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Movies that feel likeThe Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi.

If you loved The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the closest films we have are Christopher Robin (2018), The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and Luca (2021). All three share The Super Mario Bros. 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 Mary Poppins Returns (2018).

🍅 59% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Aaron Horvathwarmcozywittyplayfulepicdreamlike
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)

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Christopher Robin
2018 · dir. Marc Forster
🍅 73%★ 7.2adventure · comedy · familyDisney+

Childhood magic reaching into a gray grown-up world

The difference: Melancholy and slow — a film about recovering wonder

Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.

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The Christmas Chronicles
2018 · dir. Clay Kaytis
🍅 67%★ 7comedy · adventure · familyNetflix

Kids swept into a magical adventure to put a broken world right

The difference: Holiday-movie machinery — jolly, but built for December

Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.

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Luca
2021 · dir. Enrico Casarosa
🍅 91%★ 7.4animation · family · fantasyDisney+

Warm animated friendship in a sun-splashed world

The difference: A quiet coming-of-age — no quests, no boss battles

Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.

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Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002 · dir. Alain Chabat
🍅 88%★ 6.7family · fantasy · comedyPrime Video

Cartoon logic in live action, gags flying past faster than plot

The difference: French farce built on wordplay and in-jokes rather than motion

History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months.

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Mary Poppins Returns
2018 · dir. Rob Marshall
🍅 80%★ 6.6fantasy · family · comedyDisney+

Warm where it counts, cozy underneath

The difference: Less epic, more its own thing

Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 83%★ 6.7adventure · comedy · familyMax

Candy-colored invention around every corner and a child's-eye wonder

The difference: Odd, arch and faintly creepy — Burton's sweetness carries a chill

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

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A Minecraft Movie
2025 · dir. Jared Hess
★ 5.6family · fantasy · comedyMax

Another game world made a playground of gags and callbacks

The difference: Live-action chaos — clunkier than an animated world

Four misfits find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they'll have to master this world while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve.

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🍅 48%★ 6.2adventure · comedy · fantasyHuluDisney+

A goofy quest through worlds run on pure toy-box logic

The difference: Live-action and slapstick-led, with a wistful streak under the jokes

When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.

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Dolittle
2020 · dir. Stephen Gaghan
🍅 15%★ 5.6family · comedy · fantasyRent or buy

A brightly lit romp where talking animals do most of the joking

The difference: Clumsier and less inventive; the fun works harder for less

After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself away behind the high walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure, regaining his wit and courage as he crosses old adversaries and discovers wondrous creatures.

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Mirror Mirror
2012 · dir. Tarsem Singh
🍅 50%★ 5.6adventure · comedy · family

A storybook kingdom played for color, jokes and villainy

The difference: Live-action fairy-tale camp — the visuals outshine the script

After she spends all her money, an evil enchantress queen schemes to marry a handsome, wealthy prince. There's just one problem - he's in love with a beautiful princess, Snow White. Now, joined by seven rebellious dwarves, Snow White launches an epic battle of good vs. evil...

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Gulliver's Travels
2010 · dir. Rob Letterman
🍅 19%★ 4.9family · comedy · adventureDisney+

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.

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Paddington
2014 · dir. Paul King
★ 7.3comedy · adventure · family

Common ground: anthropomorphism

A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.

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