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10 Best Movies Like Problem Child

If you loved Problem Child, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Problem Child 2

Problem Child 2

1991★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Problem Child for fans of Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junior, and sabotages each of his d...

#2
Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace

1993★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Problem Child for fans of Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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...

#3
Annie

Annie

2014★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Problem Child for fans of Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd...

#4
The Boxtrolls

The Boxtrolls

2014★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Problem Child for fans of Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald S...

#5
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Problem Child for fans of Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellb...

#6
The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Problem Child for fans of Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother....

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