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Movies that feel likeLemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.

If you loved Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, the closest films we have are Sky High (2005), Stuart Little 2 (2002) and Where Am I Going? (2016). All three share Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events' epic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Coyote vs. Acme (2026).

πŸ… 72% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Brad Silberlingepicwittyplayfulwarmcozy
8 of 12 streaming nowAmazon Prime Video Β· Hulu Β· Disney Plus

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If Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events hit the spot, these will too

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Sky High
2005 Β· dir. Mike Mitchell
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.3adventure Β· comedy Β· familyDisney+

Epic where it counts, witty underneath

Set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted, young Will Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balance between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being.

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Stuart Little 2
2002 Β· dir. Rob Minkoff
πŸ… 82%β˜… 5.5family Β· adventure Β· comedy

Both land play and warmth at once

Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy mouse adventures are in store as Stuart, his human brother, George, and their mischievous cat, Snowbell, set out to rescue a friend.

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

Adventure with a pulse of comfort, in both cases

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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Paddington
2014 Β· dir. Paul King
β˜… 7.3comedy Β· adventure Β· family

Both lean on scale more than on comedy

A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.

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

Witty family in both cases

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

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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Coyote vs. Acme
2026 Β· dir. Dave Green
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.6comedy Β· adventure Β· familyRent or buy

Adventure built on play, twice over

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

After Acme products fail him one too many times in his dogged pursuit of the Roadrunner, Wile E. Coyote decides to hire a billboard lawyer to sue the Acme Corporation.

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

Both are Brad Silberling's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Lighter on scale

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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Bean
1997 Β· dir. Mel Smith
πŸ… 41%β˜… 6.5family Β· adventure Β· comedy

Warm comedy, and it commits to that

Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los Angeles to act as their ambassador for the unveiling of a historic painting to humiliate him. Fooled, Mr. Bean must now successfully unveil the painting or risk his and a hapless Los Angeles curator's termination.

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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006 Β· dir. Tim Hill
πŸ… 12%β˜… 5comedy Β· family Β· adventureDisney+

Family with a pulse of comfort, in both cases

Jon and Garfield visit the United Kingdom, where a case of mistaken cat identity finds Garfield ruling over a castle. His reign is soon jeopardized by the nefarious Lord Dargis, who has designs on the estate.

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

Epic adventure 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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Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002 Β· dir. Alain Chabat
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.7family Β· fantasy Β· comedyPrime Video

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Played as fantasy first

History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months.

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

Playful family, and it commits to that

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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