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Movies that feel likeLove and Monsters (2020)

Seven years since the Monsterpocalypse began, Joel Dawson has been living underground in order to survive. But after reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, Joel decides to venture out to reunite with her, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way.

If you loved Love and Monsters, the closest films we have are Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), Monster Hunt (2015) and Booksmart (2019). All three share Love and Monsters' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016).

πŸ… 94% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Michael Matthewsepicwittyplayfuldreamlikebleakwistful
9 of 12 streaming nowNetflix Β· Amazon Prime Video Β· Hulu

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 Β· dir. Jason Reitman
πŸ… 63%β˜… 7fantasy Β· comedy Β· adventureHuluStarz

Both land scale and wit at once

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

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Monster Hunt
2015 Β· dir. Raman Hui Shing-Ngai
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.1comedy Β· fantasy Β· adventure

Both are built on the same subject: monster

The difference: Easier on the bleakness than Love and Monsters

Young monster kids try to make peace between the world of humans and the world of the monsters.

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Booksmart
2019 Β· dir. Olivia Wilde
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.1comedyRent or buy

Common ground in both: growing up and teenager

Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one night.

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 Β· dir. Taika Waititi
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8adventure Β· comedy Β· dramaPrime VideoPeacock

The same preoccupation in both: growing up

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Love and Monsters does

Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.

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Jungle Cruise
2021 Β· dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
πŸ… 62%β˜… 6.5fantasy Β· comedy Β· adventureDisney+

Playful and dreamlike in the same breath

Dr. Lily Houghton enlists the aid of wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff to take her down the Amazon in his dilapidated boat. Together, they search for an ancient tree that holds the power to heal – a discovery that will change the future of medicine.

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πŸ… 65%β˜… 6.7adventure Β· fantasyDisney+

Wistful adventure in both cases

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

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Vacation
2015 Β· dir. John Francis Daley
πŸ… 27%β˜… 6.2comedy Β· adventureParamount+

Comedy with a pulse of scale, in both cases

Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned.

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13 Going on 30
2004 Β· dir. Gary Winick
πŸ… 65%β˜… 6.3comedy Β· fantasy Β· romanceNetflix

Common ground: teenager

The difference: Leans harder into romance than Love and Monsters does

After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some magic wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a fabulous wardrobe, an athlete boyfriend, a dream job, and superstar friends, this can't be a better life. But soon Jenna realizes that adult life isn’t as easy as she hoped for.

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Jumanji: The Next Level
2019 Β· dir. Jake Kasdan
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.6adventure Β· comedy Β· fantasyHulu

Witty fantasy, and it commits to that

As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.

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Big
1988 Β· dir. Penny Marshall
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.3fantasy Β· drama Β· comedyDisney+

Both lean on play more than on comedy

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big, he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight, but he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups, including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.

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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009 Β· dir. Mark Waters
πŸ… 27%β˜… 5.8romance Β· comedy Β· fantasy

Fantasy built on dream logic, twice over

Celebrity photographer Connor Mead lives life in the fast lane, committed to lifelong bachelorhood and simultaneous relationships with multiple women. On the eve of his younger brother Paul's wedding, Connor's mockery of love proves a real buzz-kill for everyone - including his childhood crush, Jenny, the one woman who always seemed immune to his considerable charms. Later that night, he gets a wake-up call from the ghost of his late Uncle Wayne, the hard-partying, legendary ladies' man who was Connor's mentor. Uncle Wayne has an urgent message which he delivers through three ghosts who guide Connor on an eye-opening tour of his romantic past, present and future. Along the way, they attempt to discern whether he will ever be able to change his ways -- and if there is any hope of him finding true love.

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015 Β· dir. Guy Ritchie
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· action Β· adventure

Adventure with a pulse of wistfulness, in both cases

At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are forced to put aside their hostilities and work together to stop the evildoers in their tracks. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a missing German scientist, whom they must find soon to prevent a global catastrophe.

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