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Movies that feel likeThe Goonies (1985)

Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure in hopes of saving their homes from demolition. However, on their quest to find the treasure, they run into a family of recently escaped criminals, determined to capture the kids and reach the treasure first.

If you loved The Goonies, the closest films we have are Monica and Friends: Bonds (2019), The Muppet Movie (1979) and Labyrinth (1986). All three share The Goonies' epic and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Stuart Little 2 (2002).

🍅 77% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Richard Donnerepicwittyplayfulwarmcozywistful
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Monica and Friends: Bonds
2019 · dir. Daniel Rezende
★ 7.1family · adventure · comedy

A tight-knit group of friends bands together on a rescue adventure

The difference: A Brazilian animated rescue quest, lower stakes than saving a home

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.

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The Muppet Movie
1979 · dir. James Frawley
🍅 89%★ 7.6family · comedy · adventureDisney+

A ragtag crew's cross-country adventure runs on pure good-natured heart

The difference: Puppets on a road trip to Hollywood, no kids or buried treasure

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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Labyrinth
1986 · dir. Jim Henson
🍅 63%★ 7.3adventure · family · fantasyHuluPeacock

A kid ventures through a booby-trapped world to save someone they love

The difference: A goblin-king fantasy maze, dreamier than the Goonies' real-world stakes

Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah, a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into a fantastical world to rescue him from the Goblin King. Guarding his castle is the labyrinth itself, a twisted maze of deception, populated with outrageous characters and unknown dangers.

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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 · dir. Chris Columbus
🍅 35%★ 6.9comedy · family · adventureDisney+

Same scrappy trap-laying kid takes on crooks in a bigger playground

The difference: A single-kid sequel romp, no ensemble or buried pirate gold

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 card—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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🍅 72%★ 6.8adventure · comedy · family

Epic where it counts, witty underneath

The difference: Trades the wistfulness of The Goonies for an angle of its own

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.

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

Warmth and nostalgia anchor a story that's really about growing up

The difference: A family-and-dog memoir, no adventure or kids-only quest

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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Bean
1997 · dir. Mel Smith
🍅 41%★ 6.5family · adventure · comedy

Playful and warm in the same breath

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

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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Jingle All the Way
1996 · dir. Brian Levant
🍅 20%★ 5.8family · adventure · comedyDisney+

A frantic quest against the clock carries the same goofy holiday energy

The difference: An adult's mall-chase farce, no kids or treasure-hunting stakes

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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Hook
1991 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 37%★ 6.8adventure · fantasy · comedyPeacock

Same director sends someone back into a swashbuckling pirate fantasy

The difference: A grown Peter Pan's Neverland return, not neighborhood kids on a quest

The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland.

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Sky High
2005 · dir. Mike Mitchell
🍅 74%★ 6.3adventure · comedy · familyDisney+

Cozy adventure in both cases

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 2000s show

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 · dir. Rob Minkoff
🍅 82%★ 5.5family · adventure · comedy

Epic comedy, and it commits to that

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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High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008 · dir. Kenny Ortega
🍅 64%★ 5.1comedy · drama · familyDisney+

Family built on wistfulness, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Goonies does

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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