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Movies that feel likeDespicable Me 2 (2013)

Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

If you loved Despicable Me 2, the closest films we have are Lilo & Stitch (2002), Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) and Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014). All three share Despicable Me 2's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is English Vinglish (2012).

🍅 75% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Pierre Coffinwittyplayfulwarmcozycerebralromantic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Despicable Me (2010) · Despicable Me 3 (2017) · Despicable Me 4 (2024)

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Lilo & Stitch
2002 · dir. Chris Sanders
🍅 86%★ 7.4animation · family · comedyDisney+

A chaotic troublemaker softened by the family that decides to keep him

The difference: Sadder underneath — real grief and loneliness sit beneath the mayhem

As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl named Lilo and learns about loyalty, friendship, and ʻohana, the Hawaiian tradition of family.

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Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018 · dir. Rich Moore
🍅 88%★ 7animation · comedy · adventureDisney+

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Easier on the romance than Despicable Me 2

Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope's video game, Sugar Rush. In way over their heads, Ralph and Vanellope rely on the citizens of the internet — the netizens — to help navigate their way, including an entrepreneur named Yesss, who is the head algorithm and the heart and soul of trend-making site BuzzzTube.

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Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014 · dir. Rob Minkoff
🍅 81%★ 6.8animation · science fiction · comedy

An unconventional father-child bond tested by big, silly adventure

The difference: Time-travel history gags — brainier setup, less anarchic fun

A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-machine is stolen and moments in history begin to be changed.

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Meet the Robinsons
2007 · dir. Stephen J. Anderson
🍅 68%★ 6.9animation · comedy · familyDisney+

Adoption, an oddball family and a villain who's half punchline

The difference: More sentimental and scattershot — the heart outruns the jokes

Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in an orphanage. Things take a turn when he meets Wilbur Robinson and his family.

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Megamind
2010 · dir. Tom McGrath
🍅 73%★ 7.3animation · action · comedyPeacock

A supervillain discovering he would rather be somebody's good guy

The difference: More superhero satire than family — the laughs skew grown-up

After Megamind, a highly intelligent alien supervillain, defeats his long-time nemesis Metro Man, Megamind creates a new hero to fight, but must act to save the city when his "creation" becomes an even worse villain than he was.

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Minions & Monsters
2026 · dir. Pierre Coffin
🍅 89%★ 6.3adventure · animation · comedyRent or buy

Minion nonsense turned loose at full volume, gleeful and unbothered

The difference: Pure gag delivery — no adoptive-dad tenderness holding it together

This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.

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Flubber
1997 · dir. Les Mayfield
🍅 24%★ 5.3comedy · family · science fictionDisney+

A distracted genius, runaway inventions and slapstick mayhem

The difference: Creaky live-action Disney — the effects date it badly

Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.

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Home
2015 · dir. Tim Johnson
🍅 53%★ 6.5fantasy · comedy · animation

An unlikely duo bumbling into found family while foiling a menace

The difference: Softer and simpler — no minion chaos, gentler laughs

When Earth is taken over by the overly-confident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated, while all Boov get busy reorganizing the planet. But when one resourceful girl, Tip, manages to avoid capture, she finds herself the accidental accomplice of a banished Boov named Oh. The two fugitives realize there’s a lot more at stake than intergalactic relations as they embark on the road trip of a lifetime.

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The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2004 · dir. Garry Marshall
🍅 25%★ 5.9comedy · drama · familyDisney+

A comfort-food sequel about duty, family and unexpected romance

The difference: Live-action tween royalty — no gadgets, no villainy to foil

Mia Thermopolis is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. Accompanied by her friend Lilly, Mia continues her 'princess lessons', like riding horses side-saddle and archery. But her already complicated life is turned upside down once again when she learns that she is to take the crown as queen earlier than expected, all while she meets a mysteriously charming young man.

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We Bought a Zoo
2011 · dir. Cameron Crowe
🍅 64%★ 7drama · comedy · familyDisney+

The same mix in both: warmth, then comfort

The difference: Trades the ideas of Despicable Me 2 for an angle of its own

Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.

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English Vinglish
2012 · dir. Gauri Shinde
🍅 83%★ 7.8comedy · drama · family

Comedy built on romance, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Despicable Me 2 does

In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.

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Hoppers
2026 · dir. Daniel Chong
🍅 94%★ 7.4adventure · animation · comedyDisney+

Animation with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Scientists have discovered how to 'hop' human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals. Animal lover Mabel seizes an opportunity to use the technology, uncovering mysteries within the animal world beyond anything she could have imagined.

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