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Movies that feel like Guardians (2017)

If you loved Guardians, the closest films we have are Krrish (2006), April and the Extraordinary World (2015) and Yakuza Princess (2021). All three share Guardians' cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney Plus and others, checked against today's data.

During the Cold War, an organization called "Patriot" created a superhero squad, which includes members of multiple Soviet republics. For years, the heroes had to hide their identities, but, in hard times, they must show themselves again.

πŸ… 27% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Sarik Andreasyancerebralkineticdreamlikewittyplayfultense
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Krrish
2006 Β· dir. Rakesh Roshan
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.5action Β· science fiction

One thread runs through both: superhero

The difference: Reviewed even better

In Singapore, Krishna is forced by circumstances to use his superpowers and become a masked superhero named Krrish, before getting drawn towards his lost legacy.

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April and the Extraordinary World
2015 Β· dir. Franck Ekinci
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.2thriller Β· adventure Β· animation

The same mix in both: ideas, then dream logic

The difference: Missing the momentum of Guardians

It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

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Yakuza Princess
2021 Β· dir. Vicente Amorim
πŸ… 34%β˜… 4.8action Β· thriller

Kinetic and tense in the same breath

The difference: Not nearly as dreamlike as Guardians

In Brazil, Akemi finds out that she's the heiress to the Yakuza empire. Just after that, her destiny enters a spiral of violence and mystery, where a gaijin (foreigner) who's been protecting her all this time, ShirΓ΄, may have been actually sent to kill her.

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Morbius
2022 Β· dir. Daniel Espinosa
πŸ… 15%β˜… 5.1action Β· science fiction Β· fantasy

The same preoccupation in both: superhero

Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Michael Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease.

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The Blackout
2019 Β· dir. Egor Baranov
πŸ… 57%β˜… 6thriller Β· science fiction Β· action

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe even life is being reported from space. What military forces find outside the ring is shocking.

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X-Men: Apocalypse
2016 Β· dir. Bryan Singer
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6.8science fiction Β· fantasy Β· action

Both keep coming back to the same thing: superhero team

After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.

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The Accidental Spy
2001 Β· dir. Teddy Chan Tak-Sam
πŸ… 25%β˜… 5.8action Β· comedy Β· thriller

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

A fun-filled story about an ordinary guy about to kick into an action-packed adventure. Jackie Chan plays a bored and unsuccessful salesman who never thought his life would amount to anything. All that changes one day when he becomes an instant hero by foiling an attempted bank robbery.

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πŸ… 94%β˜… 6.7action Β· fantasy Β· adventure

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Guardians does

In a world plagued by demons who cause great human suffering, young demon hunter Tang Sanzang must fight against monstrous demons, as well as contend with a beautiful demon hunting woman on his path to enlightenment.

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If I Were You 2
2009 Β· dir. Daniel Filho
β˜… 5.6comedy Β· fantasy

Dreamlike fantasy, and it commits to that

Claudio and Helena are on the verge of breaking up, until the couple experiences another strange phenomenon that looks to help them understand one another more.

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Bleeding Steel
2017 Β· dir. Leo Zhang
πŸ… 24%β˜… 5.2science fiction Β· action Β· adventure

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

A hardened special forces agent fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At the same time, he feels a special connection to the young woman, like they have met in a different life.

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Night Watch
2004 Β· dir. Timur Bekmambetov
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.4fantasy Β· action Β· thriller

Kinetic comedy in both cases

Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage

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Violent Night
2022 Β· dir. Tommy Wirkola
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.7action Β· comedy Β· fantasy

Witty action, and it commits to that

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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