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Movies that feel likeMen in Black 3 (2012)

Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

If you loved Men in Black 3, the closest films we have are The World's End (2013), Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). All three share Men in Black 3's kinetic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Safety Not Guaranteed (2012).

🍅 67% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Barry Sonnenfeldkineticwittyplayfulcerebral
9 of 12 streaming nowHulu · Disney Plus · Paramount Plus Premium

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Men in Black (1997) · Men in Black II (2002)

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The World's End
2013 · dir. Edgar Wright
🍅 89%★ 6.9comedy · action · science fictionPeacock

A pub crawl collides with an alien takeover and the jokes stay razor-sharp

The difference: More melancholy about aging than J and K's breezy ride

Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.

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

Both land momentum and wit at once

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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Thor: Ragnarok
2017 · dir. Taika Waititi
🍅 93%★ 7.9action · adventure · comedyDisney+

Playful and cerebral in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.

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Attack the Block
2011 · dir. Joe Cornish
🍅 91%★ 6.7action · comedy · science fiction

Street-level heroes improvise against an alien invasion with real wit

The difference: Scrappy and lo-fi — a tense estate siege, not a polished studio romp

A South London teen gang must team up with the other residents of their housing estate to protect the neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.

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Safety Not Guaranteed
2012 · dir. Colin Trevorrow
🍅 91%★ 6.9comedy · romance · science fiction

Two things both keep coming back to: time travel and time machine

The difference: Easier on the momentum than Men in Black 3

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

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Tower Heist
2011 · dir. Brett Ratner
🍅 67%★ 6.2action · comedy

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

The difference: Trades the ideas of Men in Black 3 for an angle of its own

A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of petty crook Slide to steal the $20 million they’re sure is hidden in the penthouse.

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American Ultra
2015 · dir. Nima Nourizadeh
🍅 44%★ 6.1action · comedy

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Mike is an unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.

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Evolution
2001 · dir. Ivan Reitman
🍅 44%★ 6.1comedy · science fiction · action

Deadpan scientists treat an alien outbreak as one long workplace joke

The difference: Looser and dumber — gross-out gags instead of slick agency cool

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.

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Wild Wild West
1999 · dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
🍅 16%★ 5action · adventure · comedyParamount+

Sonnenfeld again pairs bickering partners with absurd gadgets in the past

The difference: A notorious misfire — steampunk spectacle smothers the jokes

Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President Ulysses S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.

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

The same alien-wrangling agency banter, now globe-hopping with new agents

The difference: The chemistry never lands — a franchise coasting without J and K

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

Comic-book heroes cracking jokes mid-brawl to save New York

The difference: Aimed younger, with murky CGI action in place of dry wit

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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The Watch
2012 · dir. Akiva Schaffer
🍅 16%★ 5.7comedy · action · science fictionHulu

Ordinary guys stumble into alien-hunting duty and bluff their way through

The difference: Raunchy improv hangout — none of the sleek agency world-building

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.

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