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Movies that feel likeShark Tale (2004)

Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He's a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and Lenny becomes an outcast, the two form an unlikely friendship.

If you loved Shark Tale, the closest films we have are Megamind (2010), The Lego Batman Movie (2017) and Ask Me If I'm Happy (2000). All three share Shark Tale's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Bridesmaids (2011).

🍅 35% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Vicky Jensonkineticwittyplayfulwarmromantic
9 of 12 streaming nowHBO Max · Amazon Prime Video · Disney Plus

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Megamind
2010 · dir. Tom McGrath
🍅 73%★ 7.3animation · action · comedyPeacock

Both are built on the same subject: anthropomorphism

The difference: Reviewed even better

After Megamind, a highly intelligent alien supervillain, defeats his long-time nemesis Metro Man, Megamind creates a new hero to fight, but must act to save the city when his "creation" becomes an even worse villain than he was.

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The Lego Batman Movie
2017 · dir. Chris McKay
🍅 89%★ 7.3animation · action · comedyMax

The same mix in both: momentum, then wit

The difference: Takes it somewhere less romantic than Shark Tale does

A cooler-than-ever Batman must face the usual villains as the Joker plots a takeover of Gotham City. But when Bruce Wayne accidentally adopts a teenage orphan who wishes to become his sidekick, he’s forced to give up his lone-vigilante ways and learn to work with others.

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Ask Me If I'm Happy
2000 · dir. Giacomo Poretti
★ 7.2comedy

Playful where it counts, warm underneath

Aspiring thespians Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo work dead-end jobs while nurturing their dream production of Cyrano de Bergerac, until love for the same woman tears their friendship apart. Three years later, Giovanni and Giacomo reunite after learning that Aldo is dying.

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The 40 Year-Old Virgin
2005 · dir. Judd Apatow
🍅 85%★ 7.1comedy · romancePeacockStarz

Comedy with a pulse of romance, in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into romance than Shark Tale does

Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom.

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Bridesmaids
2011 · dir. Paul Feig
🍅 89%★ 6.8comedy · romancePrime Video

Both lean on wit more than on animation

Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.

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Friends with Benefits
2011 · dir. Will Gluck
🍅 69%★ 6.5romance · comedy

Playful action in both cases

Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but without any emotional attachment.

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This Means War
2012 · dir. McG
🍅 24%★ 6.3action · comedy · romanceStarz

Family built on momentum, twice over

Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.

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The Pacifier
2005 · dir. Adam Shankman
🍅 21%★ 5.6comedy · family · actionDisney+

Warm action, and it commits to that

Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains hidden in the kids' house.

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Mr. Deeds
2002 · dir. Steven Brill
🍅 22%★ 5.8comedy · romance

Romantic comedy in both cases

When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.

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Kopps
2003 · dir. Josef Fares
★ 6.7action · comedy

Kinetic animation, and it commits to that

A small Swedish village, Högboträsk, is so peaceful that crime is nonexistent. The police spend their shifts drinking coffee, eating hot dogs and chasing down runaway cows. This is all well and good for the village's own police, but the police management board wants to discontinue the local police force for lack of crime.

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Bride Wars
2009 · dir. Gary Winick
🍅 10%★ 5.5comedy · romanceParamount+

Witty family in both cases

Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.

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Just Go with It
2011 · dir. Dennis Dugan
🍅 20%★ 6.4comedy · romanceParamount+

Playful comedy in both cases

While romancing Palmer, a much younger schoolteacher, plastic surgeon Danny Maccabee enlists his loyal assistant Katherine to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, Katherine's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.

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