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Movies that feel like Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

If you loved Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, the closest films we have are Meet the Robinsons (2007), The Rocketeer (1991) and Jingle All the Way (1996). All three share Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Criterion Channel and Disney Plus and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 76% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Joe Johnstonepicwittyplayfulwarmcozycerebral
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Meet the Robinsons
2007 Β· dir. Stephen J. Anderson
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.8animation Β· comedy Β· family

The same mix in both: scale, then wit

The difference: Sits closer to animation than Honey, I Shrunk the Kids does

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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The Rocketeer
1991 Β· dir. Joe Johnston
πŸ… 73%β˜… 6.6adventure Β· science fiction

Joe Johnston directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Not nearly as witty as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.

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Jingle All the Way
1996 Β· dir. Brian Levant
πŸ… 20%β˜… 5.8family Β· adventure Β· comedy

Playful where it counts, warm underneath

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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

Both are built on the same subject: parents and children

The difference: None of the ideas Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is built on

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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Flight of the Navigator
1986 Β· dir. Randal Kleiser
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.9family Β· science fiction Β· adventure

Cozy and cerebral in the same breath

12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.

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Spy Kids
2001 Β· dir. Robert Rodriguez
πŸ… 92%β˜… 5.6family Β· action Β· comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: parents and children

Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their children. Now, the disappearances of several of their old colleagues forces the Cortez' return from retirement. What they didn't count on was Carmen and Juni joining the "family business."

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An American Tail
1986 Β· dir. Don Bluth
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.9adventure Β· animation Β· comedy

Both lean on scale more than on adventure

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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The Muppet Movie
1979 Β· dir. James Frawley
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.6family Β· comedy Β· adventure

Witty comedy in both cases

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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Time Bandits
1981 Β· dir. Terry Gilliam
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.9family Β· fantasy Β· science fiction

Family built on warmth, twice over

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

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Ice Age: Collision Course
2016 Β· dir. Michael Thurmeier
πŸ… 18%β˜… 5.7adventure Β· animation Β· family

Playful science fiction, and it commits to that

The difference: 27 years apart, and the 2010s show

Set after the events of Continental Drift, Scrat's epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, Manny, Sid, Diego, and the rest of the herd leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills and spills, highs and lows, laughter and adventure while traveling to exotic new lands and locations.

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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 Β· dir. Chris Columbus
πŸ… 35%β˜… 6.9comedy Β· family Β· adventure

Adventure with a pulse of comfort, in both cases

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit cardβ€”despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.

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Where Am I Going?
2016 Β· dir. Gennaro Nunziante
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6.7comedy Β· family Β· adventure

Epic comedy, and it commits to that

Checco is 39 and lived his entire life with his parents. He loves his job where he does nothing the whole day, until something happens that will change his behavior and his life forever...

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