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10 Best Movies Like Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

If you loved Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders

Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders

2000★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade for fans of Family & Comedy & Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A cosmic case of flying saucers, intergalactic intrigue and out-of-this-world romance launches Scooby-Doo! and the Mystery Inc., Gang into their most unearthly adventure ever....

#2
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

2001★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade for fans of Family & Comedy & Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Principal Prickly gets his car stuck in a snowbank and decides it has to be the Recess gang's fault, but the teachers look back and remember all the good times they've had with T.J...

#3
Recess: School's Out

Recess: School's Out

2001★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade for fans of Family & Comedy & Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The school year is finally ending, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to summer. But boredom quickly sets in when his friends leave for camp — until T.J. uncovers an evil plot t...

#4
I Yabba-Dabba Do!

I Yabba-Dabba Do!

1993★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade for fans of Family & Comedy & Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A grown-up Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm decide to get married....

#5
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

2003★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade for fans of Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a...

#6
The Princess Switch: Switched Again

The Princess Switch: Switched Again

2020★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade for fans of Family & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When Duchess Margaret unexpectedly inherits the throne & hits a rough patch with Kevin, it’s up to Stacy to save the day before a new lookalike — party girl Fiona — foils their pla...