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Movies that feel like Monica and Friends: Bonds (2019)

If you loved Monica and Friends: Bonds, the closest films we have are Long Way North (2015), Boy & the World (2014) and Help! I'm a Fish (2000). All three share Monica and Friends: Bonds' warm and cozy feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

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.

7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Daniel Rezendewarmcozyepicwittyplayfulwistful

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Long Way North
2015 · dir. Rémi Chayé
🍅 98%7.2adventure · animation · drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: growing up

The difference: Without the same wit

In 1892 Saint Petersburg, when her explorer grandfather's failure to return from his latest expedition brings dishonour to her aristocratic family, a resilient teenager runs away to follow in his trail in search of his famed ship.

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Boy & the World
2014 · dir. Alê Abreu
🍅 93%7.5animation · fantasy · adventure

Both are built on the same subject: growing up

The difference: Lighter on wit

Suffering because of his father's departure to the big city, a boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic world dominated by bug-engines and strange beings. An unusual animation with various artistic techniques that portrays the issues of the modern world through the eyes of a child.

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

Common ground: nostalgic

The difference: Played as animation first

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

Both land warmth and comfort at once

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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Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 · dir. Taika Waititi
🍅 97%7.8adventure · comedy · drama

The same mix in both: scale, then wit

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

Family built on play, twice over

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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Marley & Me
2008 · dir. David Frankel
🍅 64%7comedy · family

The same preoccupation in both: nostalgic

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.

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High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008 · dir. Kenny Ortega
🍅 64%5comedy · drama · family

Comedy with a pulse of wistfulness, in both cases

As seniors in high school, Troy and Gabriella struggle with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Along with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical to address their experiences, hopes and fears about their future.

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Bingo: The King of the Mornings
2017 · dir. Daniel Rezende
🍅 85%7.9comedy · drama

Daniel Rezende working the same nerve twice

1980s. Brazilian television exploding in color and auditorium programs not so politically correct. In the middle of this fervor, Augusto Mendes, a young rising actor, seeks his place in the sun. From porn studios to soap operas, he finally finds success and fame when he becomes "Bingo", a TV host clown from one of the audience leader TV shows for children. It turns out that behind the rice powder and red nose, nobody knows who he is.

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 · dir. Jason Reitman
🍅 63%7fantasy · comedy · adventure

Cozy adventure, and it commits to that

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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Where Am I Going?
2016 · dir. Gennaro Nunziante
🍅 60%6.7comedy · family · adventure

Both lean on warmth more than on family

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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The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales
2017 · dir. Patrick Imbert
🍅 97%7.4family · animation · comedy

Witty comedy in both cases

The countryside isn't always as calm and peaceful as it's made out to be, and the animals on this farm are particularly agitated: a fox who mothers a family of chicks, a rabbit who plays the stork, and a duck who wants to be Santa Claus.

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