45 Movies Like Mary Poppins (1964) You Need to Watch Next
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
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Disney's 1964 musical brings a magical nanny into a buttoned-up London household, blending live action and animation to teach a distant father what really matters. Joyful, tuneful and quietly wise about family, it's a timeless family classic. If its songs and whimsy charmed you, seek out musical family fantasies and feel-good classics where a touch of magic mends what's broken at home.
If you loved Mary Poppins (1964) by Robert Stevenson, here are 45 movies that share its content DNA. iRankMovies measures real similarity using cosine similarity across eight weighted dimensions — genre (50%), tone (12%), pace (10%), structure (8%), era (7%), theme (6%), audience (4%) and narrative perspective (3%) — not just the rating. The closest matches according to our analysis are Click, 17 Again, Big. Every title is ranked by how closely it matches and backed by the iRank Score, a composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb across 12,000+ analysed titles.
45 Movies Similar to Mary Poppins
Click
2006 · Frank Coraci
A married workaholic, Michael Newman doesn't have time for his wife and children, not if he's to impress his ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty, a loopy sales c
In common: Comedy · Drama · Fantasy
17 Again
2009 · Burr Steers
On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one morning to find he's 17 years old again. With his a
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Big
1988 · Penny Marshall
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-yea
In common: Comedy · Drama · Fantasy
Cats
2019 · Tom Hooper
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
In common: Comedy · Drama · Fantasy
Haunted Mansion
2023 · Justin Simien
A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.
In common: Comedy · Drama · Fantasy
Being John Malkovich
1999 · Spike Jonze
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking
In common: Comedy · Drama · Fantasy
Donnie Darko
2001 · Richard Kelly
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
In common: Comedy · Drama · Fantasy
Black Knight
2001 · Gil Junger
Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After nearly drowning in the moat, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England.
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
13 Going on 30
2004 · Gary Winick
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some magic wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Midnight in Paris
2011 · Woody Allen
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
The Time Traveler's Wife
2009 · Robert Schwentke
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
In common: Drama · Fantasy
A Dog's Purpose
2017 · Lasse Hallström
A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.
In common: Comedy · Drama
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013 · Ben Stiller
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
In common: Comedy · Drama
About Time
2013 · Richard Curtis
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father reveals to him that the men in their family have the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can chang
In common: Drama · Fantasy
Ruby Sparks
2012 · Jonathan Dayton
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a cha
In common: Comedy · Drama · Fantasy
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989 · Don Bluth
When a casino-owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven. Wanting to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing s
In common: Comedy · Drama
A Dog's Will
2000 · Guel Arraes
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the
In common: Comedy · Drama · Fantasy
The Family Man
2000 · Brett Ratner
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college
In common: Comedy · Drama · Fantasy
Just My Luck
2006 · Donald Petrie
Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.
In common: Comedy · Drama · Family
Luca
2021 · Enrico Casarosa
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 t
In common: Comedy · Drama
Shallow Hal
2001 · Peter Farrelly
After taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection. But that all changes after Hal has an unexpected run-in with self-help guru Tony Robbins. Intrigue
In common: Comedy · Drama · Fantasy
Dark Shadows
2012 · Tim Burton
Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
The Addams Family
1991 · Barry Sonnenfeld
When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Mort
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Elf
2003 · Jon Favreau
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shak
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Good Fortune
2025 · Aziz Ansari
A well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker and a wealthy capitalist.
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Freaky Friday
2003 · Mark Waters
Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches the
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Nanny McPhee
2005 · Kirk Jones
Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Evan Almighty
2007 · Tom Shadyac
God contacts Junior Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Hocus Pocus
1993 · Kenny Ortega
After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' rei
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Addams Family Values
1993 · Barry Sonnenfeld
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, De
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010 · Susanna White
Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny discovers that the children are fighting
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Meet the Spartans
2008 · Jason Friedberg
The heroic Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag group of thirteen Spartans to defend their homeland against the invading Persians (whose ranks include Ghost Ri
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Doctor Dolittle
1998 · Betty Thomas
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is sud
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Tooth Fairy
2010 · Michael Lembeck
When minor-league hockey player Derek Thompson -- who has a penchant for knocking out his opponents' teeth every time he plays -- disillusions a fan, he is sentenced to a stint for one week as a bona
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Family Switch
2023 · McG
When the Walker family members switch bodies with each other during a rare planetary alignment, their hilarious journey to find their way back to normal will bring them closer together than they ever
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Ted 2
2015 · Seth MacFarlane
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Freakier Friday
2025 · Nisha Ganatra
Years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge, Tess a
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Ted
2012 · Seth MacFarlane
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Wonka
2023 · Paul King
Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Matilda
1996 · Danny DeVito
Matilda Wormwood is an brilliant and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, fail to see that fact. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loy
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
IF
2024 · John Krasinski
After discovering she can see everyone's imaginary friends, a girl embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten imaginary friends with their kids.
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Night at the Museum
2006 · Shawn Levy
Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibi
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Casper
1995 · Brad Silberling
Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat
In common: Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Army of Darkness
1992 · Sam Raimi
Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.
In common: Comedy · Fantasy
Moonwalker
1988 · Colin Chilvers
This fantastical movie inspired by the music of Michael Jackson features imaginative interpretations of hit tracks from the iconic 1987 album “Bad”.
In common: Fantasy