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Movies that feel like Flubber (1997)

If you loved Flubber, the closest films we have are Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) and Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994). All three share Flubber's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Hulu, Peacock Premium and Disney Plus and others, checked against today's data.

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.

🍅 24% Rotten Tomatoes5.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Les Mayfieldwittyplayfulwarmcozycerebralromantic
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1989 · dir. Joe Johnston
🍅 76%6.4adventure · comedy · family

Common ground: inventor

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

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Cheaper by the Dozen
2003 · dir. Shawn Levy
🍅 25%5.9comedy · family

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: None of the ideas Flubber 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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Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994 · dir. Donald Petrie
🍅 27%5.5comedy · family

The same mix in both: warmth, then comfort

Billionaire heir Richie Rich has it all, including Reggie Jackson as a batting coach and Claudia Schiffer as a personal trainer -- but no playmates. What's more, scoundrel Laurence Van Dough is scheming to take over the family empire. Uh-oh! Enter faithful butler Cadbury to save the day.

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

One thread runs through both: wedding

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Flubber 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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Freaky Friday
2003 · dir. Mark Waters
🍅 88%6.4comedy · family · fantasy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: wedding

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Flubber does

Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.

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

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

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

Family with a pulse of romance, in both cases

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

Both lean on play more than on science fiction

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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The Parent Trap
1998 · dir. Nancy Meyers
🍅 86%6.7comedy · family · romance

Comedy built on warmth, twice over

Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.

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Help! I'm a Fish
2000 · dir. Michael Hegner
6adventure · animation · comedy

Both are built on the same subject: mad scientist

Three children are accidentally transformed into fish after consuming a potion made by an eccentric scientist. The kids end up in the sea, with one problem: they must find and drink the antidote within 48 hours, or forever remain as fish.

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Meet the Robinsons
2007 · dir. Stephen J. Anderson
🍅 68%6.8animation · comedy · family

Cerebral family in both cases

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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A Cinderella Story
2004 · dir. Mark Rosman
🍅 11%5.9comedy · family · romance

Both lean on comfort more than on science fiction

Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Samantha Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance.

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