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Movies that feel likeThe Muppet Movie (1979)

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!

If you loved The Muppet Movie, the closest films we have are Coyote vs. Acme (2026), The Black Stallion (1979) and Around the World in 80 Days (1956). All three share The Muppet Movie's warm and cozy feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Incredible Journey (1963).

🍅 89% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. James Frawleywarmcozywittyplayfulepic
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Coyote vs. Acme
2026 · dir. Dave Green
🍅 96%★ 7.6comedy · adventure · familyRent or buy

Warm and cozy in the same breath

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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The Black Stallion
1979 · dir. Carroll Ballard
🍅 90%★ 7.4family · adventure

Family built on scale, twice over

The difference: Easier on the wit than The Muppet Movie

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.

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Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · dir. Michael Anderson
🍅 72%★ 6.7adventure · comedy · family

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than The Muppet Movie does

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

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

Warm comedy, and it commits to that

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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The Incredible Journey
1963 · dir. Fletcher Markle
🍅 89%★ 7adventure · familyDisney+

Cozy adventure in both cases

The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?

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Stuart Little 2
2002 · dir. Rob Minkoff
🍅 82%★ 5.5family · adventure · comedy

Family with a pulse of wit, in both cases

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

One thread runs through both: puppet

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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

Both lean on play more than on comedy

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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Swiss Family Robinson
1960 · dir. Ken Annakin
🍅 81%★ 7.1adventure · familyDisney+

Epic adventure in both cases

After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates.

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

Warm family, and it commits to that

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 2
2017 · dir. Paul King
🍅 99%★ 7.8adventure · comedy · familyMax

Cozy comedy in both cases

Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.

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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006 · dir. Tim Hill
🍅 12%★ 5comedy · family · adventureDisney+

Both lean on wit more than on adventure

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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