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Movies that feel likeFree Guy (2021)

A bank teller discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and decides to become the hero of his own story. Now, in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way before it's too late.

If you loved Free Guy, the closest films we have are The Adam Project (2022), Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022). All three share Free Guy's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Rose Island (2020).

🍅 80% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Shawn Levywittyplayfulepiccerebral
9 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Disney Plus · Paramount Plus Premium

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The Adam Project
2022 · dir. Shawn Levy
🍅 68%★ 6.7adventure · science fiction · comedyNetflix

Levy and Reynolds again — quips wrapped around a surprisingly soft heart

The difference: Time-travel family drama — the game-world invention is gone

After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.

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Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 · dir. Shawn Levy
🍅 77%★ 7.5action · comedy · science fictionDisney+

Reynolds cranking meta jokes about the machinery he is trapped inside

The difference: R-rated and gory — the sweetness is buried under bloodshed and cameos

A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.

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🍅 95%★ 6.9comedy · science fiction · adventureDisney+

Both land wit and play at once

On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present.

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Paul
2011 · dir. Greg Mottola
🍅 70%★ 6.9adventure · comedy · science fictionPeacock

The same mix in both: scale, then ideas

For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.

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Hot Tub Time Machine
2010 · dir. Steve Pink
🍅 64%★ 6.4science fiction · comedy · adventure

A ridiculous sci-fi premise ridden hard for jokes, logic optional

The difference: Raunchy and nostalgic-crude — no earnest streak underneath

Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Nick is a henpecked husband, and Jacob does nothing but play video games in his basement. But they get a chance to brighten their future by changing their past after a night of heavy drinking in a ski-resort hot tub results in their waking up in 1986.

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Date Night
2010 · dir. Shawn Levy
🍅 67%★ 6.3comedy · action · adventureStarz

An ordinary nobody yanked into an action plot far over their head

The difference: A grounded mistaken-identity farce — no sci-fi hook at all

Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves—and now a number of unsavoury characters want Phil and Claire killed.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014 · dir. Jonathan Liebesman
🍅 20%★ 5.8science fiction · action · adventureParamount+

Wisecracking heroes in a loud CG spectacle built for the crowd

The difference: Grim-gritty reboot sheen — the humor fights the murky action

When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.

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Back to the Future Part III
1990 · dir. Robert Zemeckis
🍅 79%★ 7.5adventure · comedy · science fiction

High-concept rules bent into a warm, crowd-pleasing adventure

The difference: A western detour for an existing trilogy — you need the first two

The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.

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Men in Black: International
2019 · dir. F. Gary Gray
🍅 23%★ 5.6comedy · science fiction · actionParamount+Starz

A slick comic adventure gliding on banter and gadget spectacle

The difference: Franchise autopilot — charm without a single fresh idea

The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization.

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Pixels
2015 · dir. Chris Columbus
🍅 18%★ 5.6action · comedy · science fictionPeacock

Video-game logic invading the real world at blockbuster scale

The difference: The gags land far less often — a concept in search of a script

Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

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Barbarella
1968 · dir. Roger Vadim
🍅 64%★ 5.9science fiction · adventure · comedy

Witty comedy in both cases

The difference: 53 years apart, and the 1960s show

In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.

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Rose Island
2020 · dir. Sydney Sibilia
🍅 75%★ 7comedy · adventureNetflix

One stubborn optimist builds his own world and dares reality to object

The difference: A true-story Italian comedy — modest scale, no digital spectacle

In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called "The Isle of Roses" off the coast of Rimini, built on a platform outside the territorial waters, with Esperanto as the official language. The Italian authorities did not take it well because the micronation was seen as an expedient to not pay taxes on the revenues obtained thanks to the arrival of numerous tourists and curious people.

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