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Movies that feel like Help! I'm a Fish (2000)

If you loved Help! I'm a Fish, the closest films we have are Paper Planes (2014), The White Balloon (1995) and A Letter to Momo (2012). All three share Help! I'm a Fish's warm and cozy feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

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.

6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Michael Hegnerepicwittyplayfulwarmcozycontemplative

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Paper Planes
2014 · dir. Robert Connolly
🍅 85%6.2comedy · family · drama

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: None of the scale Help! I'm a Fish is built on

Dylan discovers he has a talent for making paper planes. He has a chance to compete in a world championship, but he'll have to face bullies and self-doubt to do so.

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The White Balloon
1995 · dir. Jafar Panahi
🍅 83%7.6drama · family

Both keep coming back to the same thing: fish

Several people try to take advantage of a little girl's innocence to hustle money her mom gave to her to buy a goldfish with.

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A Letter to Momo
2012 · dir. Hiroyuki Okiura
🍅 80%7.2comedy · fantasy · animation

Common ground: parents and children

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Help! I'm a Fish does

A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.

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Monica and Friends: Bonds
2019 · dir. Daniel Rezende
7.1family · adventure · comedy

Both are built on the same subject: nostalgic

Fluffy, Jimmy Five's pet dog, vanished. He develops an infallible plan to rescue the little dog, but, he will need help from his faithful friends: Monica, Maggy and Smudge. Together, they will face challengers and live incredible adventures to get Fluffy back home.

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The Muppet Movie
1979 · dir. James Frawley
🍅 89%7.6family · comedy · adventure

The same preoccupation in both: musical

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever (his future muppet crew), and some special celebrity guest stars, while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!

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An American Tail
1986 · dir. Don Bluth
🍅 76%6.9adventure · animation · comedy

Both land scale and warmth at once

A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.

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Fala Sério, Mãe!
2017 · dir. Pedro Vasconcelos
6.1comedy · family

Comedy with a pulse of comfort, in both cases

Ângela Cristina, mother of teenager Maria de Lourdes, has to deal with the difficulties and delights of guiding her daughter during one of the most complicated stages of life.

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Asterix Conquers America
1994 · dir. Gerhard Hahn
5.9family · animation · adventure

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

When marauding Romans capture - and catapult - their pal Getafix into lands unknown, the shrewd and cunning Asterix and his able sidekick Obelix spring into action! But their journey leads them to a strange and dangerous new world, where they must face a tribe of Indians, a stampeding herd of buffalo and a medicine man with designs on their magic potion!

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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004 · dir. Stephen Hillenburg
🍅 68%7.2adventure · animation · comedy

Common ground in both: ocean and underwater

There's trouble brewing in Bikini Bottom. Someone has stolen King Neptune's crown, and it looks like Mr. Krab, SpongeBob's boss, is the culprit. Though he's just been passed over for the promotion of his dreams, SpongeBob stands by his boss, and along with his best pal Patrick, sets out on a treacherous mission to Shell City to reclaim the crown and save Mr. Krab's life.

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The Journey of Natty Gann
1985 · dir. Jeremy Kagan
🍅 91%7adventure · family · drama

Both lean on stillness more than on family

America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her odyssey, she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent, protective wolf, and a hardened drifter.

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Jingle All the Way
1996 · dir. Brian Levant
🍅 20%5.8family · adventure · comedy

Witty animation in both cases

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

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Dangal
2016 · dir. Nitesh Tiwari
🍅 89%8.3drama · family · comedy

One thread runs through both: parents and children

Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.

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