
Movies that feel likeDespicable Me (2010)
If you loved Despicable Me, the closest films we have are Minions & Monsters (2026), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) and The Banshees of Inisherin (2022). All three share Despicable Me'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 The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (2017).
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If Despicable Me hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Despicable Me 2 (2013) · Despicable Me 3 (2017) · Despicable Me 4 (2024)

The same hand behind both of them: Pierre Coffin
The difference: Easier on the dark humor than Despicable Me

Both keep coming back to the same thing: villain
The difference: Takes it somewhere less darkly funny than Despicable Me does

Both land wit and play at once
The difference: Trades the whimsy of Despicable Me for an angle of its own

An outsider's naive logic exposes how silly the world really is
The difference: Live-action religious satire — earnest message, long runtime

A gleeful agent of chaos whose awfulness is the whole joke
The difference: Real people, real cringe — far too crude for family night

The same preoccupation in both: parents and children

Slapstick invention wrapped around where you truly belong
The difference: Gentler and more classical, without the villain's-eye mischief

One thread runs through both: parents and children
The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Despicable Me does

A ramshackle escape plan built out of scrap, gags and stubbornness
The difference: Claymation and British-dry, a prison-break spoof with no sweetness

Whimsical where it counts, warm underneath

Both lean on wit more than on animation

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