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Movies that feel like Where Am I Going? (2016)

If you loved Where Am I Going?, the closest films we have are Paddington 2 (2017), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) and Paddington (2014). All three share Where Am I Going?'s witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

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...

🍅 60% Rotten Tomatoes6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Gennaro Nunziantewittyplayfulwarmcozyepic

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Paddington 2
2017 · dir. Paul King
🍅 99%7.8adventure · comedy · family

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

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

Both land warmth and comfort at once

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Where Am I Going? does

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

Epic comedy in both cases

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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Alibi.com
2017 · dir. Philippe Lacheau
🍅 67%6.5comedy · family

Family built on wit, twice over

The difference: None of the scale Where Am I Going? is built on

Greg founded a company called Alibi.com that creates any type of alibi. With his associate, Augustin, and Medhi his new employee, they devise unstoppable stratagems and stagings to cover their clients. But meeting Flo, a pretty blonde who hates men who lie, will complicate Greg's life, which begins by hiding the true nature of his activity. During the presentation to parents, Greg understands that Gérard, the father of Flo, is also one of their clients.

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

Playful adventure, and it commits to that

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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Christopher Robin
2018 · dir. Marc Forster
🍅 73%7.2adventure · comedy · family

Both lean on warmth more than on comedy

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Where Am I Going? does

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

Family with a pulse of comfort, in both cases

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

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

Adventure built on scale, twice over

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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Sun in Buckets
2013 · dir. Gennaro Nunziante
6.3comedy

Gennaro Nunziante directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The story of a father and a son. An on the road trip from South to North.

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Monica and Friends: Bonds
2019 · dir. Daniel Rezende
7.1family · adventure · comedy

Comedy built on wit, twice over

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

Both lean on play more than on family

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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Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011 · dir. Mark Waters
🍅 47%6comedy · family

Warm adventure, and it commits to that

Tom Popper is a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland — and the rest of his world upside-down.

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