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10 Best Movies Like Rent-a-Kid

If you loved Rent-a-Kid, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Genius

Genius

1999★ 6.4

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

Charlie Boyle finds that even his high IQ can't solve all of his problems when he takes on a double life in order to make friends his own age....

#2
Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh

Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh

2008★ 7.3

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

Step brothers Drake and Josh must give a foster family the best Christmas ever or face years in jail for a Christmas party gone wrong....

#3
iCarly: iGo to Japan

iCarly: iGo to Japan

2008★ 6.8

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

Carly, Sam and Freddie kick off their adventure in Japan on a tin can of a plane packed with caged possums and piloted by Spencer's odd acquaintance....

#4
Cadet Kelly

Cadet Kelly

2002★ 6.2

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

Hyperactive teenager Kelly is enrolled into a military school when her new stepfather becomes the Commandant. At first she has problems fitting in and taking orders until she tries...

#5
To Grandmother's House We Go

To Grandmother's House We Go

1992★ 6.5

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

When precocious twins Sarah and Julie feel like Mom is tired of them, they take off on an exciting adventure to their grandmother's house and encounter a pair of villains along the...

#6
Adventures in Babysitting

Adventures in Babysitting

2016★ 7.2

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

Two teen rival babysitters, Jenny and Lola, team up to hunt down one of their kids who accidentally ran away into the big city without any supervision....

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