2
2024 Β· dir. David G. Derrick Jr.
πŸ… 61%β˜… 6.3adventure Β· animation Β· comedy

Playful animation in both cases

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.

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Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022 Β· dir. Derek Drymon
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6animation Β· comedy Β· family

Family built on whimsy, twice over

When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the "Monsterfication Ray," goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. In their new mismatched bodies, Drac and Johnny must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it's too late, and before they drive each other crazy.

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Trolls
2016 Β· dir. Mike Mitchell
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.4adventure Β· animation Β· comedy

Warm comedy, and it commits to that

After the monstrous Bergens invade Troll Village, Princess Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and overly-cautious, curmudgeonly outcast Branch set off on a journey to rescue her friends. Their mission is full of adventure and mishaps, as this mismatched duo try to tolerate each other long enough to get the job done.

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The Grinch
2018 Β· dir. Yarrow Cheney
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6.4animation Β· comedy Β· family

Both keep coming back to the same thing: based on children's book

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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πŸ… 66%β˜… 5.9adventure Β· animation Β· comedy

Animation with a pulse of comfort, in both cases

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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Cars 2
2011 Β· dir. John Lasseter
πŸ… 40%β˜… 6.2animation Β· family Β· adventure

Both lean on wit more than on family

Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.

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Ice Age: Continental Drift
2012 Β· dir. Steve Martino
πŸ… 37%β˜… 6.5animation Β· comedy Β· adventure

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.

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Ferdinand
2017 Β· dir. Carlos Saldanha
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.7animation Β· family Β· adventure

Common ground: based on children's book

Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow. But one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madridβ€” and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen.

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