Best movies like Pixels
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Plot Summary:
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 156000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, exciting, semi serious, cute, parody, light, romantic, retro
Best tv shows and movies like Pixels (2015):
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Suburban Commando (1991)
Plot Summary:
Shep Ramsey is an interstellar hero, righting wrongs, etc. His ship is damaged after a fight with an interstellar nasty and he must hide out on Earth until it can recharge. He leaves his power suit at home, but still finds himself unable to allow wrongs to go unrighted and so mixes it up with bad drivers, offensive paperboys, muggers and the like.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, intense, semi serious, melancholic, cult classic, slapstick comedy, futuristic, independent film
Similar in 87%
Level Up (2011)
Plot Summary:
Four very different high school teenagers battle trolls, ghouls and a dark leader of them named Maldark in a video game that goes haywire and releases the battle into the real world (IMDb.com).
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 822
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, tense, witty, semi serious
Similar in 81%
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
Plot Summary:
When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 206000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, funny, captivating, contemplative, spooky, tense, suspenseful, suspense, horror comedy
Similar in 86%
Double Dragon (1994)
Plot Summary:
Set 15 years in the future in post-earthquake California, where San Diego and Los Angeles are merged into one city, two teenage brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader named Bo Abobo has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power of the magical Double Dragon medallion.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France, Denmark
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, exciting, funny, light, suspense, slasher, hood, light hearted, independent film
Similar in 76%
The Watch (2012)
Plot Summary:
Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood - and the world - from total extermination.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 132000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd, not serious, light, hilarious, surprise ending, surreal, stylized
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Small Soldiers (1998)
Plot Summary:
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 104000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, exciting, light, intense, semi serious, funny, entertaining, stylized, parody
Similar in 81%
Evolution (2001)
Plot Summary:
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the only people standing between the aliens and world domination... which could be bad news for the Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 135000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd, light, not serious, stylized, exciting, epic, black comedy
Similar in 83%
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Plot Summary:
'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy homage to science fiction films of the '50s and '60s.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 240000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: parody, dark comedy, absurd, humorous, spoof, futuristic, funny, black comedy, stylized, melancholic
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Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Plot Summary:
Autobots and Decepticons are at war, with humans on the sidelines. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 166000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, action adventure, anamorphic, epic, saga, scenic, mecha, smart, cyber
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Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Plot Summary:
Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Japan, France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, exciting, cult classic, parody, funny, light, grindhouse
Similar in 78%
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
Plot Summary:
The four turtles travel back in time to the days of the legendary and deadly samurai in ancient Japan, where they train to perfect the art of becoming one. The turtles also assist a small village in an uprising.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, light, grindhouse, cult classic, action packed, light hearted, independent film, feel good, humorous, stylized
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
Plot Summary:
After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hong Kong, China
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: absurd, psychotronic, humorous, anamorphic, exciting, captivating, funny, scenic, action adventure, black comedy
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Ant-Man (2015)
Plot Summary:
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 710000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, light, humorous, witty, serious, funny, psychotronic, epic, saga
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Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 173000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, exciting, light, computer animated, 3d animation, semi serious, fairy tale
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Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Plot Summary:
We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 187000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, entertaining, suspense, saga, apocalyptic, action adventure, parody, romantic, epic
Similar in 79%
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Plot Summary:
As humanity picks up the pieces, following the conclusion of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," Autobots and Decepticons have all but vanished from the face of the planet. However, a group of powerful, ingenious businessman and scientists attempt to learn from past Transformer incursions and push the boundaries of technology beyond what they can control - all while an ancient, powerful Transformer menace sets Earth in his cross-hairs.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 328000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, humorous, action packed, psychotronic, suspense, saga, action adventure, scenic, mecha
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Free Guy (2021)
Plot Summary:
A bank teller realizes he's a background character in an open world action game.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 410000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, heroic, captivating, exciting, feel good, uplifting, action comedy, surprise ending, fairy tale
Similar in 86%
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Plot Summary:
Sonic and the gang must team up to fight Dr. Eggman.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 155000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, funny, light, feel good, captivating, fairy tale, anime, visual, cult classic, surprise ending
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The Avengers (2012)
Plot Summary:
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 14000000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: exciting, heroic, epic, entertaining, humorous, action packed, captivating, saga, visual, visually stunning
Similar in 81%
Spy Kids (2001)
Plot Summary:
Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their children. Now, the disappearances of several of their old colleagues forces the Cortez' return from retirement. What they didn't count on was Carmen and Juni joining the "family business.".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, teen, action adventure, colorful, spy comedy, light, funny, feel good, ironic
Similar in 85%
Zoom (2006)
Plot Summary:
Jack Shepard is an out-of-shape auto shop owner, far removed from the man who once protected the world's freedom. Reluctantly called back into action by the government, Jack is tasked with turning a ragtag group of kids with special powers into a new generation of superheroes to save the world from certain destruction.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, feel good, semi serious, teen, action adventure, exciting, melancholic, idiotic, ridiculous
Similar in 83%
Power Rangers (2017)
Plot Summary:
Saban's Power Rangers follows five ordinary teens who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so, they will have to overcome their real-life issues and before it’s too late, band together as the Power Rangers.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: mecha, psychotronic, colorful, super sentai, epic, scenic, controversial, black comedy, dark comedy, surprise ending
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Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Plot Summary:
Thor is on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the prophecy of destruction to his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 801000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: entertaining, action comedy, funny, saga, action adventure, epic, stylized, exciting, dark fantasy, atmospheric
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Battleship (2012)
Plot Summary:
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential his brother, and his fiancée's father, Admiral Shane, expect of him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 255000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, entertaining, futuristic, apocalyptic, action packed, psychotronic, inspirational, mockbuster, anamorphic
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 275000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, action packed, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, action adventure, epic, saga, humorous, intellectual
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The Last Starfighter (1984)
Plot Summary:
A video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the attack.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, cult classic, light, entertaining, semi serious, retro, epic, anamorphic, mindfuck, humorous
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Ghostbusters (1984)
Plot Summary:
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 437000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, parody, entertaining, light, cult classic, scary, not serious, horror comedy, art deco
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Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
Plot Summary:
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 to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz who has learned that her game is faced with a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph may have inadvertently started.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 450000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, sweet, not serious, 3d animation, feel good, computer animated, touching, fairy tale, exciting, light
Similar in 77%
Transformers (2007)
Plot Summary:
Young teenager, Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 667000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: action packed, entertaining, saga, action adventure, mecha, exciting, breathtaking, anamorphic, cult classic, sentimental
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Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)
Plot Summary:
During a post-Christmas play date, the gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It's all up to Trixie, the triceratops, if the gang hopes to return to Bonnie's room in this Toy Story That Time Forgot.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, sweet, christmas special, entertaining, light, exciting, feel good, semi serious, stylized, fairy tale