Movies like SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary? (2005)
The best movies like SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary? (2005) are Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!) (1980), Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (2011) and Recess: All Growed Down (2003). If SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary? hooked you with its comedy and animation, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedHey Arnold! The Jungle Movie (2018)7.6/10 from 204 votes
- NewestThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025)Released 2025
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!) (1980)
Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty and Marcie travel to France as foreign exchange students. Also along is Snoopy and Woodstock. While everyone is excited about the opportunity to travel to a foreign country, Charlie is disturbed by a letter he receives from a mysterious girl from France who invites him as a her guest only to find that he does not seem welcomed to her Chateau.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHappiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (2011)
Linus is pushed to his limits when he learns Grandma is coming to visit and plans on ridding him of his childish security blanket.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRecess: All Growed Down (2003)
T.J. and The Recess Gang are kidnapped by the Third Street School's kindergartners, who are in turn being bullied by a new kid in their class.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman - Rage of Atlantis (2018)
Aquaman must battle foes in the air, on land and in the depths of the Seven Seas, along with some help from The Justice League, to save the day.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHey Arnold! The Jungle Movie (2018)
When their trip to San Lorenzo takes a turn for the worst, Arnold and his classmate’s only hope of getting home is retracing the dangerous path that led to Arnold's parents' disappearance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPets United (2019)
When Roger (a Robin Hood-esque, stray dog) and Belle (an elegant yet spoilt pet cat) are thrown together amidst the chaos of a robot take-over of their home city, they must push all their preconceptions aside in order to survive, as they embark on a high-stakes, action-packed adventure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisClifford's Really Big Movie (2004)
Fearing that he costs too much to feed, Clifford decides to join a traveling carnival so he can enter a talent contest in hopes of winning a lifetime supply of Tummy Yummies treats. Joined by his friends Cleo and T-Bone, Clifford meets up with Shackleford the High-Flying Ferret and Rodrigo Chihuahua of Steel, as they work together to turn a broken-down act into a record-breaking show.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997)
When Toaster and the gang spark friendships with the playful animals at the veterinary hospital, they soon discover their new pals are about to be sent to a testing laboratory.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRugrats Go Wild (2003)
When the Rugrats find themselves stranded on a deserted island, they meet the Thornberrys, a family who agrees to help them escape.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fox and the Hound 2 (2006)
Best friends Tod, a fox kit, and Copper, a hound puppy, visit a country fair when they see a band of dogs called "The Singin' Strays". The band has five members: Dixie, Cash, Granny Rose, and twin brothers Waylon and Floyd. It is important that they perform well because a talent scout is visiting.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSnoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin (2024)
Franklin is new to town and hoping to make friends, but his usual tactics don't work on the Peanuts gang. When the Soap Box Derby arrives, he's sure it's a chance to impress new pals and teams up with the only other unpartnered kid: Charlie Brown.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMinions & More Volume 1 (2022)
This collection of 10 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Puppy (2013); Minion Scouts (2019); Training Wheels (2013); The Secret Life of Kyle (2017); Santa's Little Helpers (2019). From the "Grinch" franchise: The Dog Days of Winter (2019). From the "Secret Life of Pets" franchise: Norman Television (2016); Weenie (2016). From the "Sing" franchise: Love at First Sight (2017). From the "Lorax" franchise: Forces of Nature (2012).
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Loud House Movie (2021)
The Loud family travel to Scotland and discover they are descendants of Scottish royalty as they move into their giant ancestral castle.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPhineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)
Phineas and Ferb travel across the galaxy to rescue their older sister Candace, who has been abducted by aliens and taken to a utopia in a far-off planet, free of her pesky little brothers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025)
Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman – a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate – on a seafaring adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Monkey King (2023)
A stick-wielding monkey teams with a young girl on an epic quest for immortality, battling demons, dragons, gods — and his own ego — along the way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue (2024)
Family frenemies, Gracie and Pedro, must put their differences aside, embarking on a thrilling quest packed with perilous escapades in order to reunite with their owners.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024)
When Bikini Bottom is scooped from the ocean, scientific squirrel Sandy Cheeks and her pal SpongeBob SquarePants saddle up for Texas to save their town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwo by Two: Overboard! (2020)
Two misfit castaways struggle to reunite an unorthodox family, out-run a volcano, and negotiate a peace deal on a creaking Ark.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDennis the Menace (1993)
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
There's trouble brewing in Bikini Bottom. Someone has stolen King Neptune's crown, and it looks like Mr. Krab, SpongeBob's boss, is the culprit. Though he's just been passed over for the promotion of his dreams, SpongeBob stands by his boss, and along with his best pal Patrick, sets out on a treacherous mission to Shell City to reclaim the crown and save Mr. Krab's life.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus (2009)
Prepare to be blown back on your tail fins! Visit the Bikini Bottom Symphony, check out the Chum Bucket's Rome-antic new look, see SpongeBob's take on normal, hear Plankton's new band, the Patty Stealers, take a trip to the Nautical Museum and more!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & comedy
It's a SpongeBob Christmas! (2012)
At Christmastime in Bikini Bottom, everyone's excited except Plankton, who always gets a lump of coal from Santa. But he vows this year he'll finally get his wish – the Krabby Patty formula! And it won't be by being good. He's gonna make everyone in Bikini Bottom bad!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family & animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSpongeBob's Frozen Face-Off (2012)
All of Bikini Bottom enters a sleigh race to win $1 million. While racing, they are attacked by the abominable snow mollusk. Plankton takes advantage of everyone being gone to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family & animation
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand (2010)
In the never-before seen special episode, "SpongeBob's Last Stand", all chaos breaks loose in Bikini Bottom when SpongeBob and Patrick hear that a new highway will be running through Jellyfish fields, outraged they decide to protest; SpongeBob style.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family & animation
The 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: Similar story and style · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric (2004)
It's twice the underwater hilarity in a double-length feature episode with SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward as three pioneering sea dwellers in the time before comedy (BC). "SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric" includes a double-length episode plus eight bonus episodes: SpongeBob BC, Nature Pants, Fools in April, I'm with Stupid, Patty Hype, Squid on Strike, The Great Snail Race, Plankton's Arm, and Squilliam Returns.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & family
SpongeBob SquarePants: Viking-sized Adventures (2010)
Dive in to hilarity when SpongeBob learns about the Vikings - right from the source, Squidward is banned from his lodge, SpongeBob and Patrick fill in for their heroes at an event, Captain Redbeard gets a surprise from his grandson, Mr. Krabs, and more!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & family
VeggieTales: Veggies In Space - The Fennel Frontier (2014)
Join Captain Cuke (Larry the Cucumber) and his loyal first officer, Mr. Spork (Bob the Tomato), as they embark on an out of this world adventure to bravely travel where no Veggie has ever been. The entire USS Applepies crew takes on Luntar the Looter, a power stealing space pirate, but they’re in for a big surprise when they find out what’s motivating him!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & family
Spongebob Squarepants: Deep-Sea Games (2014)
12 more wacky adventures featuring the kind-hearted sea sponge and his friends Squidward, Mr Krabs, Patrick the Starfish, and Sandy the Squirrel. The episodes are: 'Extreme Spots', 'The Fry Cook Games', 'Karate Choppers', 'A Friendly Game', 'Jellyfishing', 'Demolition Doofus', 'Shuffleboarding', 'Krusty Krushers', 'A Life in the Day', 'The Hot Shot', 'Prehibernation Week' and 'Musclebob Buffpants'.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary??
The closest matches to SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary? are Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!) (1980), Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (2011) and Recess: All Growed Down (2003). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary??
Start with Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!) (1980), the closest match to SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary?.
What is the highest-rated movie like SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary??
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie (2018), rated 7.6/10 by 204 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary??
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary??
Yes: Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!) (1980), Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (2011) and Recess: All Growed Down (2003).
How are movies similar to SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary? chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary?, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.