Movies like Daddy Day Camp (2007)
The best movies like Daddy Day Camp (2007) are Camp Nowhere (1994), Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977) and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005). If Daddy Day Camp hooked you with its family and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedYES DAY (2021)6.7/10 from 1,338 votes
- NewestDiary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (2025)Released 2025
Camp Nowhere (1994)
Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything to get out of it. Talking to his friends, he realizes that they are all facing the same sentence: a boring summer camp. Together with his friends, he hatches a plan to trick all the parents into sending them to a camp of their own design.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRace for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
The Peanuts gang, including Snoopy and Woodstock, have gone off to summer camp. After a few days of the usual activities, they all participate in a river-rafting race. Battling treacherous rapids, wild animals and cheating bullies from a rival tent, the teams make their way downriver to the finish line.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
The Baker family, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDiary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (2025)
When laidback Greg finds himself at odds with his dad's outsized expectations, pressure builds to turn his act around. After a series of hilarious near disasters, Greg's dad presents him with an ultimatum that just might challenge his wimpy ways for good.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWoody Woodpecker Goes to Camp (2024)
After getting kicked out of the forest, Woody thinks he's found a forever home at Camp Woo Hoo — until an inspector threatens to shut down the camp.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJudy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)
Third-grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisYES DAY (2021)
A mom and dad who usually say no decide to say yes to their kids' wildest requests — with a few ground rules — on a whirlwind day of fun and adventure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRV (2006)
Climbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the Munro family – led by dysfunctional patriarch, Bob – prepares for the adventure of a lifetime. But spending two weeks together in one seriously small space has a way of cramping their style.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisDiary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)
Wimpy Greg Heffley, now in seventh grade, thinks he has it all together. He has mastered middle school and gotten rid of the Cheese Touch. However, Greg's older brother, Rodrick, is itching to cut him down to size. He gets the perfect opportunity when their mother tries to force the boys to bond. Rodrick may be Greg's chief tormentor, but he feels his constant pranks are just what his little brother needs to prepare him for life's hard knocks.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDaddy Day Care (2003)
Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisThunderstruck (2012)
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Air Up There (1994)
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Main Event (2020)
An 11-year-old aspiring wrestler enters a competition to become the next WWE superstar by using special powers from a magical mask.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe War with Grandpa (2020)
Peter is thrilled that his Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves into Peter's room, forcing him upstairs into the creepy attic. And though he loves his Grandpa, he wants his room back - so he has no choice but to declare war.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDespicable Me 3 (2017)
Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCadet Kelly (2002)
Hyperactive teenager Kelly is enrolled into a military school when her new stepfather becomes the Commandant. At first she has problems fitting in and taking orders until she tries out for the drill team.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGrudge Match (2013)
A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCamp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010)
Mitchie can't wait to go back to Camp Rock and spend the summer making new music with her friends and superstar Shane Gray. But the slick new camp across the lake, Camp Star, has drummed up some serious competition – featuring newcomers Luke and Dana. In a sensational battle of the bands, with Camp Rock's future at stake, will Camp Star's flashy production and over-the-top antics win out, or will Camp Rockers prove that music, teamwork, and spirit are what truly matter?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSummer Rental (1985)
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCare Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)
True Heart Bear and Noble Heart Horse touch down on Earth to boost the spirits of some unhappy kids at summer camp. But the evil Dark Heart has other plans, and convinces one of the campers to help him capture the Care Bears.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIce Age: Collision Course (2016)
Set after the events of Continental Drift, Scrat's epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, Manny, Sid, Diego, and the rest of the herd leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills and spills, highs and lows, laughter and adventure while traveling to exotic new lands and locations.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFamily Plan (1997)
A bumbling guy takes a group of orphans to summer camp.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & family
Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
Just when George Banks has recovered from his daughter's wedding, he receives the news that she's pregnant ... and that George's wife is expecting too. He was planning on selling their home, but that's a plan that—like George—will have to change with the arrival of both a grandchild and a kid of his own.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHigh School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
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.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Next Karate Kid (1994)
Mr. Miyagi decides to take Julie, a troubled teenager, under his wing after he learns that she blames herself for her parents' demise and struggles to adjust with her grandmother and fellow pupils.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
SnoozefestMovies like thisAladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)
Legendary secrets are revealed as Aladdin and his friends—Jasmine, Abu, Carpet and, of course, the always entertaining Genie—face all sorts of terrifying threats and make some exciting last-minute escapes pursuing the King Of Thieves and his villainous crew.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSeed of Chucky (2004)
This time around, Chucky and his homicidal honey, Tiffany, are brought back to life by their orphan offspring, Glen. Then the horror goes Hollywood as Chucky unleashes his own brand of murderous mayhem!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisOlappeeppi (2016)
Olappeeppi portrays the story of an ordinary Malayali family and the changes in the socio-economic scene in Kerala from 1970's to the 2000's . As the name suggests, its about colours of the past, taking us to that era along with a boy named Unni and his grandmother.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)
The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami Beach for Commandant Lassard to be honored with a prestigious lifetime award pending his retirement. Things take a turn when Lassard unknowingly ends up in possession of stolen diamonds from a jewel heist.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSpookley and the Christmas Kittens (2019)
Spookley and Mistletoe encounter three stray kittens for whom they must brave a raging winter storm to find a home.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Daddy Day Camp?
The closest matches to Daddy Day Camp are Camp Nowhere (1994), Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977) and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Daddy Day Camp?
Start with Camp Nowhere (1994), the closest match to Daddy Day Camp.
What is the highest-rated movie like Daddy Day Camp?
YES DAY (2021), rated 6.7/10 by 1,338 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Daddy Day Camp?
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Daddy Day Camp?
Yes: Camp Nowhere (1994), Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977) and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005).
How are movies similar to Daddy Day Camp chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Daddy Day Camp, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.