Movies like Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
The best movies like Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) are Home (2015), The Boss Baby (2017) and Big Hero 6 (2014). If Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie 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 ratedRegular Show: The Movie (2015)7.9/10 from 455 votes
- NewestLEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition (2024)Released 2024
Home (2015)
When Earth is taken over by the overly-confident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated, while all Boov get busy reorganizing the planet. But when one resourceful girl, Tip, manages to avoid capture, she finds herself the accidental accomplice of a banished Boov named Oh. The two fugitives realize there’s a lot more at stake than intergalactic relations as they embark on the road trip of a lifetime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Boss Baby (2017)
A story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 year old named Tim.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBig Hero 6 (2014)
A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Incredibles (2004)
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMegamind (2010)
After Megamind, a highly intelligent alien supervillain, defeats his long-time nemesis Metro Man, Megamind creates a new hero to fight, but must act to save the city when his "creation" becomes an even worse villain than he was.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIncredibles 2 (2018)
Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three children.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Lego Movie (2014)
An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from conquering the universe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDespicable Me (2010)
Determined to prove he's the world's greatest supervillain, Gru hatches an audacious plan to steal the Moon. To pull it off, he adopts three orphaned girls—Margo, Edith, and Agnes—intending to use them as pawns in his scheme. But the unexpected bond they form forces him to question the criminal life he's always known.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMonsters vs Aliens (2009)
When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMeet the Robinsons (2007)
Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in an orphanage. Things take a turn when he meets Wilbur Robinson and his family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition (2024)
A young, aspiring hero and superhero fan inadvertently unleashes a powerful new villain looking to rid the world of the Avengers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDC League of Super-Pets (2022)
When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto the Super-Dog must convince a rag-tag shelter pack - Ace the hound, PB the potbellied pig, Merton the turtle and Chip the squirrel - to master their own newfound powers and help him rescue the superheroes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPhineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel (2013)
Phineas and Ferb team up with the Avengers to save the world from Dr. Doofenshmirtz and a group of dangerous supervillains.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
Evil pirate Burger Beard is in search of the final page of a magical book that makes any evil plan he writes in it come true, but the final page happens to be the Krabby Patty secret formula. When Burger Beard endangers Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Squidward, Sandy, and Plankton must embark on a quest to retrieve the recipe and save their city...a quest that takes them to the surface world and transforms them into superheroes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023)
A magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City and gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The Mighty Pups.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert disaster. Can he regain control of the machine and put an end to the wild weather before the town is destroyed?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Emoji Movie (2017)
Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisTrolls (2016)
After the monstrous Bergens invade Troll Village, Princess Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and overly-cautious, curmudgeonly outcast Branch set off on a journey to rescue her friends. Their mission is full of adventure and mishaps, as this mismatched duo try to tolerate each other long enough to get the job done.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSnoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie (2023)
Quiet, kindhearted introvert Marcie has lots of brilliant ideas to help her friends achieve goals and solve problems. But when the world takes notice and the spotlight lands on her, sharing those ideas becomes a challenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Chicken Little (2005)
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisKung Fu Panda (2008)
Chosen by prophecy but doubted by all, Po is an unlikely choice for the mystical title of the Dragon Warrior—a clumsy panda thrust into the world of kung fu as a deadly enemy threatens the Valley of Peace. Under reluctant guidance by Master Shifu and the Furious Five, Po must embrace who he is to unlock the power that no scroll can teach.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Peanuts Movie (2015)
Born loser Charlie Brown’s ordinary winter is turned upside down when the Little Red-Haired Girl arrives at school. Determined to impress her, the insecure and accident-prone Charlie Brown tries to become a winner through a series of hilarious attempts. Meanwhile, his loyal dog Snoopy takes to the skies as he writes a larger-than life story about his arch-nemesis—The Red Baron.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRobots (2005)
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Bigweld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)
After destroying the city of Townsville in a game of tag, a trio of superpowered little girls must redeem themselves by stopping a vengeful monkey's plot for world domination.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-machine is stolen and moments in history begin to be changed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRegular Show: The Movie (2015)
After a high school lab experiment goes horribly wrong, Mordecai and Rigby must go back in time to battle an evil volleyball coach in order to save the universe — and their friendship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisBling (2016)
Lowly theme park mechanic Sam dreams about his childhood sweetheart Sue. With the mistaken belief that only a bling ring can win the girl of his dreams, Sam plans the most perfect night to propose to his one true love. But when super villain Oscar shows up with his own evil ring that could destroy the city, Sam’s plans are thrown into utter disarray. Mistaking each other’s rings for their own, Sam teams up with his robot super heroes to track down his engagement ring and save the city… learning that it’s not about the size of the bling, but the size of your heart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & animation
Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury (2014)
The film ' Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury ' is a sequel to the Danish superhero film Antboy, based on the books by Kenneth Bøgh Andersen. The story is again on the ordinary Danish boy Pelle, who secretly fights crime as a superhero Antboy. In the first film, he made short work of the super villain flea , now tucked away on the local insane clinic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSuperwho? (2022)
A struggling actor seems doomed to live life as a loser. When he finally snatches a lead role as a superhero named “Badman,” he feels like everything is possible, but fate strikes again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2018)
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang meet up with Batman and other friends to defeat evil villains and save the day.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie?
The closest matches to Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie are Home (2015), The Boss Baby (2017) and Big Hero 6 (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie?
People who watched Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie most often go on to Home (2015), The Boss Baby (2017) and Big Hero 6 (2014).
What is the highest-rated movie like Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie?
Regular Show: The Movie (2015), rated 7.9/10 by 455 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie?
LEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie?
Yes: Home (2015), The Boss Baby (2017) and Big Hero 6 (2014).
How are movies similar to Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.