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Movies that feel likeGhostbusters (2016)

Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.

If you loved Ghostbusters, the closest films we have are Shazam! (2019), Violent Night (2022) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). All three share Ghostbusters' kinetic and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Bridesmaids (2011).

🍅 74% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Paul Feigkineticdreamlikewittyplayfulwarm
9 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

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Shazam!
2019 · dir. David F. Sandberg
🍅 90%★ 7action · comedy · fantasyMax

The same mix in both: momentum, then dream logic

The difference: Trades the warmth of Ghostbusters for an angle of its own

A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.

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Violent Night
2022 · dir. Tommy Wirkola
🍅 74%★ 6.7action · comedy · fantasyNetflix

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.

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Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 · dir. Taika Waititi
🍅 64%★ 6.1fantasy · action · comedyDisney+

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.

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Bridesmaids
2011 · dir. Paul Feig
🍅 89%★ 6.8comedy · romancePrime Video

The same hand behind both of them: Paul Feig

The difference: Sits closer to romance than Ghostbusters does

Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.

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Spy
2015 · dir. Paul Feig
🍅 94%★ 7action · comedy · crimeStarz

Both are Paul Feig's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Ghostbusters does

A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.

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The Heat
2013 · dir. Paul Feig
🍅 66%★ 6.6action · comedy · crime

Comedy built on wit, twice over

Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals. Neither has ever had a partner, or a friend for that matter. When these two wildly incompatible law officers join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: buddies.

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Dumb and Dumber To
2014 · dir. Bobby Farrelly
🍅 31%★ 5.6comedy

Fantasy with a pulse of warmth, in both cases

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.

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Kopps
2003 · dir. Josef Fares
★ 6.7action · comedy

Both lean on play more than on action

A small Swedish village, Högboträsk, is so peaceful that crime is nonexistent. The police spend their shifts drinking coffee, eating hot dogs and chasing down runaway cows. This is all well and good for the village's own police, but the police management board wants to discontinue the local police force for lack of crime.

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🍅 43%★ 6adventure · fantasy · actionHuluDisney+

Dreamlike fantasy in both cases

Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Larry's (mis)adventures this time include close encounters with Amelia Earhart, Abe Lincoln and Ivan the Terrible.

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The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018 · dir. Susanna Fogel
🍅 49%★ 6.1comedy · action · adventureRent or buy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: female friendship

A couple of thirtysomething best friends unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail.

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22 Jump Street
2014 · dir. Phil Lord
🍅 84%★ 7crime · comedy · actionNetflixParamount+

Comedy built on warmth, twice over

After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.

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Last Action Hero
1993 · dir. John McTiernan
🍅 42%★ 6.5fantasy · action · comedy

From the 1990s, and it lands the same way

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.

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