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10 Best Movies Like Despicable Me

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

#1
Despicable Me 2

Despicable Me 2

2013★ 6.9

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

Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal....

#2
Oz the Great and Powerful

Oz the Great and Powerful

2013★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Despicable Me for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save ...

#3
Despicable Me 3

Despicable Me 3

2017★ 6.5

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

Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination....

#4
Wreck-It Ralph

Wreck-It Ralph

2012★ 7.4

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

Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting t...

#5
Ice Age: Continental Drift

Ice Age: Continental Drift

2012★ 6.4

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

Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore...

#6
Avatar

Avatar

2009★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Despicable Me for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization....