Movies like The Toy: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Toy (1982) — a comedy and family film directed by Richard Donner — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Toy most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like department store, rich kid and trophy wife. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Who's Minding the Store? 1963★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy
Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, doesn't know that his girlfriend, Barbara, is heir to the Tuttle Department Store dynasty. Mrs. Tuttle, Barbara's mother, is determined to split the two lovers, and hires Norman in an attempt to humiliate him enough that Barbara leaves him. Will she ruin their love, or will he ruin her store?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Little Big League 1994★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Family
When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. The newly minted head honcho quickly appoints himself manager, causing unrest in an organization that struggles to take orders from a 12-year-old.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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She-Devil 1989★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy
A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cheaper by the Dozen 2003★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Family
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Kate, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Daddy Day Care 2003★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Family
Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.
Stream in India on Netflix, Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Imagine That 2009★ 6.0
Shares: Family, Comedy
A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Thunderstruck 2012★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Family
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Jingle All the Way 1996★ 6.1
Shares: Family, Comedy
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cheaper by the Dozen 2 2005★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Family
The Baker family, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Blank Check 1994★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Family
Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston Waters is fed up with his family — especially their frugality. But he gets his chance to teach them a lesson when a money-laundering criminal nearly bulldozes Preston with his car and compensates the boy with a blank check. Preston makes the check out for $1 million and goes on a spending spree he'll never forget.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex 2013★ 7.8
Shares: Family, Comedy
While trying to prove to her family she can be mature and responsible, teen wizard Alex Russo conjures up a spell to rid herself of her bad qualities, unintentionally creating a Good and Evil Alex. When Evil Alex gets involved in a plan to take over the world by a dark wizard, Good Alex must find a way to save her family, humankind, and ultimately herself in an epic Good vs. Evil battle.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Summer Rental 1985★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Candy Cane Lane 2023★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Family
Determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, family man Chris makes a pact with an elf to help him out-do the competition. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, unleashing chaos on the small unsuspecting town.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Rookie of the Year 1993★ 6.2
Shares: Family, Comedy
When the cast comes off his once broken arm, a 12-year-old boy can throw a 100-mile-an-hour fastball, and the Chicago Cubs want him as their new pitcher.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer 2011★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Family
Third-grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Disaster Holiday 2024★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Family
A workaholic dad, trying to win over his kids, heads to the coast of Durban for a big work meeting — under the guise of a family road trip vacation.
Stream in India on Netflix
- 17
Casper Meets Wendy 1998★ 5.9
Shares: Family, Comedy
When a warlock threatens Wendy the Good Little Witch, she and her aunts hide out at a resort where Casper the Ghost is vacationing with his uncles. Although Casper and Wendy are told ghosts and witches don't get along, the two are kindred spirits! This spooky family-friendly adventure finds Casper and Wendy bridging the ghost-witch divide to battle the warlock who is intent on destroying Wendy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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To Grandmother's House We Go 1992★ 6.5
Shares: Family, Comedy
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 way.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Switching Channels 1988★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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I'll Be Home for Christmas 1998★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Family
Estranged from his father, college student Jake is lured home to New York for Christmas with the promise of receiving a classic Porsche as a gift. When the bullying football team dumps him in the desert in a Santa suit, Jake is left without identification or money to help him make the journey. Meanwhile, his girlfriend, Allie, does not know where he is, and accepts a cross-country ride from Jake's rival, Eddie.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now