Movies Like Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is a 2022 animation, comedy, family film from Luke Cormican with a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever.

Animation Comedy Family

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

2021

Greg Heffley is a scrawny but ambitious kid with an active imagination and big plans to be rich and famous – he just has to survive middle school first.

6.2

MagicScore

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever

2023

A hilarious and heartfelt holiday tale centered around everyone's favorite disaster-prone middle school student, Greg Heffley, which finds him desperately fighting to stay off Santa's naughty list as the family prepares for a major winter snowstorm.

6.5

MagicScore

The Bad Guys 2

2025

The now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.

7.6

MagicScore

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

2019

As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.

7.8

MagicScore

Paddington 2

2017

Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.

7.5

MagicScore

Freakier Friday

2025

Years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover lightning might indeed strike twice.

6.8

MagicScore

Mary Poppins Returns

2018

Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.

6.5

MagicScore

Bambi II

2006

Return to the forest and join Bambi as he reunites with his father, The Great Prince, who must now raise the young fawn on his own. But in the adventure of a lifetime, the proud parent discovers there is much he can learn from his spirited young son.

6.5

MagicScore

The Cheetah Girls 2

2006

Best friends Galleria, Chanel, Dorinda, and Aqua, A.K.A. the girl band "The Cheetahs," get the opportunity of a lifetime when they strut their way to Barcelona, Spain, to perform in an international music festival. Along the way, the "amigas Cheetahs" learn that, although their paths are not the same, they are lucky to have one another for the journey.

6.3

MagicScore

#10

School of Magical Animals 3

2024

Ida wants to perform with her class at the annual Forest Day to campaign for the protection of the local forest. Even Helene is there, as she hopes to use the footage of the performance to build up her influencer channel. What nobody knows is that Helene's family is on the verge of bankruptcy and Helene urgently needs followers to avert the threat of bankruptcy. Helene is also under pressure from the high expectations of her magical animal, Karajan the cat from Paris, who imagines a life of pure luxury.

6.2

MagicScore

#11

The Cheetah Girls: One World

2008

Chanel, Dorinda, and Aqua are off to India to star in a Bollywood movie. But when they discover that they will have to compete against each other to get the role in the movie, will the Cheetahs break up again?

6.1

MagicScore

#12

Fantastic Return to Oz

2019

A year to the day after Dorothy and the people of the Emerald City defeated Urfin Jus, the villain is trying to exact his revenge. To command the army of Carraci, however, Urfin needs not only the magic book, but also Dorothy’s silver slippers. The slippers are safely hidden away in Dorothy’s house. Unfortunately, Dorothy’s guest, Tim, is overcome by curiosity and picks up the shoes, accidentally transporting himself, Dorothy and the slippers to the Land of Oz. The Emerald City and its citizens are in danger once again.

5.4

MagicScore

#13

Love Begins

2011

Clark Davis adventurous dreams of seeing the world are put into jeopardy after he and a friend start a fight which damages a local cafe. Through a plea deal with the Sheriff and café owner Millie, Clark works off his sentence as a farmhand for the Barlow sisters, Ellen and Cassie. Older sister Ellen doesnt understand Cassies friendly nature with Clark; she agreed to the Sheriffs offer only because the farm has become too much to maintain alone. Clark is slowing winning Ellen over, but suddenly suffers a traumatic head injury in a fall. After Ellen nurses him back to health, her former fiancé returns to win her back. Will Clark travel on or stay behind where love begins?

7.9

MagicScore

#14

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid

2023

Finally, the day of Mai's high school graduation has arrived. While Sakuta eagerly waits for his girlfriend, an elementary schooler who looks exactly like her appears before him. Suspicious, and for all the wrong reasons... Meanwhile, Sakuta and Kaede's father suddenly calls, saying that their mother wants to see her daughter. She was hospitalized because Kaede's condition had been too much for her to bear, so what could she possibly want now?

7.7

MagicScore

#15

The Wedding Veil Inspiration

2023

Emma's plans get thrown off course when Paolo returns to Italy to take care of his father and she discovers a new passion for making art accessible to all.

7.5

MagicScore

#16

The Wedding Veil Expectations

2023

Avery and Peter try to keep the romance alive while renovating the old house they bought and juggling work, but everything takes on a new perspective when they get some news they’ve been hoping for.

7.2

MagicScore

#17

The Devil Wears Prada 2

2026

Andy Sachs returns to Runway as Miranda Priestly navigates a new media landscape and Runway's position within. The duo reconnect with former assistant Emily Charlton, now the head of a luxury brand that possesses funding which could ensure Runway's survival.

7.0

MagicScore

#18

Love's Unending Legacy

2007

Missie three years later: being a single mother after her husband Willie was shot during a poker scuffle. She and Maddy move back in with her parents Clark and Marty. She finds a new home, and finds a new teaching position that she settles right into, but Missie has lost all faith in herself, until a chance encounter at her father's church where she adopts homeless orphan Belinda Marshall.

7.0

MagicScore

#19

T2 Trainspotting

2017

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.

6.9

MagicScore

#20

Sidelined 2: Intercepted

2025

Freshman star quarterback Drayton struggles with the weight of expectations after a devastating setback, while dancer Dallas begins to question the future she thought she wanted. As their high school relationship begins to unravel under the pressures of distance and self-discovery, they’ll learn that the bravest versions of themselves emerge when they let life redirect them.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules?

The top films similar to Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by MovieMagicScore are Diary of a Wimpy Kid (6.2), Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever (6.5), The Bad Guys 2 (7.6). Each shares animation/comedy/family themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules worth watching?

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10 from 176 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules?

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022) is a animation, comedy, family film directed by Luke Cormican, starring Brady Noon, Ethan William Childress, Hunter Dillon.

Where can I find more recommendations like Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules?

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This ranked list pairs Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022), a animation and comedy and family film from Luke Cormican, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Brady Noon take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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