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Movies that feel like Doctor Dolittle (1998)

If you loved Doctor Dolittle, the closest films we have are Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009), Babe (1995) and Dolittle (2020). All three share Doctor Dolittle'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 Netflix, Hulu and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

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!

πŸ… 44% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Betty Thomaswittyplayfulwarmcozydreamlike
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009 Β· dir. Betty Thomas
πŸ… 21%β˜… 4.6comedy Β· family Β· animation

Betty Thomas directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Leans harder into animation than Doctor Dolittle does

Pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore end up in the care of Dave Seville's twenty-something nephew Toby. The boys must put aside music super stardom to return to school, and are tasked with saving the school's music program by winning the $25,000 prize in a battle of the bands. But the Chipmunks unexpectedly meet their match in three singing chipmunks known as The Chipettes - Brittany, Eleanor and Jeanette. Romantic and musical sparks are ignited when the Chipmunks and Chipettes square off.

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Babe
1995 Β· dir. Chris Noonan
πŸ… 98%β˜… 6.9fantasy Β· drama Β· comedy

Common ground: dog

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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.

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Dolittle
2020 Β· dir. Stephen Gaghan
πŸ… 15%β˜… 5.6family Β· comedy Β· fantasy

Both are built on the same subject: talking to animals

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Doctor Dolittle does

After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself away behind the high walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure, regaining his wit and courage as he crosses old adversaries and discovers wondrous creatures.

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Cheaper by the Dozen
2003 Β· dir. Shawn Levy
πŸ… 25%β˜… 5.9comedy Β· family

The same preoccupation in both: fathers and sons

The difference: None of the dream logic Doctor Dolittle is built on

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.

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

One thread runs through both: fathers and sons

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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Garfield
2004 Β· dir. Peter Hewitt
πŸ… 14%β˜… 5.1comedy Β· family

Both keep coming back to the same thing: veterinarian

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

Both land wit and play at once

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· fantasy

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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Evan Almighty
2007 Β· dir. Tom Shadyac
πŸ… 24%β˜… 5.4fantasy Β· comedy Β· family

Comedy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

God contacts Junior Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.

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

Family built on wit, twice over

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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101 Dalmatians
1996 Β· dir. Stephen Herek
πŸ… 39%β˜… 5.8family Β· comedy

One thread runs through both: dog

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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Stuart Little
1999 Β· dir. Rob Minkoff
πŸ… 66%β˜… 6family Β· fantasy Β· comedy

Both lean on play more than on fantasy

When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic. Stuart resolves to face these difficulties with as much pluck and courage as he can muster.

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